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22. Odd shortages here as well

Fri Apr 3, 2020, 11:44 PM

Apr 2020

Plenty of rice last week at the family-run grocery, but no rice vinegar or fish sauce. Potatoes available singly but not in bags. Flour tortillas but no corn ones. Meat, fish, and produce seem to be readily available. Potato chips sold out, but plenty of tortilla chips.

It makes for creative cooking.

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Hubby went to the grocery store today. Only had a few itemds on list so it should have been a quick [View all] napi21 Apr 2020 OP

I've been trying to get flour and yeast for 2 weeks mcar Apr 2020 #1

I have baked bread twice since being home. Yum! But, I only bought mucifer Apr 2020 #2

Just save a little of the dough. And mix it into your next batch. GulfCoast66 Apr 2020 #21

Great advice The Blue Flower Apr 2020 #57

You can buy sourdough starter online womanofthehills Apr 2020 #30

You can make your own easily... getagrip_already Apr 2020 #51

Some bakeries will sell ingredients directlly. Lookup local bakeries in your area and ask. Flaleftist Apr 2020 #5

EBay has hundreds of sellers peddling yeast at procon Apr 2020 #8

I can't find yeast either. I do have flour. Mariana Apr 2020 #15

I've made loaf bread, hot rolls and 2 kinds of focaccia. Daughter found some yeast snd Arkansas Granny Apr 2020 #23

That's really sweet! Bluepinky Apr 2020 #26

When people are locked down they tend to bake cakes and cookies and brownies a lot SpaceNeedle Apr 2020 #24

Cakes, cookies, and brownies don't require yeast. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #27

Try a local bakery. Laffy Kat Apr 2020 #32

Unfortunately, we don't have any local bakeries mcar Apr 2020 #56

Since I had been using yeast quite a bit over the past couple years BumRushDaShow Apr 2020 #45

Maybe the hoarders are still at it, making multiple trips and hoping from store to store. Flaleftist Apr 2020 #3

Factories, trucking, store stocking all are down people. Throck Apr 2020 #55

You copied my shopping list! procon Apr 2020 #4

Yea! I thought most people feel the same as my son who says "that tastes like medicine mom!" n/t napi21 Apr 2020 #6

They think it's enough quinine to cure cv-19. They're wrong. nt tblue37 Apr 2020 #11

Really? I use it to thin some fruit juices that are procon Apr 2020 #16

Gin and tonic was originally a malaria cure. n/t Crunchy Frog Apr 2020 #39

Whew... Good to know I'm well stocked with the cure procon Apr 2020 #40

Gasp! I bet you're right! It's the quinine they're after. Laffy Kat Apr 2020 #33

For rice - Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #7

yes. yeast has been snapped on. Public radio today had segment on how to make your own yeast with Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #9

That's sour dough starter. I've made it a num,ber of times. n/t napi21 Apr 2020 #25

they started talking about the lack of yeast, then the guy gave a recipe for sour dough starter Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #35

There is no rhyme or reason for what is in stock BigmanPigman Apr 2020 #10

Odd shortages here as well Retrograde Apr 2020 #22

My Redmond WA Costco had yeast (humongous) last week. Try Oriental or Indian stores for rice. fierywoman Apr 2020 #12

First couple days of the month are heavy Phoenix61 Apr 2020 #13

Hey, I was able to get cat litter, in fact 2 buckets of litter. Doreen Apr 2020 #14

We have been eating more rice. LisaM Apr 2020 #17

I have been cheating and buying the frozen bread dough. GemDigger Apr 2020 #18

I guess if I'm ever going to have chicken again, I'm going BusyBeingBest Apr 2020 #19

We found rice at a Korean grocery last week Generic Brad Apr 2020 #20

Wow, I have a packet and a half of dry yeast in my kitchen. Blue_true Apr 2020 #28

I have one of those small jars f years because I have a bread machine I like to use sometimes. cwydro Apr 2020 #49

Bread was short three weeks ago. But you are right, now the shelves look normal. Blue_true Apr 2020 #59

For some reason, tp is one of those things i always buy whenever I go to the store. cwydro Apr 2020 #60

Rice and beans are fairly cheap and filling. staple diet during rough times riversedge Apr 2020 #29

You can always use another grain. Chellee Apr 2020 #31

I ordered online at Walmart today - for pickup womanofthehills Apr 2020 #34

If you use a lot of tonic water or other seltzers, Jane Austin Apr 2020 #36

I love mixing Seltzer water and Cranberry-grape juice ribrepin Apr 2020 #37

the real fear is setting in as people prepare for extended period of time of isolation beachbumbob Apr 2020 #38

Tonic was almost out when I shopped last week a la izquierda Apr 2020 #41

People are cooking now SoCalDem Apr 2020 #42

Tonic Water ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #43

I went yesterday, too, and there were no paper products period and few cleaning supplies. Vinca Apr 2020 #44

restaurants mercuryblues Apr 2020 #46

Huh? Restaurants that have no custom are busy buying a product they can't use? muriel_volestrangler Apr 2020 #48

The restaurants are doing good business from what I have seen here in Florida madville Apr 2020 #50

They are still doing curb-side pick up &deliveries where I live mercuryblues Apr 2020 #54

On Wednesday, I could get everything on my list except - printing paper muriel_volestrangler Apr 2020 #47

It's been going in waves. Throck Apr 2020 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Apr 2020 #53

Try arriving 30 min before stores open on Tues - Fri. aikoaiko Apr 2020 #58