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Quarantine Food
March 23, 2020 at
01:17 PM
Thought we could share what we're eating and exchange ideas. This was my menu for the week:
Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches with chips or fruit
Chicken tarragon, red potatoes, green beans
Garlic lemon shrimp pasta with broccoli, bread
Soup, bread
Eggs, pancakes
Black olive, mushroom, onion homemade pizza, salad
Turkey sandwich, chips
Soft tacos, tater tots
Spaghetti, green beans, garlic bread
Key lime pie, yogurt with fresh fruit, or pumpkin bread
I try to keep basic ingredients around and choose meals to make from a specific list each week.
Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches with chips or fruit
Chicken tarragon, red potatoes, green beans
Garlic lemon shrimp pasta with broccoli, bread
Soup, bread
Eggs, pancakes
Black olive, mushroom, onion homemade pizza, salad
Turkey sandwich, chips
Soft tacos, tater tots
Spaghetti, green beans, garlic bread
Key lime pie, yogurt with fresh fruit, or pumpkin bread
I try to keep basic ingredients around and choose meals to make from a specific list each week.
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DW will be dry canning some stuff today or tomorrow.
Looks like you and her have almost the same pressure canner.
Her's is a stove top version.
It says you can input things you have in the pantry and it helps with recipes.
It says you can input things you have in the pantry and it helps with recipes.
It says you can input things you have in the pantry and it helps with recipes.
Basic ingredients can also be bartered. Already traded organic turkey slices for several cups of sugar.
Basic ingredients can also be bartered. Already traded organic turkey slices for several cups of sugar.
Lean Cuisine microwave meals
(Lower sodium good).
Spinach dip + Ritz crackers
Potstickers (easy to keep on hand frozen)
Canned fruit
Rice + canned Bush's beans, tuna, fish.
Shelf stable tofu
Spinach
Tillamook ice cream
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We've had
Cauliflower pizza crust with Turkey pepperoni, onions and black olives
Asparagus and tomato frittata
Cheddar broccoli soup
Smothered okra with deer sausage
Spaghetti squash with ground pork and veggies
And one night, jalapeno poppers and wine!
I also made a huge batch of Keto cereal, that we eat with almond milk and i dehydrated some olives for snacks.
I think tomorrow is crab stuffed flounder fillets and crab cakes.
We've had
Cauliflower pizza crust with Turkey pepperoni, onions and black olives
Asparagus and tomato frittata
Cheddar broccoli soup
Smothered okra with deer sausage
Spaghetti squash with ground pork and veggies
And one night, jalapeno poppers and wine!
I also made a huge batch of Keto cereal, that we eat with almond milk and i dehydrated some olives for snacks.
I think tomorrow is crab stuffed flounder fillets and crab cakes.
Boil the noodles, grab cheese (parmesan, mozzarella, ricotta), layer some fresh spinach leaves or another veggie, then layer seasoned ground beef (Italian seasoning/basil, oregano, bay leaves, marjoram, thyme, sage), top off with a small can of tomato sauce. A small can or two is cheap and enough for the dish so it won't sit unused in the fridge.
Up until a few months ago I ate nothing but frozen food. Fresh tastes sooo much better. You haven't lived until you've had homemade taco seasoning. Wow. The soft tacos I made were simple but tasted incredible.
Failures: carrot cake and lemon bars. The cake tasted nothing like carrot cake but it was probably me and not the recipe. The lemon bar cook time wasn't long enough and I got sick. Waste of eggs.
I bought some they had at BJ's; our kids live on milk so if we don't use it (HIGHLY likely we won't), it will just become a consumable for them. (I think the brand is Horizon)
I will reiterate I am in CT, schools were let out on 3/13, that's when the hoarding started. It was originally pretty bad wherever you went - no TP (again why the hell people buy TP is beyond me), hand sanitizer, alcohol, bread, ground beef, fresh poultry, paper towels.
