Knowing that we’ll soon be moving into the static, which has a tiny kitchen with very little storage space, means that I’m having to curb my tendency to stash food for emergencies such as the next zombie invasion or pandemic.
The current Covid-19 situation has only reinforced what I recognise is deep-set behaviour to store for bad times.
Every time I see a 10kg sack of basmati rice or puy lentils on sale I have to physically restrain myself from buying them. The instinct to stock up is strong, but there’s no logic in more dried goods sitting in storage with the furniture for six months whilst we complete the build.
There simply isn’t anywhere to put them.
I grit my teeth and tell myself that there will be the chance to fully stack that pantry once it’s built and ready to take supplies. And not a moment sooner.
I think I’m on the spectrum somewhere (aren’t we all in some way, I guess?) but it gives me great satisfaction to list what the pantry will eventually hold. I haven’t confessed to husband yet, but I’ve got LISTS of proposed purchases.
I’ve been looking at labelling systems, storage jars and boxes, and what shelving we’ll need…😂
It maybe the smallest room in the house, but I’m planning to make every inch of the storage work, and I can’t wait to add homemade jams, pickles and cordials to the stash next summer to see us through those long, dark, wet Scottish winters.
Ravencroft Skye 
“Maybe I’m on the spectrum somewhere (aren’t we all in some way, I guess?)” is inappropriate and offensive. Please edit it out.
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I’m sorry if you find this offensive, Emma. Can you tell me which part you have problems with? My husband and son are both genuinely Autistic and neither find this in any way offensive, and it’s certainly not meant to be.
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I work with students with autism (from all walks of the spectrum) and none of those kids is ashamed to be who they are. Autism isn’t something to be talked about in the shadows, it’s an evolutionary difference that should be accepted and celebrated and talked about until it’s just another normal.
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I agree. I think both husband and I have a degree of it. It’s normal and totally accepted by us
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Us too. Why make more difference?
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Oh I recognise that deep need to store for bad times!! Maybe I’m on the spectrum too? I actually think it’s a deeper need than that, maybe a race memory that rest quietly in every woman’s mind and shows itself in a variety of ways; storing food, saving money, refusing to throw out those old clothes, packing the baby stuff up in the shed (instead of giving it away). Nature has taught us that bad times come, and we had better be prepared.
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Totally agree. It’s a deep felt need
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