Hope you enjoyed this one - any key items you think I've missed?

Just a note, I spotted a couple of empty holes in your wine bottle wrack, get the priorities right 😅

Don’t forget water, needed for cooking, hygiene, washing dishes, toilet flushing. If power is lost this can also affect water supply. Also a simple camping stove or gas bbq would help. Food fatigue is real so biscuits and tinned fruit are great ideas plus can add to your breakfast.

Thank you for this common sense version of how to have a prepared pantry

Back in late 60's/70's we had a gas camping strove as we were all electric. Mum always had plenty of tins of beans, spaghetti and soup in cupboards as well as tins of spam, corned beef and tuna. Sge always had at least 2 tins if everything.  I still do this now. I use Long life milk but have powdered milk too.
Power cuts were usually only a couple of hours and if freezer kept shut food should be OK even if power out for 24 hours.

Its amazing looking at this just how many and versatile non perishable items there are, building totally normal everyday meals. And I love that you have not included frozen items as non perishable! The vast majority of the UK wouldn't have an off grid source of electricity to keep a freezer going.

What's wrong with being prepared for emergencies? That's the way my grandparents and parents lived.

Being a prepper doesn’t just mean preparing for the end of the world. Everyone one is a prepper for a different reason.
Doing a weekly food shop is prepping for the week, having a first aid kit is prepping for a wound or emergency, having a car full of fuel prepares you to drive around, because no one fills up every time they want to use their car.

Many of us known as “preppers” are preparing the same things but on a larger scale. Some extra food to last longer than usual, some more medicine and first aid items incase there isn’t someone available to help, and more cash because well online banking is rather easy to attack.

No need to be scared, think realistic. Your family relies on you not the government, as there’s only so much they’ll do. 😄

When I decided a few months ago to 'prep' a bit for a 5-10 day supply (wouldn't expect an issue that long in a city on the south coast but I'd expect a rush on the shops after a supply issue that I'd want to avoid), I started just pulling everything I already had with at least 18 months in date and split them into 3 bags (2027, 2028, 2029) to make rotation easy. Then looked for gaps (oats, powdered milk etc) to fill deliberately

One thing I have noticed since going dairy free too is that many of the alternative products, especially dairy free cheeses, yoghurts and milks have much longer expiry dates, like weeks or months longer in some cases. So swapping these can be a way to greatly extend the life of these items in an emergency.

I use rice pouches when we are camping. They warm up very easily in a pan with a splash of water.

I’m seeing these recommendations from the government a lot and it is a worry I’ll admit. These are some very good suggestions. It is surprising what we already have stashed away as well. I’ve subbed for more. Thank you x

Skimmed milk powder….is a great cupboard standby for tea…custard or a sauce

Great video, really useful to make a potential menu of what you might ordinarily eat. If people have a water butt fitted and a couple of buckets, this water can be used for flushing toilets. If people have a barbecue outside or a camping stove, that can be used for cooking. A couple of packs of water wipes and some alcohol hand gel can help to keep hygiene needs supplied. A head torch is incredibly useful and most people have a few candles around for light.

In the USA and never heard of a “sultana”….we call them golden raisins.  

Great tips! Thanks!

love this! i've started a small stash but didn't want to stockpile/overconsume. great video as per <3 x

The key is to store what you eat and eat what you store, everyone has a favourite meal - ours is Coleman's tuna pasta bake (although as kids we weren't allowed to bake) but it is all from packets and tins including the Nido powdered milk.
Also means nothing goes out of date.

I would keep the frezer always filled to the brim either with food items or water bottles so in case of a prolonged power failure, the food would keep longer and on the plus side potable water would be available and cold.

I once had a tin of pineapple leak. I slip any can that has pineapple in it, into a plastic bag just in case.

I actually made a spreadsheet of expiry dates yesterday before seeing your video (must print out in case of power cuts) as I'm hopeless at remembering what I've got, that covered your point about checking what you've got - I discovered I have 13 small tins of mushrooms (I sometimes use them in curries etc). I don't even use them that often, so that's at least 6 months worth if not a year! 😂