Play on words. “Hors d’oeuvres.”
Hors d’oeuvres
My 95 year old Mom loves them. Of course she’s on lockdown in memory care. Maybe I stock up and hope I see her again
I always buy those big jars because we actually go through them and per serving they are a great deal. I have a teen and a pre-teen and especially now since I can’t even buy food I have a difficult time eating enough protein and calories to make it through the day. So the PB comes in handy. The 16 oz jar could be wiped out in a day at my house.
I last saw my parents at Thanksgiving, and noticed that they kept the peanut butter in the refrigerator. My mother said that they don’t go through it very fast, unlike when we were kids, and she didn’t want it to spoil. I replied that refrigerating it was not necessary, and it’s also easier to spread at room temperature.
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IF they go through it really slow, like, I dunno 6 months to a year, it definitely does deteriorate at room temperature and go rancid, like many oils. I keep mine on the shelf, but I have noticed off flavors after a few months.
That’s how slowly I go through it, and I’ve never had a problem. It might depend on how old the jar was when I bought it.
On my last trip to the local grocery store, I noticed that the vinegar shelf was completetly cleaned out - except for all the apple cider vinegar. Which was fine by me, it’s what I’d planned to buy anyways.
It made me wonder though, because vinegar seems such an odd thing to hoard. Maybe people bought some bottles of cheap vinegar extra because it’s sometimes still used as an organic household sanitizer?
Yes, I had a large jar of Jif go rancid last year. It had gotten buried at the back of a high shelf.
Canned beets don’t seem to be popular around here at all.
Also, the last time I was in my local store, I noticed their shelves were abundantly stocked with unfamiliar brands of various tomato products (canned, pureed, etc.). I’m not sure if they had just gotten a shipment, or if people are avoiding what might be perceived as “off-brands.”
Last time I stopped in Meijer the meat section was stripped bare of everything but three packages of ground bison and three packages of lamb chops. No bread, no pasta, no frozen pizzas except the weird ones. Now, as of five days ago, I work in a grocery store, and we seem well-stocked on most everything except hand sanitizer and Clorox wipes. Got six cases of those in at noon one day and they were gone by two pm. And I rang out 15 cans of canned clams for one woman. I’m in Ohio.
Things Fred Meyer (grocery) could not fill in our pickup order this morning:
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[li]TP[/li][li]Paper towels[/li][li]Refrigerated soy milk[/li][li]Mozzarella[/li][li]Kale[/li][li]Adams no-stir peanut butter[/li][/ul]
As this was just starting to kick off, before the lockdowns began, we happened to need toilet paper. The news was already full of stories about people hoarding it, and we resolved not to behave like that, but we needed some so added it to the list. Got to Sainsbury’s: the bog roll locusts had picked the place clean…except for the recycled stuff. That’s what we would have bought anyway, so no worries there…but the shelves were all barren except for that.
Just got back from a grocery run. Moderately picked over shelves, no paper goods to be had, fully stocked meat counter and produce section. If you want canned anything, it had better be “Low Sodium” or “Reduced Sugar.” The regular versions of everything else are sold out. Full wine/beer/spirits selection. Bread is pretty picked over but they’ve completely restocked the tortilla racks.
What is the issue with low sodium/reduced sugar products? You can always add more but you can’t take it away.
Bostonian here. New England clam chowder (the creamy kind), gone. Manhattan clam chowder (tomato-based), lots. I wonder, is the opposite true in New York?
I d’not know, Captain. Same-same with spiced canned goods. Added basil and garlic? Plenty. Plain? Not a can. Anything like that - pasta sauce, beans, whatever.
You can always find canned New England clam chowder in NYC grocery stores, but it’s rare to come across Manhattan-style. I guess even Manhattanites dislike it.
I love New England and Rhode Island clam chowder, but I wouldn’t turn down a good bowl of the red stuff. The Italians have been pairing clams with tomatoes ever since Columbus brought some of them boogers back to the Old World. See clams posillipo.
Former NYer here. I like both kinds of clam chowder, but Manhattan is harder to find, even in Manhattan.
I’m not sure Whole Foods shoppers are typical grocery shoppers. 