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Week 1 – Crisis diet for when the cupboard is bare
Baroness Jenkin recently announced (admittedly while being ambushed by the Press, but still …) that the poor don’t know how to cook, and went on to claim that you can sort yourself out with a few 4p...
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Week 2 – Crisis diet
This is a slight adaptation of week 1. Keep to the porridge for breakfast, preferably with raisins or mixed dried fruit in it, for maximum nutrition at minimum cost. Likewise, keep to the soup for...
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How to Adapt Your Garden in Periods of Austerity
I have recently come across a really terrific gardening book from the Second World War period, written by Richard Sudell, and while most of it was fairly predictable, there was a excellent chapter on...
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Crisis diet *plus*
Organic veg box suppliers are having a tough time at the moment, as people are apparently cutting their orders back as they downsize. So this week I tried to think of a way of factoring in an organic...
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Vitamins for Brexit
This is a quick bargain alert that if you are organising yourself for Brexit, and want to store some multivitamins in your hoard, Holland and Barrett have their periodic special offer on where you get...
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Eating seasonally during Brexit
This is a simplified list of common foods that tend to be cheaper when in season, and they are exactly the kinds of British foods that are going to be more readily available if food supplies are...
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Store cupboard planning for Brexit – Longer term plan (three months)
In this post I try to identify the foods that we are used to using frequently, or having in our store cupboards as useful gourmet additions to our normal cuisine, and list them so that you can stock up...
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Store cupboard planning for Brexit – Capacity building at home
In modern houses without cellars, pantries, larders and outhouses it can be very difficult to find space for storing emergency foods so they are easy to access but out of the way when you don’t need...
View ArticleStore cupboard planning for Brexit – Timetable
[Update – I have revised this post in the light of the UK Election results on 12th December 2019, now a departure of 31st January 2020 looks likely]. It is with a heavy heart that I am posting details...
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Store cupboard planning for Brexit – Emergency stores
Following on from the previous post, this is a straightforward plan of what you might need to have in stock to feed one person for two weeks, so that meals are reasonably varied and everyone stays as...
View ArticleTalking about Brexit on German radio
In case you speak German, here’s a clip of me being interviewed for Radio Saarland recently about Brexit store cupboard preparations, during a small speaking tour of Germany.
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Chicken and tarragon in the slow cooker
Recently I adopted what can only be described as a deliciously retro slow cooker from a relative. With its orange plastic exterior and its Dow Corning cookware heating and serving dish, it’s a real...
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