# So what shortages are you personally seeing? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [July 24, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268 "2020-07-24T23:28:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 57
**Author:** ![GoodOldKJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GoodOldKJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOldKJ)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1121 "2022-01-19T05:29:33Z")
Mom reported to me tonight that she attempted to buy 2 pie crust at the local Weis market but the cashier informed her she was limited to 1. She did do a second order so 2 apple pies are on the menu for tomorrow’s dinner! ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1122 "2022-01-20T20:13:30Z")
Of all the things to ration, and to ration at just one per customer! I wouldn’t question one each of eggs, milk, bread, etc., but pie crusts aren’t so essential. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1123 "2022-01-20T20:16:09Z")
Today I saw a bit of a shortage and a bit of foolish shelving - the cracker shelf was very picked over. I chose what I could and noticed that there was not one box of Saltines of any brand. Later on, walking past the ice cream, I saw a display of Saltines. Next to the ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1124 "2022-01-20T20:30:09Z")
Rice Krispies have been out of stock at our local stores since Christmas. They had the special Christmas Rice Krispies, but after that was over the regular kind never came back. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOldKJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GoodOldKJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOldKJ)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1125 "2022-01-21T05:19:04Z")
I was taken back by it but at least she got the crust. The pies were delicious BTW! ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1126 "2022-01-21T12:19:24Z")
If pie crusts disappear again – I have become of fan of the “impossible no crust pie” recipes floating around. Here’s one: > **[Impossibly Easy Pumpkin Pie (Bisquick...too easy :) Recipe - Food.com](https://www.food.com/recipe/impossibly-easy-pumpkin-pie-bisquick-too-easy-47596)** > > No Way...WAY! The famous "no crust to roll out" Bisquick Impossible Pie turns Pumpkin for the holidays! (Instructions are to bake for 35-40 minutes. My oven took just under an hour for the center to “set”.) ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1127 "2022-01-21T17:27:20Z")
If you can find flour and butter/lard/vegetable shortening, pie crusts are not super hard to make. They may not always turn out perfectly; but they’re really unlikely to turn out inedible. ETA: that’s butter _or_ lard _or_ vegetable shortening. You don’t need more than one. There are also pie crust recipes for using liquid vegetable oil, though I’m a bit dubious about those. ---
**Author:** ![PackerMan2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/packerman2/32/2894_2.png) [@PackerMan2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PackerMan2)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1128 "2022-01-21T17:40:17Z")
There are a lot of recipes that actually use more than one kind of fat in order to create the right combo of tender and flaky. > **[Pie Crust](https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/pie-crust-recipe-1915025)** > > Get Pie Crust Recipe from Food Network ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1129 "2022-01-21T17:43:25Z")
> [@PackerMan2](#): > > There are a lot of recipes that actually use more than one kind of fat in order to create the right combo of tender and flaky. True. But if there are shortages and you can only find one kind, you can still make pie crust. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1130 "2022-01-22T03:41:03Z")
> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > If pie crusts disappear again – I have become of fan of the “impossible no crust pie” recipes floating around. Here’s one: I’m trying to wrap my brain around a pumpkin bisquick “something”. What’s it like? ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1131 "2022-01-22T03:45:55Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I’m trying to wrap my brain around a pumpkin bisquick “something”. What’s it like? Here’s a link with pictures and a good description: > **[Impossible Pumpkin Pie](https://iambaker.net/impossible-pumpkin-pie-recipe/)** > > Impossible Pumpkin Pie is an impossibly easy-to-make crustless pumpkin pie that forms its own crust while being baked. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1132 "2022-01-22T03:58:47Z")
That actually looks good. thanks. Will try to make it tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1133 "2022-01-22T04:44:07Z")
Were they in the freezer, or on a shelf next to the freezer? ---
**Author:** ![GoodOldKJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GoodOldKJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOldKJ)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1134 "2022-01-22T06:02:06Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > > [@Magiver](#): > > > > I’m trying to wrap my brain around a pumpkin bisquick “something”. What’s it like? > > Here’s a link with pictures and a good description: > > [Impossible Pumpkin Pie - i am baker](https://iambaker.net/impossible-pumpkin-pie-recipe/) Mom makes a Impossible Pumpkin pie and its fantastic. Im not a huge fan of crust (unless its apple or cherry pie) so Im especially happy when she goes in that direction. I dont know how to explain it. The bottom kind of forms a slight “skin” like the top of cook and serve pudding will. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1135 "2022-01-22T12:20:45Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I’m trying to wrap my brain around a pumpkin bisquick “something”. What’s it like? I would call it a cross between a pumpkin pudding and a pumpkin bread, leaning heavily towards the pudding. As someone mentioned before, it forms a skin against the pan. Don’t mean to hijack the thread. Should we open a thread for “recipes you’ve turned to since Covid?” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1136 "2022-01-22T13:38:51Z")
Over xmas my gf was enthralled by recipes she read for easy cakes/cookies/whatevers utilizing spice cake mix and just one or two other ingredients. They were all amazingly simple. They all sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1137 "2022-01-22T20:15:55Z")
On a shelf by the freezer. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1138 "2022-01-23T18:40:37Z")
Today it was Pillsburys turn to vanish. 3 stores and not a single can of pop biscuits to be found. Bare shelves where there should be crescent rolls, etc. No cat fud, either. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1139 "2022-01-23T20:43:03Z")
> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > Don’t mean to hijack the thread. Should we open a thread for “recipes you’ve turned to since Covid?” Good thought! > [@Recipes you have turned to since the world ended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-you-have-turned-to-since-the-world-ended/958287): > > Over in the shortages thread folks were discussing recipes with substitutions or even just the substitutions in random places in the thread. Lets put them all in one place to make it easy for someone to go back to a substitution they had read about a while back. Due to COVID I’ve learned to make a few soft cheeses. Lately rennet has been easier to find than cream cheese. Culturing buttermilk is cheap and easier than going to five stores to find an almost out of date bottle. So, what have you f… ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268/1140 "2022-01-23T23:42:57Z")
I asked the grocery manager why Pillsbury refrigerated products were totally out, and she said there was a major strike at their factory. The same place also makes the store brand, so there was nothing on those shelves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-shortages-are-you-personally-seeing/916268.md?page=58)