Apocalypse XMAS on a BUDGET? I Made the CHEAPEST Christmas Dinner!

[@samanthahardy9903]

Great idea for an alternative Christmas Dinner with limited cooking! In the cold winter months I do a one pot stew with a can of stewing steak, a can of mixed veg and a can of potatoes sliced.

[@corinnedews7277]

We did this for Sunday dinner during Storm Arwen when our electricity was off. I had a bag of cooked chicken slices and some Yorkshire puddings in the freezer, so we had tinned potatoes, carrots and peas, heated in one pan on the gas stove, and the chicken heated up in the gravy in a pan and the defrosted Yorkies warmed up around the gas hob. It just takes a bit lateral thinking! 😊

[@misolgit69]

ever tried making the mash in the pack ? one less dish, also an old idea nicked from someone else he took a pack of Garibaldi biscuits put a pinhole in the original packaging rhen vacuum packed them, his testers declared them perfectly OK after 12 months I have no idea how well it would work with other types though it's probably a suck it and see process

[@lisaf7909]

Only a northerner would have industrial sized gravy. 😅 Personally I would've added a tin of peas to the carrots and mixed up a packet of sage and onion stuffing mix.

[@UKUrbanPrepper]

gutted i had stuffing mix and forgot . DOH!

[@sweeta17]

i like to keep some packs of mash comes in useful . a friend uses half boiling water half hot milk and as you said butter and its like mash from scratch and its really nice . when i use a packet i make it like my friend said . also got tins of potatoes and i have put them into water to heat but i shall fry them it must be nicer . a tip from another friend about mash a few years back . i did not have time to write y,day . we like cup of soup chicken /veg and sometimes add mash to it and have it as thick or less thick as required . its really nice for a snack and if 2 quite filling . ideal any time let alone if ... we make broth and its soooo delicious i could eat it in autumn/winter daily but need different meals of course and i dont want to get fed up with it as it is so lovely cheap and easy to make

[@sammiecichockyj7326]

This might be helpful to some people I’ve cooked a whole Christmas dinner and deep froze it incase of any power outages at Christmas And I’ve just bought a vacuum pack thingy to give some of my preps a little bit more shelf life incase of a shtf scenario The vac pack was only twenty quid and came with two extra plastic rolls I got it in the (not sure if I can mention the supermarkets name on here ) so I’ll say L instead It’s brilliant and easy to use

[@samanthahardy9903]

Unfortunately my daughter is severely allergic to coconut so lard is my go to cooking option. I've used lard for emergency candles and hand moisturiser too.

[@sweeta17]

there are some beautiful vids on making candlels . 1 vid i find especially lovely bc they are water candles which i had not heard of before . and all you need is mostly water a little veg oil and make or buy wicks . and for deco stones food colouring anything you like .

[@polonium13]

I love these practical videos. Really useful. Keep 'em coming 👍

[@missworm]

Couple of tablespoons of powdered milk in the mash improves it. Adds extra vitamins, too. Variations: cheese powder; garlic powder; herbs; mustard; stock cube in the water.

[@sweeta17]

sounds nice . whether mash from scratch or packet i put with mine nutmeg as i am the only one that likes it .

[@bannedagain.8334]

Get lids for all pots..things cook much better quicker and taste better.

[@UKUrbanPrepper]

@@bannedagain.8334 agree but not great for the camera 🎥 lol

[@sweeta17]

and saves energy and less condensation . our f.pan has no lid and i put a plate .

[@bannedagain.8334]

@sweeta17 stops neighbourhood smelling you've got food too .

[@sweeta17]

@@bannedagain.8334 quite . although some suggest to buy or make a hobo stove . cook in the garden in emergency but then neighbours will know . kinda catch 22 .

[@melsibley5191]

Just one point to note there Mike . Heating your food or water to add to your food is not best practice in a plastic lined can , it’s the white coating inside the can Good video mate

[@RachelAnneStarkey]

Ps thank you for your message back ...me n my brother William said looked so tasty 😋 😊

[@jonathanheyes299]

Thanks Mike, good to see you looking after yourself. All the best Jon

[@cazza7034]

Excellent content 👍

[@Aidan1444]

Tinned sprouts are good too if you fry them up like you did with the potatoes. 👍👍

[@UKUrbanPrepper]

@Aidan1444 sprouts….. only if I’ve ran out of EVERY other food

[@sweeta17]

i have not seen tin ones and i buy frozen bc with fresh ones its more waste then sprouts .

[@Aidan1444]

@@UKUrbanPrepper Hahaha!

[@Aidan1444]

@@sweeta17 D'aucy & Batchelors do them!

[@sweeta17]

@Aidan1444 ty i shall get some when shopping next and keep for storage .

