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Post by enigma72 on Mar 27, 2020 0:00:41 GMT
Beef stew with dumplings !
I am eating/cooking better with the isolation than normal.
Are you?
What comfort food meals do you have planned or have made?
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Post by divtal on Mar 27, 2020 3:04:44 GMT
I've done Mac 'n Cheese, as I always have all manner of pasta, and cheeses on hand. And, good ol' Tuna Casserole ... with Campbell's Golden Mushroom Soup ... still in the plans. Can you get more 60's than that??
But, I have to take my hat off to you. Beef stew? I'm impressed! I would never have thought to stock up on stew meat.
Who knows? Come November, I might venture out to seek some.
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Post by Catman on Mar 27, 2020 3:05:46 GMT
Vegetarian baked beans.
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Post by staggerstag on Mar 27, 2020 11:34:35 GMT
Yes, I could go a nice chicken pastry tonight. I don't have the mind to go to the local supermarket for chicken, though. The thought of facing empty shelves yet again is too much for today. I'm in a particularly lazy mood. Today I'm waving the white flag and letting others fight the food wars. I can't think of any new strategies to make it easier and more successful. I've tried the view-before-you-enter technique : gauging how well-stocked the place is by the number of vehicles in the car park - many vehicles means there's been a delivery and word has got round the neighbourhood and there's stock to be had; few vehicles means there are hardly any customers inside and the shelves are mostly bare. But even an empty car park doesn't stop you from proceeding like a hopeful racoon to the window/entrance and peering in to catch a glimpse of whatever shelves are in view. Maybe there has been a delivery and you're among the first on the scene. But, no, the shelves you can see are unfilled and you skulk miserably away.
Knowing my luck, there's just been a delivery and the goods are being put out as I type. If I leave now, I could hit the jackpot. Should I go? Should I chance mixing it up with the other desperadoes clutching their empty trollies and baskets, scanning the store with creased brows and darting eyes?
I don't know. I really don't. All this - the simple taken-for-granted task of a grocery trip - has taken on new twists, sometimes soul-destroying, often anger-inducing, never a pleasure. Never again, when all this is over, will I curse under my breath at waiting in line for ten or fifteen minutes. Not when everybody can get what they want without scavenging for it, fighting over it, going without it.
It's become a depressing errand. Put into context, though - when there were so many starving people the world over before the virus' consequences took hold - my temporary situation becomes nothing more than a trifling little hiccup. I should be grateful there is still food available, even if I have to take what is left.
I do fancy some comforting chicken pastry, though.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 3, 2020 19:59:38 GMT
...following on, I am pleased to report that the local supermarket today bore signs of near-normality. The shelves were well-stocked except for a below-average fresh fruit selection (they had filled the apple, orange, banana, pear etc containers with hundreds - possibly thousands - of excess nectarines - great if you love nectarines) There was an orderly queue outside which moved along well, and there were fewer customers inside as a result.
It just highlights the stupidity, ignorance and selfishness of those idiot bulk-buyers a while ago. And I got the chicken for chicken pastry too.
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Post by divtal on Apr 3, 2020 20:12:11 GMT
 , Stagger! Good news, is great medicine. |
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