Stocking the cupboards in the event of a pandemic in the USA

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Anonymous wrote:I’m so glad I stoked up on stuff a few weeks ago when it was just beginning. We are set to last two three months.

You plan on quarantining for 2-3 months?

You people are insane and excessive.

Avoiding buying food at the stores full of potentially sick people for a good while is not the same as quarantining.
It is just strategizing for minimal exposure. Simple risk assessment. People don't Want to buy possibly contaminated products... protecting family. Nothing to ridicule here, nobody mandated this or forces you. We let you do your think if you let us do our okay?

We need to sticky your reply.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea what Spam tastes like, but I now have an eight-pack of it from Costco. Depending on how long we need to stay put avoiding the stores, I expect to donate 11 of them, or maybe 10.

Pan fry the Spam in sluces, then make grilled spam and cheese with it. Delish!

Pan fry slices of spam but then add rice and eggs. Yummy! I love going to Hawaii and going to McDonald's and buying spam and eggs for breakfast. We bought a ton of spam and rice and beans at Costco

Is this serious?

It is seriously delicious! I like to cut the spam into cubes and put it in and/or on top of baked mac and cheese, it just doesn't get much better than that!



https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/246169/spamaroni-and-cheese/

I'd give that a shot I mean... SPAM is pork shoulder and ham. It's not a marbled ribeye but it's a decent bit of prepared protein. It's been forever since I've had it but I've diced it, pan seared it and tossed with with some peas, rotini and mayo to make a reasonable pasta salad. It works in a pinch.

Thank you everyone!

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea what Spam tastes like, but I now have an eight-pack of it from Costco. Depending on how long we need to stay put avoiding the stores, I expect to donate 11 of them, or maybe 10.

Pan fry the Spam in sluces, then make grilled spam and cheese with it. Delish!

Pan fry slices of spam but then add rice and eggs. Yummy! I love going to Hawaii and going to McDonald's and buying spam and eggs for breakfast. We bought a ton of spam and rice and beans at Costco

Is this serious?

It is seriously delicious! I like to cut the spam into cubes and put it in and/or on top of baked mac and cheese, it just doesn't get much better than that!

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/246169/spamaroni-and-cheese/

I'd give that a shot I mean... SPAM is pork shoulder and ham. It's not a marbled ribeye but it's a decent bit of prepared protein. It's been forever since I've had it but I've diced it, pan seared it and tossed with with some peas, rotini and mayo to make a reasonable pasta salad. It works in a pinch.

Thank you everyone!

Other options:

Egg and bacon
Egg, sausage and bacon
Egg and Spam
Egg, bacon and Spam
Egg, bacon, sausage and Spam
Spam, bacon, sausage and Spam
Spam, egg, Spam, Spam, bacon and Spam
Spam, Spam, Spam, egg and Spam
Spam, Sausage, Spam, Spam, Spam, Bacon, Spam, Tomato and Spam
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, baked beans, Spam, Spam, Spam and Spam
Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce, garnished with truffle pâté, brandy and a fried egg on top, and Spam.

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Other options:

Egg and bacon
Egg, sausage and bacon
Egg and Spam
Egg, bacon and Spam
Egg, bacon, sausage and Spam
Spam, bacon, sausage and Spam
Spam, egg, Spam, Spam, bacon and Spam
Spam, Spam, Spam, egg and Spam
Spam, Sausage, Spam, Spam, Spam, Bacon, Spam, Tomato and Spam
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, baked beans, Spam, Spam, Spam and Spam
Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce, garnished with truffle pâté, brandy and a fried egg on top, and Spam.

Spam, egg, sausage and spam has not got much spam in it.

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Anonymous wrote:So now that most/all of us here have stocked up, can you share how you’ll handle life? Are you (1) living off your stockpile so as to avoid stores altogether; (2) holding your stockpile for when it’s necessary but in the meantime still grocery shopping weekly or whenever while it you’re still going to work/kids to school; or (3) planning to use the stockpile exclusively once there is some event signaling things are bad enough that you don’t want to go out — i.e. confirmed cases near you; or your work says no one in the office etc.

My goal in buying ahead was to be able to avoid going to the store and being elbow to elbow w others once bad news hit. But right now I kind of feel — if we’re allowed to go to work, what’s one more stop at the store? (Though even still I want to go as little as possible, at non peak times etc just to have some distance.) How will you handle?

