Anyone stockpiling food?

[FlightlessDuck]

Worse case scenario with bread: I've got flour, water, and yeast...

 

[Dole_whip_doll]

For those of y’all just looking for any bread fix but may not have a bread machine or be good with yeast (). I found this Yorkshire pudding recipe and I love it:

http://www.threekidsandcountingthepennies.com/simply-the-best-yorkshire-puddings/
Haven’t tried it with powdered or evaporated milk though.

 

[wenrob]

Worse case scenario with bread: I've got flour, water, and yeast...

We are not big sandwich bread people but I said to my DH last night that before my older DD became “Head Baker” (she actually *is* a baker) I was fairly proficient at baking myself. Thanks to her I have several different kinds of flour in my pantry and yeast in my freezer. I could probably made bread (and cake and cookies) for weeks. Ironically she can’t get her hands on any kind of flour right now.

 

[Frozen Canuck]

We are not big sandwich bread people but I said to my DH last night that before my older DD became “Head Baker” (she actually *is* a baker) I was fairly proficient at baking myself. Thanks to her I have several different kinds of flour in my pantry and yeast in my freezer. I could probably made bread (and cake and cookies) for weeks. Ironically she can’t get her hands on any kind of flour right now.

My daughter worked part-time at a slightly more upscale oyster bar/restaurant before they were furloughed and the restaurant closed a couple of weeks ago. The baker "kidnapped" their 8 year-old sourdough starter named Rene and was posting updates like, "It's Day 3, being held captive in this new kitchen. My Dad's here all day...At least it's warm and I get plenty to eat. I heard something about mixing bread tomorrow, but I'm stuffed and it's time for bed." (paraphrased) I asked her if the pastry chef had taken enough flour to keep on feeding Rene through weeks of this, but she wasn't sure. I hope he did. I want to see Rene get through this virus just like the rest of us!

 

[NYCgrrl]

For those of y’all just looking for any bread fix but may not have a bread machine or be good with yeast (). I found this Yorkshire pudding recipe and I love it:

http://www.threekidsandcountingthepennies.com/simply-the-best-yorkshire-puddings/
Haven’t tried it with powdered or evaporated milk though.

Go ahead and use your powdered milk! Many bakeries use it for some goods and certainly for a yeast based dough batter (sorry, too many tabs opened simultaneously) such as the one you linked. Not so sure about evaporated milk though.

 

[wenrob]

My daughter worked part-time at a slightly more upscale oyster bar/restaurant before they were furloughed and the restaurant closed a couple of weeks ago. The baker "kidnapped" their 8 year-old sourdough starter named Rene and was posting updates like, "It's Day 3, being held captive in this new kitchen. My Dad's here all day...At least it's warm and I get plenty to eat. I heard something about mixing bread tomorrow, but I'm stuffed and it's time for bed." (paraphrased) I asked her if the pastry chef had taken enough flour to keep on feeding Rene through weeks of this, but she wasn't sure. I hope he did. I want to see Rene get through this virus just like the rest of us!

Sourdough starter is one of the reasons why she was on the hunt for flour and yeast. (the other was cookies and that baking relieves stress for her) She figured it would be something nice to come out of all of this.

 

[bcla]

There was no toilet paper or paper towels, no boneless/skinless chicken breasts, barely any pasta sauce or canned/frozen vegetables and maybe 1/3 of the cereal at my grocery store last night.

Plenty of produce, though.

Sure. What's sold out seems to vary by individual location, although any kind of hand sanitizer is pretty much gone within minutes of being on the shelf. And hand soap seems to be cleared out some places but not others. I managed to find a single box of 24 Wet Ones at a Target store. I know it's not the most recommended (compared to alcohol based) but we're carefully rationing them for when we go out.

Still - it's not like anyone is likely to starve to due to food shortages. Maybe the first choice won't be available, but there's ample supply of food in general. These are times that call for flexibility.

 

[lifesavacation]

So I was one of those who didn't get why people were buying water in response to the coronavirus until today. Apparently, my city is rumored to be running low on the chemicals necessary to treat the water supply. In an article that has since been deleted, a neighboring town was said to be "well supplied" and our city was running low since the chemicals are supplied from China. It definitely makes me think something is up.

 

[RangerPooh]

We’ve been stocking up, but today I cleaned out and inventoried the deep freeze. I also created a menu for the next two weeks.

Supermarkets continue to be crazy and low on certain items. Parking lots full. I’m trying to venture out minimally and do curbside pick up when needed.