[@ladyj5331]

That looks well decent, and the cabbage just sets it off 👌

[@Lee_Proffit]

Looked good Mike, I would have sliced the spuds before frying, to cut down on cook time and save fuel. Possibly not a good start to state "no power" while sitting in front of an electric fire, kinda takes something away 🙂

[@UKUrbanPrepper]

@Lee_Proffit I’m working with the film set I have hahaha. Plus that electric fire could be hooked up to my power bank ;) ;)

[@Lee_Proffit]

@@UKUrbanPrepper Out of interest, how long would the PB run the fire ?

[@UKUrbanPrepper]

@ depends on use. Just the light like that would last for ages the heat bars each one add more power. Full wack about 12-14 hours. Estimated.

[@jaythegrey87]

Newbie prepper here. Love your content. I'll be doing a lot of this in January. I call it peasant month. The big bucks get spent on family and overindulging during the Christmas period, and so in January I challenge myself to spend as little as possible. This time I'll be setting myself an SHTF-like challenge. Looking forward to it tbh.

[@spudman869]

Excellent video mate. Like how you introduced it as if SHTF scenario had happened. In 2012 while the kids where young i got them into prepping by making it fun etc. With the hype of the Mayan Calendar I decided to show them what a preppers xmas dinner might have looked like if things had gone tits up. Did a lot similar to what you've just done and they loved it.

[@JackNickle-fk8rq]

Great video Mike, that made me hungry 😋 because of shtf its always important to your moral up. Merry Christmas Mike and family from the lonewolf prepper 😎🎅🤟

[@sammiecichockyj7326]

I get excited to see the little red dot next to your picture letting me know you have posted another video They just get better and better Thank you for cheering us all up and giving us useful tips and advice 👍🙏🏻

[@lewiswhiston3408]

Great video mate 👊

[@dailysurvival6662]

Good stuff.💙

[@greatgalar5772]

That looks proper tasty that, cant beat industrial amounts of gravy

[@kelly26b]

Love it!! that dinner looked really good!

[@tezhop1168]

Great vid Mike 🫡😂

[@tezhop1168]

On a Serious note Mike, good vid and very practical for newbies👍👍🫶

[@Nellyontheland]

Noice mate 😂 I've been wondering if tinned chicken was still around, so I looked it up. Brilliant 😊 None here, but I'm ordering it into my sisters. I'll add something here to assist those wanting a more Xmas flavour... ... use ghee as the butter. "Bake" those spuds in jarred duck fat, add dried spices and herbs to taste. Flash fry the chicken in the same pot as the spuds. Add dried onions to water overnight. Add them to the mash. Use reconstituted powdered milk to the mash, too. Also... SPROUTS. We need SPROUTS. Buy seeds, and keep them growing.😂 Just my two pennies.

[@UKUrbanPrepper]

@@Nellyontheland farmfoods.

[@UKUrbanPrepper]

For the chicken. lol

[@Nellyontheland]

@UKUrbanPrepper Lol. I thought so. But not so in Carmarthen. So I'm ordering others. I also sent an email to Pek Foods. I'm asking if I can buy direct. I would rather a years supply (104 tins, at once a week, 2 tins for 2 people) in one go. Once a week each is 2 tins But chicken twice a week is 208 tins. The idea is to actually have 18 months worth of supplies to accommodate a failed first harvest of what I intend to grow in the ground. 👍

[@TonyWilliams-q3e]

cool video :) quite refreshing from many other chanels and there doom and gloom mongering respect :)

[@RachelAnneStarkey]

Great video me in my bro our gonna be having a similar dinner to yours 😊

[@UKUrbanPrepper]

@RachelAnneStarkey in all fairness I was shocked how good it was. If I’d of remembered the stuffing mix I’d of been laughing. 😜

[@amfearliathmor9747]

Three months since the power went out, the Christmas lunch would be roast long pig for many.

[@BarryJPage]

I'd have cleaned that plate off too lol.... thanks for another great video Mike.

[@UKUrbanPrepper]

@@BarryJPage I was stuffed mate this would have done 2 of us.

[@BarryJPage]

@UKUrbanPrepper Tis but a small snack lol....

[@UKUrbanPrepper]

@@BarryJPage 😂😂😂 noted when we have the UKPN bunker Barry is not in charge of Food!!

[@BarryJPage]

@@UKUrbanPrepper 🤣

[@JayHomes-h7c]

I’m off to get a tin of chicken ❤️

[@SW-tw8rf]

Good video thank you for doing it. I think the key is eating better than you would do all the time every day every meal. Himalayan sea salt has I think 73 minerals.

[@bannedagain.8334]

Don't neglect the sit ups ups..lol😂

[@Lee_Proffit]

Mike, have you looked at the energy dashboard today, negligible amounts from wind and sun most from gas (with a massive CO2 cost) Importing 3.82Gw from Europe - your little acting scene might be coming a lot quicker than we think 😞

[@UKUrbanPrepper]

@Lee_Proffit I have. It’s rediculas. How long can we keep going like this!!!