Mostly avoiding any unnecessary trip to the store. The key word ... unnecessary.
Even if you have to leave home for work this is not a choice. However having a choice one can risk more or less. With every contact odds grow. It takes one time, one person.. one sneeze.. one touch.. so logically speaking the more people we see a day the more chances to get it because people we see ... see other people...

With food.. going first through normal stuff until it ends and then moving to resourcess.

My initial goal was to stockpile for an out of control outbreak and carry on as normal until then, but we had questions about sick customers and cleaning after a quick trip to two of our local grocery stores. I watched a woman cough into her hand and pick up packages, then put them back. DH observed a man sneeze directly onto a fruit display. True you would wash fruit, but you have to touch it and bring it into your home to do so. So we’re mulling stopping groceries runs now. And that means giving up fresh foods sooner than I am ready. March is when I crave fresh green things. Planted some peas this morning.

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Something tells me spam stock might go up next week!

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How are the grocery stores today? Normal Saturday or crazy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How are the grocery stores today? Normal Saturday or crazy?

Mine were maybe a little more crowded for a Saturday morning but not crazily so. Giant was very low on rubbing alcohol and some other stuff but there was toilet paper. I didn’t see any hand sanitizer, but they were also reorganizing the store (bad timing!) so I may just have missed it’s new location.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Today I bought 36 rolls of toilet paper.

Will that last the weekend for your family?

Lol!
Yes, unless we overdo it on the lentils we have already stockpiled!

[Anonymous]

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Something tells me spam stock might go up next week!

Is it sold around here? I haven’t had it in 20 years. Now I’m curious to try it again.

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Spam and kimchi is a magical combo. Even better if you can also add egg and ramen noodles.

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Trader Joe’s was more holiday-busy than normal Saturday morning busy, but otherwise not too bad. I did have a woman almost knock me over trying to get to the last bag of white rice (which I wasn’t even going for).

I heard Costco was nuts and they were limiting how many cases of toilet paper people could buy- considering one of the big Kirkland packs lasts us literally for 2months, I don’t know why anyone would need more than that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So now that most/all of us here have stocked up, can you share how you’ll handle life? Are you (1) living off your stockpile so as to avoid stores altogether; (2) holding your stockpile for when it’s necessary but in the meantime still grocery shopping weekly or whenever while it you’re still going to work/kids to school; or (3) planning to use the stockpile exclusively once there is some event signaling things are bad enough that you don’t want to go out — i.e. confirmed cases near you; or your work says no one in the office etc.

My goal in buying ahead was to be able to avoid going to the store and being elbow to elbow w others once bad news hit. But right now I kind of feel — if we’re allowed to go to work, what’s one more stop at the store? (Though even still I want to go as little as possible, at non peak times etc just to have some distance.) How will you handle?

Mostly avoiding any unnecessary trip to the store. The key word ... unnecessary.
Even if you have to leave home for work this is not a choice. However having a choice one can risk more or less. With every contact odds grow. It takes one time, one person.. one sneeze.. one touch.. so logically speaking the more people we see a day the more chances to get it because people we see ... see other people...

With food.. going first through normal stuff until it ends and then moving to resourcess.

My initial goal was to stockpile for an out of control outbreak and carry on as normal until then, but we had questions about sick customers and cleaning after a quick trip to two of our local grocery stores. I watched a woman cough into her hand and pick up packages, then put them back. DH observed a man sneeze directly onto a fruit display. True you would wash fruit, but you have to touch it and bring it into your home to do so. So we’re mulling stopping groceries runs now. And that means giving up fresh foods sooner than I am ready. March is when I crave fresh green things. Planted some peas this morning.

Ageeed. Our freezer is stocked with frozen produce and we are ready to hunker down until this thing passes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are the grocery stores today? Normal Saturday or crazy?

Mine were maybe a little more crowded for a Saturday morning but not crazily so. Giant was very low on rubbing alcohol and some other stuff but there was toilet paper. I didn’t see any hand sanitizer, but they were also reorganizing the store (bad timing!) so I may just have missed it’s new location.

My grocery store was out of rice bags, bleach, Lysol, hand sanitizer, gloves, rubbing alcohol, Ramen, mac n cheese. Lower stock/limited selection of some canned food, PB, toilet paper, spices, and other shelf stable foods. more crowded than usual.

Amazon food deliveries backed up vs. usual delivery times in my area, so glad I ordered early. Some items out of stock, like disinfectant wipes, hand sanitizer and Lysol sprays, but was able to get some of the other items I couldn’t get at the store.

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Boxed still seems to have everything but hand sanitizer. I think they have good prices and quick delivery times.