As I was picking up something at the Chinese supermarket today, it briefly crossed my mind that I might want to pick up an extra jar or two of Thai curry paste and some spare bottles of soy sauce and sesame oil.
I’m stockpiled on pasta for no good reason, but maybe I need another couple of packets of my favorite types.
Anyone thinking along these lines given the wide range of tariff-imposed countries?
What would you buy extras of before prices adjust higher?
(Please no politics and no discussion of whether tariffs make sense or not — focus on the food)
Harters
(John Hartley - a culinary patriot, cooking and eating in northwest England)
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My only experience of considering stockpiling was when there were predicted shortages during Covid. In the event we didnt do any stockpiling, with the exception of toilet paper. Stockpiling during Covid was a direct cause of shortages, so the solution proved to be worse than the initial problem.
I certainly won’t be stockpiling to save a few pounds caused by political decisions (that we can’t discuss) taken by a foreign country.
I won’t be stockpiling anything but I will be buying local as much as possible. My CSA starts in a couple of months so that will take care of locally grown veggies. When I finish up the meats in my freezer I will start buying meats at the farmers market. Some things won’t be possible to source locally, though like curry paste, coconut milk, etc.
I do now have more than one bottle of Canadian maple syrup in my pantry. And I am actually low on olive oil. There’s a wholesale Italian facility that runs a small retail market not far from me, so besides oil I’ll pick up some parm, dry pasta and whatever else looks good. Fortunately, local produce will begin appearing soon and hopefully this nonsense will be over by the end of growing season
I streamlined our pantry over the past 4 years, after having too many things purchased that I don’t use.
I recently stocked up on the canned tuna I like and beans.
What’s been interesting in Ontario lately, is that canned Bush’s Beans, made in the States, have been 20 to 30 cents cheaper than Canadian Heinz beans, after costing more than Heinz for years.
I probably won’t stockpile too many things.
I will be following the price of Hellman’s Mayo. It’s getting close to $10 Canadian for the medium sized jar
I do pick up local maple syrup whenever I see it. That’s just been a buying pattern. For me. Locally roasted coffees and local maple when I visit small towns.
I’m glad I ordered my splurge Goldbelly praline torte, tamales, crabcakes and Chile Rellenos before the Tariffs LOL. I already had some ridiculous surcharges added on top of the prices.
just ordered 6 cans of aroyo-d coconut milk (thailand). also, 6 bars moser roth 85% chocolate (germany). just did a trader joe’s run, but will do one more before the end of april so i have enough cheese and evoo to last a few months.
Only if the prices will go up quite dramatically in the short and mid term and many people will feel a strong pain around their money (and with a recession also thrown in so many people would lose their jobs)
I think we’ve made it through the pasta; still working on some canned goods and dried beans, though. (The latter are approaching the “no longer softening” stage, sadly.)
