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How stocked is your store cupboard

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NfkDumpling Mon 11-Jun-18 06:59:40

(The bottom of the pantry is fitted out with wine racks. All full!)

NfkDumpling Mon 11-Jun-18 06:59:05

We have all the shops we need to keep us supplied within a few minutes stroll. We don’t actually need to keep much in the house. But DH (who does the cooking and therefore the shopping) cannot stop himself. If coffee is on offer, he buys it. We have six large jars. Domestos is often reduced. We have eight in the cupboard. And so on. It’s the same with perishables. We have a pantry stocked to the ceiling which means most of time our menu is determined by sell by dates!

suzied Mon 11-Jun-18 05:40:18

What about the wine cellar?

muffinthemoo Mon 11-Jun-18 01:11:03

Assuming I could cook and the freezers didn’t go off, about six months.

I hold and rotate a supply of enough water for two weeks usage, plus additional bottled water.

Have about six months basic sanitation stuff - toilet roll, bags, bleach, soap etc etc.

I’m ready for Brexit day (tongue only half in cheek, disruption to just-in-time delivery chains is a thing...)

Ailsa43 Mon 11-Jun-18 01:03:41

At least a couple of months. I bulk buy toilet rolls toothpaste and soap etc which last me around 6 months, and for food, I have a store cupboard full of tinned and dried foods, and 2 full chest freezers, so we could easily have enough food for a couple of months..
I went hungry as a child, so as an adult I've always ensured there's plenty food in the house!!

ninathenana Mon 11-Jun-18 00:06:26

How would you cook the rice or pasta Hilda ?

ninathenana Mon 11-Jun-18 00:03:50

You say no gas or electric therefore no means of cooking, and no fridge or freezer so once I'd eaten the soup and beans cold from the can, not long !
In those circumstances it wouldn't matter what I had in the store cupboard, which is actually quiet well stocked as is the chest freezer.

hildajenniJ Sun 10-Jun-18 23:56:07

Well, we have enough wood for the log burner to last about a month, I would guess. As for kitchen supplies. We have loo paper and paper towels for a month to six weeks, probably longer because DH brought home a catering size pack of kitchen roll!
Foodwise, plenty of canned goods for a good two weeks, although they might make strange meals ?. I've got rice and pasta that would last about two weeks too. Not many candles, and DGS 2 has used up all our spare batteries so no torches.

Nannykay Sun 10-Jun-18 23:23:38

I have always kept a well stocked cupboard and freezer, it’s just something my mum did so I do. I decided today was a good day to have a sort out, check use by dates rotate etc , I was happy to find one tin of peaches that was one month out of date, everything else was more than ok. So shelves cleaned and contents resorted, with the help of my daughter. It all looks very neat and tidy.

Whilst working dd teased me and said she doesn’t know anyone else who has a well stocked larder, and most of her friends parents just bought what they want as and when, and not a weekly shop like me. They certainly don’t hold extra supplies.

So the question is, if you were shut in your home, no gas/water/electric or visits to the shops, how long could you last.

Water would be our problem, I always have plenty, but if it was all we had to drink, maybe a couple of weeks if we were careful, food, perhaps a month to five weeks. Have some candles and torches not many, heating is oil tank and we normally have enough for about five or six months.

Stocked we might be, but not what you call preppers are we !