Easter will be minimal this year. The EB is in self quarantine.

 

[NYCgrrl]

We’ve been stocking up, but today I cleaned out and inventoried the deep freeze. I also created a menu for the next two weeks.

Supermarkets continue to be crazy and low on certain items. Parking lots full. I’m trying to venture out minimally and do curbside pick up when needed.

Easter will be minimal this year. The EB is in self quarantine.

Smart you. I need to update the inventory in the freezer chest since I found a small piece of cake in there that wasn't on my list, LOL. Defrosted the unit back in Jan when it was almost empty which is probably how I came to forget about the shortcake. It's back to full again so no need to clean again until Aug/September. They don't make apt sized chest freezers in auto defrost unfortunately.

 

[MamaLema]

One of the local grocery stores just announced one of their cashiers has Covid19. They are shutting down for 2 weeks. I can’t but help to think if this happens to other grocery stores, buying groceries will get more challenging than it is now.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

One of the local grocery stores just announced one of their cashiers has Covid19. They are shutting down for 2 weeks. I can’t but help to think if this happens to other grocery stores, buying groceries will get more challenging than it is now.

Well it's the worst place to be at right now and is one of the necessary places thus why it's been spared from being deemed non-essential. I hope that employee is ok though!

I know people have talked about hardware stores not being essential but they do have supplies. Home Depot & Lowes you may be able to get bottled water, toilet paper, sanitizing supplies and cleaning supplies..I mean it's going to be hard just like the grocery store but they do sell them. Menards sells food (actually much more than you'd think) as well as pet supplies. Some of these will end up being better for some people to go to because they aren't as likely to be as crowded as the grocery store.

 

[Gussie Granger 1969]

Living in NY and always having a threat of snowstorm, ice storms, etc, we decided years ago to stockpile. We have a large shelf in our basement filled with canned goods, some boxed items, bottled water, coffee, oil, basically anything that has long shelf life. We do rotate it after some time.
We have bought some food since everything started closing but didn’t go overboard. We bought some freezer items. We never had to search or buy TP because right before the toilet paper frenzy, we just happened to stock our cupboard with 40 rolls.
my husband went out on Sunday and stores still had a lot of food.

 

[NYCgrrl]

One of the local grocery stores just announced one of their cashiers has Covid19. They are shutting down for 2 weeks. I can’t but help to think if this happens to other grocery stores, buying groceries will get more challenging than it is now.

A 2 week closure should be enough time for the other workers to self quarantine (be nice if it was w/pay) and the store to be disinfected and re-stocked as needed.

 

[bcla]

I was listening to a traffic report this morning. Most are working from home these days, although I think that was pretty common among traffic reporters anyways using a home studio and access to various reports.

However, there's very little traffic these days. This reported noted a single backup at an exit that leads to a local Costco. The traffic reporter noted that it was at the 8 AM opening for their hours for seniors and it was backed up for blocks. I can't imagine that the parking lot is full, it's likely more about everyone getting there at the same time.

 

[halfpintpeggy]

One of the local grocery stores just announced one of their cashiers has Covid19. They are shutting down for 2 weeks. I can’t but help to think if this happens to other grocery stores, buying groceries will get more challenging than it is now.

Although not a grocery store, an employee at one of our local convenience store/gas stations tested positive. They closed down the store, brought in a crisis cleaning crew, quarantined employees & said they should be reopened in 2-3 weeks.
In the back of my mind I can’t help but wonder about all of the customers who shopped there while the employee was contagious.

 

[Deploraboo]

This is why stockpiling food is critical. It’s not as if Target is immune,

 

[chickapin parterre]

Peanut butter, heard from neighbor that are the far side of town next t the border they had peanut butter, so we traveled down from the hosptial for peanut butter and veggies...then wife need some Muscle milk from Sams club,,,,tons avaiable...also peanut butter, wife will only eat veggies with peanut butter!!!

 

[Searc]

Nope.

My answer from page 1 a month ago has not changed.

 

[jo-jo]

People have been panic buying for a few weeks now. Trying to make a list for a walmart pickup in a few days. I keep getting notifications that this and that is now out of stock. Some items that I ordered last week (and didn't get ) aren't even on the website anymore No fresh Chicken, fresh pork or beef. I get suggestions like chicken nuggets or beef lean cusine . Lots of cheese and bread is out of stock. My question is, if people were buying tons of food over the last two weeks, why isn't it getting easier to shop? Are people figuring they need to have a 6 month stash, so they need to keep buying?