Are we being prepared for Christmas food shortages?

ginny

I saw the picture and thought I’d rather have bread and jam.

You can't beat bread and jam ?

I've still gotlast year's pudding and the cake will be baked tomorrow. Next move will be mince pies which will then go in the freezer till we need them. Hopefully the shops will have cranberries soon because I do like my homemade cranberry sauce. Oh and I did put a couple of packs of pigs in blankets in the freezer because Aldi had some. As for the rest I'm sure we'll put something together.

sodapop we lived in France for about 2 years, I couldn’t believe the tinned sprouts! I love fresh ones, not a part of French cuisine for us,

We bought Jared sprouts in holland years ago. They were quite salty so we put them in a sieve and tried to rinse them, they just dissolve they were so “well cooked”!

I saw the picture and thought I’d rather have bread and jam.

Apparently they have sold out now but are expecting to get more in the shops before Christmas. Saw some pics and it does look full of veg, meat etc. Not sure about canned sprouts although they do sell them here in France.

That sounds like those cooked breakfasts you can buy in a can. A dolls house sized scotch egg submerged in a sea of beans along with something flappy and pink that might be bacon. I'm saying that like I don't like them but I woof them down when camping. Absolutely lush.

sodapop

We are all saved as I see Heinz have brought out cans of Big Soup which contain all the elements of a Christmas dinner including sprouts and pigs in blankets. All that's needed is a tin opener and a pan. Job done

bloody hell that sounds quite fabulous really...maybe not on christmas day though! but maybe a day when you don't have work the following day...

Sure non of us will starve , in fact having seen how much food people waste over the Christmas period, won’t hurt if shelves are a little depleted. From where I’m standing, have not seen much of that.

We are all saved as I see Heinz have brought out cans of Big Soup which contain all the elements of a Christmas dinner including sprouts and pigs in blankets. All that's needed is a tin opener and a pan. Job done

I bought two tubs of celebrations and hid them in the utility room but opened one on my birthday on accident

I start buying slowly well before christmas,. tins etc.
We have special 'grown up ' chocs for the two of when we are watching a film but also buy the usual QS as well. Mostly because its all about tradition and we have always had them,
Some things i have cut back on and have discovered that they are not missed.
We have a traditional tree, each ornament means something and every one is different.
Never knowingly undercatered is my mantra,,alongside waste not,

As other knowledgeable posters have said, we can only eat one plate of food that was me.
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As regards people getting sniffy about other people’s over-laden trolleys (Oh, the greed and excess!) I dare say there would have been a few sniffs about mine, the year when we had 9 adults for Christmas, all staying for at least 4 days, and I had no intention of going shopping again for a week.

Yep I discovered a couple of years ago that dried milk makes very acceptable everyday custard when mixed up with good old Birds. ? Saves the proper milk for drinks in an ? emergency

I try to be constantly prepared for shortages, esp in the winter. Did a quick scan of my tin/jar/dry selection. I have tinned chicken breast, various tinned veg, instant mash, mincemeat, flour, sugar, herbs, spices, fruit, custard powder, gravy mix, dried fruit, nuts. Since lockdown I've switched quite a few regular items to long-life. I could make something reasonable now without prep. ?

Great post highlanddreams

Regarding the “sanctimonious” and similar comments - have any of you heard of the current food waste problems along with plastic pollution and general waste issues??
Seriously, where do some people live? In a fantasy land?
Each and every one of us should be concerned for the future of this planet!
We can all do our bit by cutting down on excess.
As other knowledgeable posters have said, we can only eat one plate of food. We don’t need 12 kinds of snacks or desserts etc.
Cutting down on excess buying, resisting buying rubbish and trying to eat less garbage over Christmas doesn’t translate to “dry bread and porridge “
Being aware of what’s happening in the world isn’t being “sanctimonious “

Sawsage2

For heavens sake it's still August!?

There’s always one! (This is the Christmas thread, in case anyone hadn’t noticed.)

esgt1967

I hate the consumerism associated with Christmas - why do we go completely overboard in terms of food and drink for one or 2 days, it's ridiculous!

I personally switched off from it years ago, I buy enough for a roast dinner and a few nibbles and set a strict budget for presents, but that's it.

What do you mean, ‘we’? In this house it’s not just one or two days, either - I will do a food shop for the whole week, so I don’t have to brave the shops until after New Year, and nothing will be wasted.

highlanddreams

We shop monthly so always have a full trolley & when we go for our Christmas shop it will be our usual food shop for a month & only a few extra Christmas goodies, we will still get scornful looks & snide remarks but ignore them. The one thing that really bugs me when Christmas food shopping is that people are so judgemental when they see people with overloaded trolleys "I just know all that food is going to be wasted" "Ooh how stupid/greedy, the shops are only closed for one day for heavens sake" people will cry all over their social media pages. That may well be, but some of us want to avoid travelling & going for shopping during the Christmas holidays. Some people have large families or are hosting parties for friends & families (obviously not so much since pandemic) or they may be shopping for a family member or neighbour who can't get out as well as getting their own shopping in, so think a bit before you are quick to judge, sneer & mock, you DON'T know the facts so shut up.

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We shop monthly so always have a full trolley & when we go for our Christmas shop it will be our usual food shop for a month & only a few extra Christmas goodies, we will still get scornful looks & snide remarks but ignore them. The one thing that really bugs me when Christmas food shopping is that people are so judgemental when they see people with overloaded trolleys "I just know all that food is going to be wasted" "Ooh how stupid/greedy, the shops are only closed for one day for heavens sake" people will cry all over their social media pages. That may well be, but some of us want to avoid travelling & going for shopping during the Christmas holidays. Some people have large families or are hosting parties for friends & families (obviously not so much since pandemic) or they may be shopping for a family member or neighbour who can't get out as well as getting their own shopping in, so think a bit before you are quick to judge, sneer & mock, you DON'T know the facts so shut up.

esgt1967

I hate the consumerism associated with Christmas - why do we go completely overboard in terms of food and drink for one or 2 days, it's ridiculous!

I personally switched off from it years ago, I buy enough for a roast dinner and a few nibbles and set a strict budget for presents, but that's it.

I’m with you esgt! A plate of dinner. After all, no matter what’s temptingly on the table once you’re full, that’s it! A wo(man) can only eat so much.
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Grannybuy, my Christmases were the same. Most of them in England but we're from Perth, so the chicken and only close family presents tradition applied. I loved them!

After years of nightmare Christmases with grandchildren and their parents arriving at different times throughout the day and having to feed them (according to what they liked) and think of suitable presents for months before, much as I love them, I hated it and ended up exhausted or with a migraine. Last year thanks to Covid, I visited one family with gifts in the morning, the second in the afternoon where I had my Christmas meal (I provided turkey and trimmings plus my roast potatoes). On Boxing Day I visited the third with gifts. I know that I am lucky that my family all live near but we see each other regularly anyway so I really don't want to return to that stressful 'one day'. I am hoping the tradition has 'broken'.