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You are marooned on a desert island

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Flossieturner Sat 19-Nov-16 16:37:06

And the essential Genie appears and tells you that you can have 3 food items and one drink item, to last you for the rest of the time you are stuck here.

Leaving all practicalities aside, because this Island just so happens to have a fully equipped kitchen, what will you choose?

Me: Olive Oil, Potatoes, ice cream and Tea.

Anniebach Sat 19-Nov-16 21:50:48

Honey. Potatoes. Butter. Tea.

grannypiper Sun 20-Nov-16 08:54:41

Galloway or orkney cheddar,f resh bread every day if thats not too much to ask, chocolate and gallons of tea Nato standard

radicalnan Sun 20-Nov-16 09:15:04

Good bread, cheddar cheese and sweet pickle........

Hot chocolate............

Barmyoldbat Sun 20-Nov-16 09:51:18

A good coffee, milk, flour and cheese.

Skweek1 Sun 20-Nov-16 09:52:47

Ovaltine, a vast range of Whittards tea, hot chocolate. Of course, the store cupboard/kitchen would have to have all my staples - oven to make my own lovely crusty bread, porridge, potatores, fresh fruit and veg, eggs, cafe cut brown sugar cubes, my Dolce Gusto coffee maker with an undiminishing supply of pods - yes, FarNorth - Marmite too. And a superb wine cellar. I know - I'll just cut it ddown by asking for "everyday foodstuffs, luxury foodstuffs and everything else". OK, the genie wouldn't oblige, so probably I'd be left here, but a girl can dream, can't she?

Alidoll Sun 20-Nov-16 10:13:46

I'd like a hen (for eggs)
6 cows and a bull (for milk and meat)
Fishing rod - to catch fish
Survival book and book on native plants and one of those fancy lighter sticks plus a pot (so I can collect plants to eat and cook them)

A stream and water purification system (for fresh water) and medical kit with dehydration satchets / anti-malaria tablets etc

That should keep me alive

My luxury food item would be mints (as they wouldn't melt in the heat as badly as chocolate would) and would keep my breath sweet if I didn't have a toothbrush and paste with me lol!

TerriBull Sun 20-Nov-16 10:29:59

Crusty bread, strong cheddar, nectarines a coffee machine that makes flat whites

GrannyO Sun 20-Nov-16 10:35:26

Eggs, potatoes and tea(with milk and sugar). Water if milk and sugar's not allowed.

blueberry1 Sun 20-Nov-16 11:08:02

Right now,being stranded on a desert island sounds like bliss!If I could have cheese,bread and butter with tea to drink.

Flossieturner Sun 20-Nov-16 11:24:43

GrannyO, this is our Island, we are allowed anything we want.

Sheilasue Sun 20-Nov-16 12:07:35

Crustybread, billy can for boiling my tea in, matches, tea and fruit apples I think.

Jalima Sun 20-Nov-16 12:30:09

Can we list three essentials besides food items?

Sun cream, insect repellent (strong) and a hairbrush please.

Matches?

Cosafina Sun 20-Nov-16 13:18:02

Cheese, chocolate, pea shoots and fizzy water. I'm assuming I can catch fish and/or prawns so I'm covered for the essentials and a luxury smile

Brigidsdaughter Sun 20-Nov-16 14:39:37

Redruth tea (with milk)
Croissants
Butter
Eggs

sue1169 Sun 20-Nov-16 15:05:41

Oooh? goats cheese.organic vine tomatoes.pitta bread.&Rioja
Would also make herbal tea&herb salad?

Bamm Sun 20-Nov-16 15:37:51

More interested in sunscreen, scissors and tweezers please!

Greyduster Sun 20-Nov-16 16:33:09

If we are allowed anything we want can I have a piano, please? ?

Ana Sun 20-Nov-16 16:35:21

We'd need a pen/cil and paper so we could send messages in bottles after drinking the contents!

Pittcity Sun 20-Nov-16 17:28:57

Chocolate, crisps, cheese and wine please. None of this healthy stuff as who cares if there is no hope of rescue?

Jalima Sun 20-Nov-16 18:09:41

What about a nanny goat? Or are there wild goats on the island already, I could learn to milk one to vary the diet.

Ana Sun 20-Nov-16 18:45:41

But what would the poor goat eat on a desert island? And what if it got ill? Oh dear, perhaps I'm over-thinking this...confused

Jalima Sun 20-Nov-16 18:56:57

I am hoping that it is not an actual 'desert', rather a 'tropical island' otherwise I will never find any coconuts, pineapples, fresh running water etc!

Goats eat anything.

Some good tips from Lt Cdr Paul Hart
www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/How-to-survive-on-a-desert-island/

Actually, can I add Lt Cdr Hart to my list please?

Nanna58 Sun 20-Nov-16 19:18:15

Crab,salad, mayonnaise and champagne. Bliss!

Greyduster Sun 20-Nov-16 20:18:33

A goat once ate my father's overalls! He wasn't on a desert island!

hulahoop Sun 20-Nov-16 20:52:30

How long are we there ?
I would want a chicken to lay eggs
A coconut tree
Seed potatoes