[@Lee_Proffit]

@@UKUrbanPrepper Not very long, I guess it depends on just how long we can put up with our growing fuel bills (cap going up by 1.2% in January)

[@sweeta17]

@Lee_Proffit and beforehand every october cost already goes up to the higher rate and then more again like 1 jan 25 its disgraceful .

[@TinaLouise73]

Xmas ended for me 25 years ago I went thru the Xmas motions for my kids wen they were young but now they've grown up and forgotten about me I'm alone n rid of crappy famiLIE Christmases!

[@UKUrbanPrepper]

@@TinaLouise73 aww I think I’d miss it too much I’d force kids come back for Xmas. 🎄

[@TinaLouise73]

@UKUrbanPrepper not possible they moved on and favor the evil adoptive mother b! most toxic weird almost emotionally obsessive p e d o type steals innocent loving mothers up and abuses kids and cos of her old man's maROnic "connections" the b gets away with it! she's not got long 😂 total perpetually dark corridors and nothing wen she drops d!

[@causticretort]

Looks brilliant. Its akways goid to test ones preps

[@kellyeye7224]

Coconut oil....? I use ghee. You can get a massive tin of it that keeps forever. Palm oil is another good substitute that keeps.

[@JoyceLogie]

Around 4 years back, I read an article that stated an open tin of ghee sat on a kitchen shelf for 8 years. When opened after 8 years, it was good to go. That was in the heat of India. Family did not have the finances to travel to the small home of a deceased relative. When they finally got there 8 years later, they found the home sealed and everything as it should be, including the opened tin of ghee.

[@sweeta17]

i read palmoil is bad for the health like veg oil and several more . seems that coconut oil and even lard are good choices . check them out its interesting .

[@kellyeye7224]

@@sweeta17 Palm oil 'bad for health'...??? Like in a SHTF situation you'd be that concerned over the minimal use of palm oil? Uh oh, not really.

[@sweeta17]

@@kellyeye7224 . did i even say its not good if it were in an emergency ? no i did not i was talking normal daily use . do your own research . i watched a dr video about different oils po was 1 of the bad ones .

[@kellyeye7224]

@@sweeta17 Totally agree on the health issue as grain oils in general are particularly bad (I use nut-based oil - peanut - when I use oil at all) as I'm fully aware of the issues surrounding the subject. My preference is for lard though but on a long term storage basis you need to have stuff that (ideally) doesn't require freezing and equally has a long shelf life. Palm oil is usually decried due to the way its production harms natural environments (land clearance etc) but is otherwise no worse than oils in general. The fact that is is commonly supplied in TINS does, however, make it a good choice for SHTF situations.

[@bannedagain.8334]

Stock up on salt & pepper.

[@John.Charles]

Instant mash! why didn't I think of that? deffo gonna add that to my preps

[@UKUrbanPrepper]

@@John.Charles gotta love the smash. All carbs all powder. lol

[@kelly26b]

There is a brand of packet instant mash called 'Idahoan'.....tastes just like real potatoes and they have different flavours like cheddar, buttery, herby, garlic etc. I've seen them in Sainsbury's, Tesco, Morrisons and Asda. although it is a bit more pricey defo worth getting some in when it's on offer 2 for 3 or something :)

[@John.Charles]

@@kelly26b thanks, il look out for them next time I'm out shopping

[@dailysurvival6662]

@@kelly26b I agree. Idahoan's BEST flavor is "Baby Reds". Absolutely nothing (except water lol) needs to be added and they taste closest to freshly mashed potatoes. Note: shelf life of Idahoan and similar pouch instant potatoes is less than plain potato flakes because of the added ingredients (that give them the good flavor).

[@John.Charles]

​@@kelly26b I've just been to Tesco and got a couple of packets to try, I also got some cheap plain ones.

[@OldWaysNewDaysPrepper]

More like this, but mention where you can get the stuff in uk. Chicken in a can?

[@UKUrbanPrepper]

@@OldWaysNewDaysPrepper farmfoods have it :)

[@Apairoffluffysocks]

Awesome

[@Scottishprepper73]

Brill mike

[@wiccanways]

👍👍👍👍🤗🧚‍♂️

[@garycrawford2622]

U mabey have company at xmas looks good chef

[@UKUrbanPrepper]

lol.. tbh at a ration this could have fed the whole family...

[@luciferluciferus6429]

Wtg you

[@Suburbanpreppers]

No sage & onion stuffing or Yorkshire puddings? 😉😂

[@UKUrbanPrepper]

@@Suburbanpreppers no yorkies but I forgot I had stuffing mix hahahaha

[@Suburbanpreppers]

@ prepper goal for next Xmas - a portable gas oven hahaha