What's next for hoarding?

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gwraigty said:
Also items for fixing things in the home and construction supplies, which is considered an essential business allowed to continue during our stay-at-home in Ohio.
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Maryland specifically listed stores like Lowes/Home Depot as essential. Same with home repair/maintenance. If it is below freezing and your furnace goes out, you have an emergency.
 
Gamma seal lids for buckets (prob due to food storage?)

So all I could get was a 50-lb bag of flour.

So my research says, use Home Depot buckets with gamma-seal lids.

So, every Home Depot within 100 miles is flat out of gamma-seal lids and no ETA of new shipments.
 
Went to Publix today. Still out of many products.
I saw a documentary awhile ago which had some sort of incident wipe out much of the planet.
The main concept discussed was that humans are generically a kind caring species, but only in times of plenty.
 
Amethyst said:
So all I could get was a 50-lb bag of flour.

So my research says, use Home Depot buckets with gamma-seal lids.

So, every Home Depot within 100 miles is flat out of gamma-seal lids and no ETA of new shipments.
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I have several Gamma-seal buckets in use north and south, but also am using a 5-gallon bucket with screw lid used (by us) previously as the container for the chlorine pool pucks for the pool down here. After cleaning it is working just fine for flour. Haven't had any insect intrusion. Takes two buckets to hold 50# of white flour.
 
Amethyst said:
So all I could get was a 50-lb bag of flour.

So my research says, use Home Depot buckets with gamma-seal lids.

So, every Home Depot within 100 miles is flat out of gamma-seal lids and no ETA of new shipments.
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Try the smaller hardware stores. Found some at our local Ace Hardware. Just make sure that your buckets are food grade.
 
FIREd said:
In France, the gov knew that they would have riots in the streets if they closed alcohol and tobacco stores. Based on my casual observation, people here seem to be going back to the basics during this forced confinement: delicious homemade food chased down with a glass (or two) of wine.
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Supposedly Germans stocked up on TP emptying store shelves. The French, however, stocked up on wine and condoms.......
 
MRG said:
I guess it makes sense people are getting more spooky by the day. A county north of us has shut down. Sherriff's office says any parked vehicle not registered in the county will be towed. If you don't live there go home. [emoji111]
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What? That’s crazy! Maybe someone is there caring for a sick parent or any number of legitimate reasons to shelter in place in another county or state.
 
audreyh1 said:
Supposedly Germans stocked up on TP emptying store shelves. The French, however, stocked up on wine and condoms.......
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I read that the French were stocking up on baguettes. Maybe wine and condoms too...
 
In my experience, baguettes don't last longer than a day. Maybe two at the most.
 
Gumby said:
In my experience, baguettes don't last longer than a day. Maybe two at the most.
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Freeze them when they are fresh and let thaw or pop them in the oven when you want some bread. :) Lots of people are doing that in France at the moment to reduce the number of trips to the bakery during the lockdown. Since I am single, I cut my baguettes in 3-4 pieces, freeze them, and reheat one piece at a time.
 
tmm99 said:
I read that the French were stocking up on baguettes. Maybe wine and condoms too...
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Baguettes have to be bought daily - they don’t store.

But usually the local boulangerie will deliver bread daily......

OK - the freezing solution for fresh baked bread is a good one, assuming you have freezer space in your tiny European fridge....

I noticed some places in Europe that early morning fresh bread delivery would hang a bag of bread on on the door.
 
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FIREd said:
Freeze them when they are fresh and let thaw or pop them in the oven when you want some bread. :) Lots of people are doing that in France at the moment to reduce the number of trips to the bakery during the lockdown.
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Yep!

https://www.france24.com/en/20200318-let-them-eat-bread-french-hoard-baguettes-in-virus-lockdown

Let them eat bread! French hoard baguettes in virus lockdown

As anxious consumers around the world stockpile toilet paper and pasta, the French are thronging bakeries for baguettes, fearing a shortage of their daily bread as they wait out the coronavirus epidemic in confinement.

"We have people who normally take a half a baguette or one baguette per day, who are now taking four or five to freeze them in case even stricter confinement measures are announced," said Koriche.
 
audreyh1 said:
Is there some inside joke in there?
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Yes. It was aimed at those who speak French and English.

"Enough" is pronounced very much like "un oeuf" (which means "one egg" in French).

Sorry, I just can't help myself when I know a good pun. :hide:
 
Not in any kind of French I've heard. "Un" and "En" (which I pronounce with a long E) don't sound anything alike.

braumeister said:
Yes. It was aimed at those who speak French and English.

"Enough" is pronounced very much like "un oeuf" (which means "one egg" in French).

Sorry, I just can't help myself when I know a good pun. :hide:
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This pun initially referred to dinosaur eggs.....often phrased as "One egg is an oeuf".

 
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Amethyst said:
Per the customer comments, you need a rubber mallet to pound the lid into place. Sounds like a recipe for disaster. Why would a lid be so difficult to install?
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The lid comes in two parts. The outer part gets pounded with the mallet down onto the bucket to form a strong seal. It is now permanently attached to the bucket The inner part of the lid then spins into the outer part. When you want to open the bucket, you spin the inner part of the lid in the reverse direction and remove it. The spinning part is easy.

Here's a helpful video (showing how to do it without a mallet):

 
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