cocoa is already extremely expensive and in short supply. two years ago, i got 2 pounds of ghirardelli at amazon for $26 — now it’s $42.
couldn’t find hershey’s special dark at the supermarket or online. wound up ordering 14 ounces of king arthur double dark cocoa for $15.
don’t want to think what will happen when the tariffs kick in.
I’m afraid Asian restaurants, especially Thai maybe, will have a hard time staying in business since they have to import essential items.
Thanks for the reminder. Guess it’s time to place my Penzey’s order–vanilla, cocoa, bay leaves, paprika.
I’ll have to surf their site to see what other old-fashioned groceries I am forgetting.
wait til you see their cocoa prices. might be better off with amazon.
I parted ways with amazon years ago. I don’t even remember why now, but I’ve always been happy with Penzey’s products and customer service.
TY. I’m furious, but I have no control. How could I ever have explained the parameters of fiscal responsibility to my students with a straight face? Silly me!!
Economics was one of the subjects for my professional qualification. It was only many years later I realised it was a creative art rather than science.
I briefly majored in econ as an undergrad. It was after I was a political science major, but before I switched to literature. The three were equally creative.
your call.
but $4 for a 1/2 cup of cocoa powder seems a bit steep.
Our local food banks and social relief agencies have been cut badly and they now need to rely on more private donations. So where do those donations come from when the private donors, across the board, are hit themselves? I, personally, need to change my financial benevolence, as small as it is already, to help those who will need it most. And I suppose as needs increase, possibly a criminal element emerges? Time to suck it up, buttercup.
They kicked in the moment of the possibility.
Fortunately I’m not a professional baker or confectioner. My problem is I love chocolate, whether I make it myself or buy it–every generation of kids in my family know exactly what drawer to head for when they visit 
Thankfully, our favorite Thai restaurant also happens to be located in Berlin, and the EU is likely (hopefully) able to make up for this nonsense 
I wish I had the freezer space to stock up on frozen shrimp.
We will never regret buying our buddy’s used chest freezer for our basement. My PIC loves to hoard bread, and we wouldn’t have been able to get 1/2 a local lamb.
It’s easy to forget what’s down there, however, which is why I’ve tried to adapt @LindaWhit’s method of keeping a ledger. More or less successfully 
I am constantly dropping off what I don’t need, what can be used, at the food bank or my neighborhood’s community fridges.
When I buy something, I usually make an effort to donate something. Same with my clothes and shoes.
Too rigid. Much more fun is to just do a periodic audit. Things will then come as a surprise as you’ll have forgotten freezing it.
I said I tried, not that I had any success keeping it up-to-date. It’s much closer to a periodic audit.
I am even capable of buying a jar of anchovies, just to place it right next to the jar of anchovies already sitting on the counter right next to the stove.
Oh, and we have dryer towels to last us a lifetime now.
What are dryer towels?
Sorry, dryer sheets.
