What are you panic buying?

[klang]

yeast

easy enough to grow your own, my mum does it all the time:
100ml wheat beer, 1 tea spoon of sugar, 1 table spoon of flour. mix thoroughly, then let rest at room temperature for one night.
the result equals 50g of fresh yeast.
works fine

 

[Badgers]

Went to Lidl for a restock. Well organised outside queuing with security watching the queue and on the door.

Very well stocked throughout. Pasta choices a bit limited (I did not need any) and no Spinach (got Cabbage instead) but otherwise plenty of stuff.

Only issue with Lidl is how the store is laid out. Meant people doubling back and around aisles and some not distancing at all :rollseyes:

 

[Orang Utan]

my mum does it all the time:

bet she does, fnaar

 

[Epona]

Wandered down to Morrisons to do a weekly shop - queue was absolutely fucking massive and I said "fuck that I'm not spending my Saturday afternoon queuing outside of a fucking supermarket" and went home, leaving Nate in the much shorter queue outside of Iceland on the way back.

I hate leaving him to go shopping, I predict we'll be having custard creams and pot noodle for dinner!

 

[LDC]

I'm really very tempted to 'panic' buy an air rifle.

 

[Epona]

Wandered down to Morrisons to do a weekly shop - queue was absolutely fucking massive and I said "fuck that I'm not spending my Saturday afternoon queuing outside of a fucking supermarket" and went home, leaving Nate in the much shorter queue outside of Iceland on the way back.

I hate leaving him to go shopping, I predict we'll be having custard creams and pot noodle for dinner!

I take it back, he did really well - we'll be having creamy mushroom pasta tonight and seafood linguine tomorrow with some seafood left over for future meals - nicely done

 

[WouldBe]

Pasta choices a bit limited (I did not need any)

Local Morrisons only had fusilli and only in huge (10kg) bags.

 

[Epona]

Local Morrisons only had fusilli and only in huge (10kg) bags.

Oh I used to buy those when I used the delivery service, they were good value iirc

 

[gentlegreen]

My local Tesco was a cool and spacious joy this morning at 7.30 - first visit for weeks.
Bonus Brussels sprouts, but no flour of any kind, so I will have to visit Aldi later in the week.
I wonder if there's a slightly cynical intent to force people into buying ready-made bread and cake

Darn - forgot mushrooms

 

[killer b]

I wonder if there's a slightly cynical intent to force people into buying ready-made bread and cake

Theres just lots more people baking bread right now.

 

[gentlegreen]

Theres just lots more people baking bread right now.

Things are getting desperate.
Another week and I'll be down to the rye flour ...

 

[existentialist]

Things are getting desperate.
Another week and I'll be down to the rye flour ...

Another week, and so will everyone else

 

[Pickman's model]

Things are getting desperate.
Another week and I'll be down to the rye flour ...

another week and we'll be reduced to sainsbury's assam tea and border's ginger & chocolate biscuits

 

[Pickman's model]

I'm really very tempted to 'panic' buy an air rifle.

crossbow would be better.

 

[Pickman's model]

Wandered down to Morrisons to do a weekly shop - queue was absolutely fucking massive and I said "fuck that I'm not spending my Saturday afternoon queuing outside of a fucking supermarket" and went home, leaving Nate in the much shorter queue outside of Iceland on the way back.

I hate leaving him to go shopping, I predict we'll be having custard creams and pot noodle for dinner!

hey! don't knock it till you've tried it

 

[maomao]

Hard work today. Planned three trips, Lidl, Asda, Aldi. Got to Lidl early but no flour or eggs already. Filled the basket with veg, checked out and realised I didn't have my wallet on me. So had to walk another round trip to Lidl. Think I've done just over six miles in total. Nearly three and a half hours, most of it carrying stuff. Knackered.

Everywhere except Lidl has queueing outside with a one out one in rule. The main obstacles to two metres distance are the staff. The shelf stackers are tired and don't give a fuck so not making space which I can sort of understand but in Asda a fucking manager walked the length of the tills between people queueing at two metres distance ensuring he was within two metres of all of them

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Went to Marks earlier - very few people in thankfully, but fully stocked again except the food to go stuff for obvious reasons. Picked up some bread, a dozen eggs, two butternut squashes and three pizzas.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Went to Marks earlier -

How posh you are.

 

[prunus]

I seem to have panic-bought 9 6’ fence panels, 10 fence posts and fence footing spikes, and associated fittings.

(Ok actually ordered back in Feb when Ciara did for my elderly fence. Was supposed to come along with some burly folk to put it all up. Imagine my surprise when I got a voicemail saying “we’ve left your fence at the front of your house” (contactless delivery you see). Still, at least I’ve now got a project...)

 

[farmerbarleymow]

How posh you are.

Posh?

I've always liked Marks as they do nice food, and buy some stuff there, and other stuff in Coop or Aldi.

 

[magneze]

Apparently people might be panic buying dogs.

 

[WouldBe]

Apparently people might be panic buying dogs.

A dog is for life not just coronamas.

 

[existentialist]

I've just panic-bought 500g of herbes de provence online. Mostly because I'm not prepared to pay Schwarz fucking prices for 10 grammes of the stuff - if I wanted to do that, it'd be cheaper to buy weed and sprinkle that in my omelettes.

 

[hash tag]

I’ve been bulk-buying Lego for the last month or two, so at least I shouldn’t get bored come the lockdown.

Thank you Dogsauce, Just remembered this


Puddy_Tat?

 

[xes]

Apparently people might be panic buying dogs.

A dog is not just for Quarantine!

 

[two sheds]

Posh?

I've always liked Marks as they do nice food, and buy some stuff there, and other stuff in Coop or Aldi.

My sis buys me M&S tokens in the repeated hope (I think) that I'll buy decent clothes from them. They do however have nice port and duck & orange pate

 

[hash tag]

Apart from my elderly in laws, does anyone actually by clothes anymore in Marks?

 

[existentialist]

Apart from my elderly in laws, does anyone actually by clothes anymore in Marks?

I get all my drawers and socks from them, but that's about it.

 

[two sheds]

Apart from my elderly in laws, does anyone actually by clothes anymore in Marks?

not me

 

[Lurdan]

Apparently people might be panic buying dogs.

A dog is not just for Quarantine!

It could just be for dinner.