'Brexit Diet'

If there actually are shortages of fresh fruit and veg initially how will you manage an healthy diet? (and possibly other food stuffs part of our usual weekly diets)

I've stocked up on tinned fruit (not keen on dried fruits) I think the tinned fruit that is in the fruits own natural juices rather than 'syrup' contains less sugar.

Thinking of adding a tin of jackfruit to my next shop to try after seeing someone doing a 'jackfruit curry' on tv ..with frozen cauliflower rice.

I already prefer to get frozen veg so often have bags of frozen garden peas, broccoli, mixed veg, spinach, casserole veg, 'bean mixes' (different kinds of beans kidney, butter etc with potato and green beans in) in the freezer anyway.

Will probably add things like pre-diced frozen onions and mushrooms (which I'd normally get fresh) and some frozen fruit. Might also add more frozen potato products as I'd usually get fresh and make my own chips and mash.

Might get a third freezer! but I want to see how likely powercuts are going to be to mainland UK after brexit. Wondering if that one Friday was a govt test run! (to see how systems transport etc and the public coped with the disruption).

As I'm mostly housebound and disabled the last thing I want to be doing is leaving things too late then getting beaten up in the local supermarket (or mugged on the way back) cos I managed to get the last tin of beans and bread! ..you know what it's like as soon as a snowflake falls!! (mad dash to nearest shop to buy up all the bread and milk!)...imagine if we actually had SNOW AND BREXIT going on at the same time!!!

Remember winter of 2010? We had snow early before christmas that year I was snowed in 2 weeks solid up here! ..was seriously considering trading my scooter in for a pack of huskies and a sled!!

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Project Fear Alert^^^^^^

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More Project Fear propaganda putting out the frighteners.

France has already stated that French officials will be in place to keep everything going through Calais.
More Border Force, HMRC and customs staff at channel ports should keep traffic moving. Also, EU goods are set to be waved through British ports if we leave without a deal - to avoid massive traffic jams and build-ups.

Susan, I certainly wouldn't panic about food shortages. The scare stories were started by treacherous pillocks like Philiip Hammond and his supporters, and since aided and abetted by their public mouthpiece, the BBC and other pro-Remain supporting media.

Boris is having to organise in three short months, what that slug above refused to do for the past three years. I wish him all the best wishes to get it done. So far, he is doing things right and looking at all eventualities. Food shortages will not be one of them.

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no just wondering... there seems to be a lot more in the papers about food recently with food companies asking govt to allow companies to share resources as apparently they're not allowed due to some 'competitive law'? (which I'd never heard of).

Some of us have to plan for other reasons anyway (cuts to income, food deliveries getting cancelled due to bad weather - especially if you live very rural and get cut off every winter anyway if snow is heavy).

Guess I thought there'd be more vulnerable older adults or pensioners (on this site as its for over 50's) who may be alone and can't get out in winter either to get food or cash, who maybe worried about brexit making things even harder for them???

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Remember winter of 1963?

https://asenseofplace.com/2013/01/19...-of-snow-1963/

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Fear not, if Brexit ever happens I shall produce many more helpful videos in my "Surviving Brexit" series. We'll get you through this.

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I wasn't born in 1963! Though I did grow up in a tiny village that was much more isolated and got cut off most winters in the 70's when I was growing up. I remember walking home from school with the snow right up to my welly tops!!! no buses running, & village lanes leading to nearest town cut off and no power! (we had a coal fire and camping stoves though) Thankfully everyone in my family were all fully fit and mobile back then!! .. my dad had an allotment too back then so we had food in storage from a 'good crop' the previous summer! my mum was good at pickling, making jams and baking and stuff.

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well providing we have power yes I do eat beans and toast!

I do like to try and eat healthily though being mostly vegetarian that usually involves an ample amount of fresh fruit and veg every week!

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Well, it was really cold for a long time:



For most people, there there was no double glazing, central heating or thermal underwear just wellies and a woolly hat .....

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My goodness, I well remember the snow of 1963. Especially my Dad and brothers having to shovel snow from the front door that was already about 6ft drifts. They eventually made a pathway down the garden path where the shovelled snow was now 6ft solid walls either side of the garden path. One had to look up to see the top of the snow. It was really really bad. The shops had a field day selling out of wellingtons and shovels. In our house, we had no central heating, just open fireplaces, one in the front room, one in the kitchen and one in the main bedroom. Luckily, Dad being a Miner working on the coalface, we had a free lorry load of coal every so often so we could afford to have the home fires burning brightly. We also made sure everyone in the cul de sac also had plenty of coal as well. There was plenty of community spirit back then.