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- Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:51 pm
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11
- Replies: 188
- Views: 14300
Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11
Mr A accused me of being a "doomsday prepper" the other day just because I bought 4 jars of cranberry sauce. They were cheap as it's now the season of eggs, bunnies and hot cross buns and not Christmas. They have a long shelf life but won't last that long because I love the stuff. Do you ...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:24 am
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
- Replies: 662
- Views: 39108
Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Possible problems Too cold - this will encourage fungus Old seed - germinates more slowly/unevenly letting fungus take a hold. Too wet - seed drowns. tisfsue or compost should be damp not wet. Probably all of the above, especially too wet. If you try again use cooled camomile tea to water Useful to...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:35 pm
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
- Replies: 662
- Views: 39108
Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Reporting my failure:- I thought I'd give you a laugh at my expense. Cress: Simplest microgreen to grow. Ideal candidate for hydroponics. Kids can do it. Pathetic and abject failure image below. Failed again. How hard can it be to grow enough cress for an egg butty? This time I used a bed of coir c...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:59 pm
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: Value Range foods compared
- Replies: 291
- Views: 13679
Re: Value Range foods compared
A quick comparison of Bolognese sauces. Candidate #3 : Cucina bolognese sauce from ALDI 65p Dolmio £1.50 : Baresa 49p : Cucina 65p It's 18 months on since I taste tested these pasta sauces and prices have lurched ahead, typically doubling. Even at Lidl. So today, a heads up...... Cucina pasta sauce...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:23 pm
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: Value Range foods compared
- Replies: 291
- Views: 13679
Re: Value Range foods compared
I'm looking for suggestions please. British Indian Restaurant* style curry sauces. Best value for money with long shelf life...... And simple to prepare.... *I have considered the dead cheap Morrison's curry sauce, and the Mayflower powder mix, which are both great value. But indulge me with someth...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:26 pm
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: Value Range foods compared
- Replies: 291
- Views: 13679
Re: Value Range foods compared
Lidl Essentials Rice Pudding. Not so much a comparison as a 'report' 400g can 25p I confess I haven't had rice pudding in 4 decades..... But I buy some for emergency provisions. First impressions: contents not white but quite beige. Can had about 2cm of milky stuff above the rice. Total rice content...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:37 am
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: Value Range foods compared
- Replies: 291
- Views: 13679
Re: Value Range foods compared
I cheat. I buy it ready done from that big river website. I realised how much it would improve my emergency meals if I could add tomato. Tomato is oh so staple. The universal meal maker. I'd love to store as powder but short life would bother me. Has anyone actually tested the efficacy of oxy absor...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:18 pm
- Forum: New Members Start Here
- Topic: New member!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 131
Re: New member!
I am glad to join this community to exchange knowledge, experience, and ideas about survival in various situations. I have a great interest in preparing for emergencies, and I am sure that here I will find a lot of useful information and inspiration. Hi and welcome from the NorthWest. You'll find l...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:57 pm
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: Value Range foods compared
- Replies: 291
- Views: 13679
Re: Value Range foods compared
Pataks are good unless you are on a low salt diet. Either the ready to use sauce or the spice blend that is added to onions and tomato.For best value and storage you could learn your own spice blends. Add some dried onion and tomato powder and you can get a reasonable "instant Madras" whi...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:16 am
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: Value Range foods compared
- Replies: 291
- Views: 13679
Re: Value Range foods compared
I'm looking for suggestions please. British Indian Restaurant* style curry sauces. Best value for money with long shelf life...... And simple to prepare. *I have considered the dead cheap Morrison's curry sauce, and the Mayflower powder mix, which are both great value. But indulge me with something...