Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Regular cheapo American tea bags are now gone from the big supermarkets.
Only decaf tea is left. No Tetley, Lipton, Red Rose, store brand, etc. Unless it is decaf. How strange is that?
You can find plenty in smaller stores.
Here in my area, pasta is almost non-existent. the shelves where it's supposed to be are bare, and there's barely any sauce, either (except Ragu. No one want's that...). It had all sold out as fast as TP and paper towels and it hasn't been restocked even as late as this morning.
Pretty much the same by me unless you hit it when it's restocked. People are buying a lot of pasta because it's cheap. Same with ramen noodle soup. Very hard to find it
Quote:
Originally Posted by Trekker99
It's all about timing in my area for flour, pasta, and canned items.
Other items are slowly being stocked for anytime availability like TP, paper towels, meat, dairy, etc
Yeast....that's still scarce for some reason.
I posted in one of the other threads, there normally isn't much of a market for yeast this time of the year so they don't make as much. They're trying to make more to send to stores
Pretty much the same by me unless you hit it when it's restocked. People are buying a lot of pasta because it's cheap. Same with ramen noodle soup. Very hard to find it
I posted in one of the other threads, there normally isn't much of a market for yeast this time of the year so they don't make as much. They're trying to make more to send to stores
Curious as to what people use yeast for, other than baking bread, which not many people do.
I wouldn't say there is a shortage of pasta in general, but spaghetti and angle hair do seem harder to find these days while other shapes are still aplenty.
I also have not seen flour, including most non-wheat and/or gluten free types, for about a month now.
Curious as to what people use yeast for, other than baking bread, which not many people do.
Pizza dough, bisquits, etc. Sour dough making is a huge trend right now, and if you don't have starter you need yeast to make a starter.
Bread making has been a total pandemic trend. We had over 60lbs of various flours at the start of the quarantine and we are down to around 30. I use a breadmaker that was given to me, DH makes sour dough, and we do a lot of pizza crusts for the grill, then various bisquits, pie crusts and hoagie rolls.
__________________ ____________________________________________
My posts as a Mod will always be in red.
Be sure to review Terms of Service: TOS
And check this out: FAQ
Moderator: Relationships Forum / Hawaii Forum / Dogs / Pets / Current Events
Haven't noticed, as my husband and I make our own pasta and have for a while. I've had no problem getting my flour (Cup4Cup, I have Celiac Disease) either.
Pizza dough, bisquits, etc. Sour dough making is a huge trend right now, and if you don't have starter you need yeast to make a starter.
Bread making has been a total pandemic trend. We had over 60lbs of various flours at the start of the quarantine and we are down to around 30. I use a breadmaker that was given to me, DH makes sour dough, and we do a lot of pizza crusts for the grill, then various bisquits, pie crusts and hoagie rolls.
If you have nutritional yeast, they are very healthy just by taking a spoon a day with your food. The most B complex vitamins.
Regular cheapo American tea bags are now gone from the big supermarkets.
Only decaf tea is left. No Tetley, Lipton, Red Rose, store brand, etc. Unless it is decaf. How strange is that?
You can find plenty in smaller stores.
Just received two boxes of Luzianne Tea in my Walmart delivery .. and at a good price. The shortage muct be local.
I've started seeing people on Nextdoor offering to "share" some flour....obviously they bought like a 50# sack in a hoarding panic and now they regret it. Sad. One woman even wanted to "share" some of the 2# bag of YEAST she bought.
SHeesh.
Or maybe they bought a 50-pound bag because that was all that was available, with the intent of sharing it with friends and neighbors. Perhaps one should not be so quick to judge.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801
Curious as to what people use yeast for, other than baking bread, which not many people do.
Pizza dough, rolls, etc.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Electrician4you
People were buying ANYTHING that was food. I saw a guy who had 8 bottles of salad dressing. No salads. Lady had a cart full of milk. Hell I estimated about 30 gallons of milk. Where EXACTLY are you gonna put 30 one gallon bottles of milk before they spoil? . Another guy has a cart full of meat. All kinds. No rhyme or reason. I guarantee you that guy didn’t have enough bread pasta or whatever helper to cook all that meat.
Some of those people could have been buying for group living situations, and that is the normal shopping trip. Again, you can't tell just by looking in someone's cart what their situation is.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
