Topic: Dealing with a country in lockdown - page 2. (Read 261 times)
The only thing you can do is burn the country that has this bad of an epidemic. If Wuhan can't control CV within the near future, should China nuke her?
The whole situation is really strange at the moment. I think I posted in another thread about eggs. Sainsbury's in Liphook has sold out completely, but Morrisons in Portsmouth has Happy Eggs ( free range ) on sale for 10 pence for 12. Fresh food is on offer at silly prices late in the day, for example, a large, healthy fennel bulb was for sale at 5 pence - normal price one pound twenty. Tinned sardines, soups and meats are often sold out.
I've found some beds of wild garlic, and I'll grow some of that in a washing up bowl in the van. I've also got a load of potatoes, as they seem to keep for a long time. The healthiest vegetable you can obtain is the stinging nettle, and those are free and abundant in the UK. I'll keep a look out for some road kill pheasant and deer as well.
I've found some beds of wild garlic, and I'll grow some of that in a washing up bowl in the van. I've also got a load of potatoes, as they seem to keep for a long time. The healthiest vegetable you can obtain is the stinging nettle, and those are free and abundant in the UK. I'll keep a look out for some road kill pheasant and deer as well.
I'm curently looking at the speculation of the UK going into lockdown and I'm wondering how Wuhan has managed grocery shopping so far, if things have been in enough supply or if there are aspects we're not hearing but probably should.
The UK and US seem unprepared for a lockdown if nothing is offered in advance (I do buy non-fresh groceries 4 weeks in advance - in case of supply chain issues - but I doubt many people do this). And recently seeing pasta leave the shelves, along with eggs and flour but lashings of dolmio and homepride pasta sauces that stay there, also the tinned food doesn't seem to be going down well... Is it worth preparing for a potential 40 day isolation with enough food to handle it?
Typically speaking, per person I could see this being:
• 10kg of potatoes/6 packets of stuffing (or equivelant)
• 40+ cans of soup/curry/instant noodle stuff
• 5 or 6 cans of veg (peas, carrots, sweetcorn)
• A tub of dried milk (for tea and porridge) - some skimmed milk can make up to 25L from a 400g tub
• 5 kg of oats
• 2.4kg of dried fruit (1.2kg of each fruit)
• 8 loaves of bread (6kg flour, 8 yeast sachets - or a tub, 320ml oil, and traces of salt and sugar)
I don't imagine anyone having as bland a diet as this but I think it would tide you through for the 40 days with a potential for adding stuff at a later stage, I mean they can't expect you to keep going for much longer than that anyway.
The UK and US seem unprepared for a lockdown if nothing is offered in advance (I do buy non-fresh groceries 4 weeks in advance - in case of supply chain issues - but I doubt many people do this). And recently seeing pasta leave the shelves, along with eggs and flour but lashings of dolmio and homepride pasta sauces that stay there, also the tinned food doesn't seem to be going down well... Is it worth preparing for a potential 40 day isolation with enough food to handle it?
Typically speaking, per person I could see this being:
• 10kg of potatoes/6 packets of stuffing (or equivelant)
• 40+ cans of soup/curry/instant noodle stuff
• 5 or 6 cans of veg (peas, carrots, sweetcorn)
• A tub of dried milk (for tea and porridge) - some skimmed milk can make up to 25L from a 400g tub
• 5 kg of oats
• 2.4kg of dried fruit (1.2kg of each fruit)
• 8 loaves of bread (6kg flour, 8 yeast sachets - or a tub, 320ml oil, and traces of salt and sugar)
I don't imagine anyone having as bland a diet as this but I think it would tide you through for the 40 days with a potential for adding stuff at a later stage, I mean they can't expect you to keep going for much longer than that anyway.
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