Since then our governor closed all "non essential businesses" which wound up not really being much actually, that was last Friday (3/20). CT is coordinating with NY, being so close to NYC; much of the lower western portion of the state commutes to NYC daily, so it makes sense that that half of the state has the most cases right now.
since then I've been in Aldi, OSJL (job lot place here locally), S&S (grocery chain sister of Giant) and BJ's.
You still can't buy sanitizer, alcohol or wipes (clorox/lysol) but everywhere else is pretty much OK. Yes inventory is a bit thin, and there are max qty you can buy, but Aldi had everything (sans TP and sanitizer) - all the fresh stuff you'd want, canned goods, bread, milk, eggs, whatever. OSJL is very limited anyway but had TP. S&S full stock (they were even storing TP in the freezers! I guess people panic bough ice cream too?!?!?). BJ's was full stocked this AM; I didn't realize they had elderly hours but there was still a line of 10-15 people at the regular (non elderly) open hour 9AM. No wipes (I wasn't looking for them anyway, but I did see some old people walking out with them) but they did have Wet Ones (with 4 kids WO's are a staple in my house). Everything else you could buy; stock was thin in dairy (e.g. yogurt and cheese) but everything was there including beef, plenty of poultry. Yes they had tons of TP (again didn't buy any).
I was actually shocked by how many idiots were still buying TP. There is no way so many people can just happen to need TP, yes they were still panic buying. Sad thing is they don't realize that panic buying only creates more panic buying. I've resisted buying any TP (not sure if I've said it but I am the type that doesn't like to run out of things, so I buy from Amazon/Target when they have sales routinely).
I saw a few people with masks, mostly the elderly. One guy had a mask and ski goggles when I went to Lowes.
So again, we are dealing with an inventory system that is JIT and just needs to catch up to demand. Makes me wonder how they will deal with it when people finally completely stop panic buying. They must have controls in the system that account for spikes of demand, not to order more to overload their shelves.
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I will reiterate I am in CT, schools were let out on 3/13, that's when the hoarding started. It was originally pretty bad wherever you went - no TP (again why the hell people buy TP is beyond me), hand sanitizer, alcohol, bread, ground beef, fresh poultry, paper towels.
Since then our governor closed all "non essential businesses" which wound up not really being much actually, that was last Friday (3/20). CT is coordinating with NY, being so close to NYC; much of the lower western portion of the state commutes to NYC daily, so it makes sense that that half of the state has the most cases right now.
since then I've been in Aldi, OSJL (job lot place here locally), S&S (grocery chain sister of Giant) and BJ's.
You still can't buy sanitizer, alcohol or wipes (clorox/lysol) but everywhere else is pretty much OK. Yes inventory is a bit thin, and there are max qty you can buy, but Aldi had everything (sans TP and sanitizer) - all the fresh stuff you'd want, canned goods, bread, milk, eggs, whatever. OSJL is very limited anyway but had TP. S&S full stock (they were even storing TP in the freezers! I guess people panic bough ice cream too?!?!?). BJ's was full stocked this AM; I didn't realize they had elderly hours but there was still a line of 10-15 people at the regular (non elderly) open hour 9AM. No wipes (I wasn't looking for them anyway, but I did see some old people walking out with them) but they did have Wet Ones (with 4 kids WO's are a staple in my house). Everything else you could buy; stock was thin in dairy (e.g. yogurt and cheese) but everything was there including beef, plenty of poultry. Yes they had tons of TP (again didn't buy any).
I was actually shocked by how many idiots were still buying TP. There is no way so many people can just happen to need TP, yes they were still panic buying. Sad thing is they don't realize that panic buying only creates more panic buying. I've resisted buying any TP (not sure if I've said it but I am the type that doesn't like to run out of things, so I buy from Amazon/Target when they have sales routinely).
I saw a few people with masks, mostly the elderly. One guy had a mask and ski goggles when I went to Lowes.
So again, we are dealing with an inventory system that is JIT and just needs to catch up to demand. Makes me wonder how they will deal with it when people finally completely stop panic buying. They must have controls in the system that account for spikes of demand, not to order more to overload their shelves.