Supplies, supplies
'Sarf & West mate, Sarf & West'
Pete Bernfeld
Tue 9 Dec 2008 12:22
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As the Chinese store keeper said!
For those contemplating/dreaming
about an Atlantic crossing, below the projected stores list for a crew of
three. Estimated crossing time 20 days, food for 30 days + emergency rations.
Most supermarkets in Las Palmas will deliver to the boat, and certainly 'Hiper
Dino' will vacuum-pack meat, given three days notice. Fruit & veg will be
obtained 'unchilled' from a local market (there is one which claims to deliver,
I will investigate.)
10 kg stewing steak/15 steaks/15 chicken
breasts......... all vacuum packed. 20 days worth of 'fresh' meat &
chicken
17 tins of corned beef / 21 tins of baked beans (large) / 10 tins tomatoes / 5 tins of veg / 6
tins sweet corn/ 5 tins butter
12 packs of pasta / 15 bottles pasta sauce / 12
bottles pesto sauce / 3 jars mayo / 2 ketchup/ 2 HP / 1 tin mustard powder / 1
sweet chilli / 1 catering jar tandoori paste / 1 catering jar lime
pickle
1 catering jar each of ginger, paprika,
tumeric, garlic, curry powder
4 large packs of muesli/ 5 kg rice / 3 packets of
spaghetti/ 2 packs dried fruit/ 1 pack dried tomatoes
4 bottles instant coffee/4 packs real coffee/240
tea bags/ 3 kg loose tea/ 1 large tin coffee mate
12 litres long-life milk/ approx 15 litres worth
of powdered milk
1 catering pot of marmalade, 1 catering pot
strawberry jam, couple of 'real marmalade' bottles. couple of jars of Branston,
1 picallilly / 1.9 litres (!) soy sauce/ 350ml Tabasco sauce/ 1 jar pickled
cabbage/ 568 ml Lea & Perrins/ 4 litres vinegar
1 Sharwoods naan bread mix, 1 brown flour/ 1
wholemeal flour/ 1 strong white flour/ 3 packets of yeast/ 10 long-life loaves
/ 20 part-baked baguettes (if available)/ 2 packets instant cake mix/
assorted biscuits/Ryveta
4 packs of popcorn / 4 packs of assorted nuts/
assorted chocolate bars/ 2 packs Bombay mix/ 5 Robinsons barley water/ assorted
packs of Tang apple mix
1 kg flaked almonds / 3 kg dried green split peas /
2kg dried lentils / 2 kg dried chick peas / 1kg butter beans/ 1 kg kidney beans/
3 kg dried sultanas
Assorted instant hot drinks & instant soup
/ 5 packets of smash / 2 packets of popadums/ 2 tins of chocolate
pudding/
30 onions/ 30 tomatoea/ 30 oranges / 10kg potatoes
/ 4 melons/ 1 hand of bananas / 60 apples / 20 peppers (red & green) / 36
eggs/ 10 limes/ 10 lemons
60 cans of beer / 10 litres red wine / 10 litres
white wine / assorted rum/ gin/ whiskey + a few mixers
50 litres of 'emergency' water
475 litres of water in tanks
1 watermaker claiming to produce 49 litres per hour
(we'll see)
Fishing gear
It sounds a lot, but imagine shopping for one
person for three months in one fell swoop! I'm sure a few more 'nuts &
snacks' will fall into the old shopping
trolley (trolleys, more like!!)
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