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I thibk it comes down to the quality of the tin- and some of those are pretty poor these days. i just had to throw out a year old tin of unuoened golden syrup because it had eaten through the joint at the base, made a mess and had mystery black streaks inside. I was not a happy bunny and will be buy...

You have reminded me that I was going to grab some of my older Nido and try makuing Mozarella and paneer with it. https://www.inthekitchenwithmatt.com/mozzarella-cheese-from-milk-powder https://www.youreverydaycook.com/blog/homemade-fresh-paneer-with-milk-powder Uses lime juice but other recipes use...

It's like everything. A balance of cost and what works for you. Personally I tend to use "normal" energy bars in the car and bags and just swap them out twice a year. But I am mostly in the city. I pack extra as fresh for any longer journeys. If I was travelling in rural areas every day I ...

You have just made me glad I opted for heavy duty ziplock bags for my big sack of oats....

As we seem to be special diet central round here I bulk buy the specialist foodstuffs that I can't see TPTB trying to provide if SHTF unless you fit the very tight medical definition of coeliac. Gluten free oats and buckwheat flour are cheaper bought in bulk which is my excuse for stocking up

Rationing was introduced in both WWs to reduce the risk of civil insurrection and to improve the quality of the recruits who began to be too malnourished to be employable as time went by in WW1. And the countries that advocate an emergency food supply mostly ask for around 2 weeks stores. It is only...

Just watch out for any damp. I use under the plinth as well. My kitchen is less than 2m X 2.5m. One batch must have had some water leak from a spill that ran under the plinth and rusted a bit. Thankfully I caught it before there was any real damage to the cans.

There is a limit to how much room I can allocate to storage. And also the possibility that action will be taken against "hoarding" in the event of a real situation. In WW2 there was anti-hoarding propagada, public sentiment was strongly against anyone thought to be hoarding and in some cou...

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Wonky carrots is better than no carrots. The slugs got the lot.

Apparently the name Tromboncino is Italian slang......... There is a similar Italian squash called "Sicilian Serpents". I am very impressed by them. You use them as courgettes when they are young - less watery than a normal courgette and as Butternut squash once they are full size which is...