I wondered about its availablity in the UK. So, I googled. And found we have a yak farm about 20 miles away. And, apparently, the farmers are crossing yaks with their cows. Spooky. I wonder if that produces yows or caks?
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One can go out to buy food any time when the shop opens. BTW, I don’t live in Paris. 
I didn’t know yaks and cows could be crossed. They are both bovidae. Yak tastes great - high protein and low fat. So back to the original topic I recommend stocking up on yak if you can. The milk makes dandy yogurt as well.
Not being silly at all. Spot shortages do provide the opportunity to try different foods than we usually eat. Protein and veg alike.
UK chef Jamie Oliver is currently doing a 5 nights a week programme from his home (filming on phones). Doing recipes that are very tolerant of ingredient swaps. I’m sure it’s helpful to folk who are his usual main target audience.
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Still on the topic of stocking up, I recall a few weeks back in the 1980s when I thought I needed vegetable oil for about six shopping trips in a row. This foible still happens to me with variable items. Could be cheese or UHT milk or pork loin (sshhh - don’t tell my wife - it’s buried in the basement freezer). I went through a period of corned beef hash. Triscuits. I went overboard with cabbage last Fall. Fortunately stuffed cabbage freezes well. Is there a term for accidentally stocking up?
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In my case it’s called "oops, I forgot to update the shopping list 
. . . Didn’t cross off what I bought and forgot to add what we needed.
Back in the 80’s we didn’t have smart phones to tell us what we needed. Paper and pen were the tools of choice.
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Yes. It’s “a senior moment”
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I prefer to call it an “experienced human” moment! We have hurricanes and severe winter storms where we live with power outages, as well as hordes of tourists in the summer months (as if the locusts descended). Entire isles of foods empty in the summer, but the toilet paper thing now is kind of weird.
So we are used to having shelf stable ingredients, canned meats and fish, sauces, and made ahead soups, stews, vegetables in our chest freezer.
We both cook. We’re just missing going out for some fish and chips and a gin & tonic. Chat up the bartender. And not having to clean the kitchen afterward.
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We do also, with the added challenge of living in an area of small peninsulas so switching around failures doesn’t happen. I may have mentioned keeping gasoline in stock for our small generator. Enough for our furnace, fridge, and freezer and to keep Internet on line. grin
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That’s what my husband does, rotates the gas Honda generator from one station to another. We have a well and a septic. Live on the Outer Cape in Eastham. We fill the bathtub with water for flushing and put a gigantic stockpot of water on the gas range to dip into when we want to boil water for coffee or to make rice or steam some veggies. Bottled water for the dogs and brushing our teeth! Internet connectivity is a big deal. Have a commercial ice maker in the garage that goes into the boat cooler and it will hold overflow for a long time.
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I did that once with cinnamon. I hardly ever shop on some of the inner aisles and I had locked in my brain we needed it. Over and over… In my defense, I had an infant at the time. That infant is now nearly 3 and we have 3 jars left…
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As do we. No power = no water. I keep 5 gal (20 l) plastic Jerry jugs of water, seven I think. One is kept in our chest freezer.
A previous homeowner had a permanent diesel generator. That’s gone but our circuit breaker box is set up with a generator bank which is very convenient. I moved some circuits around for our needs and ran a power lead to a modified dog house where I keep the generator. Start the generator and flip the interlock and critical services are up: fridge, freezer, water, sump pumps, Internet, one lighting circuit. My wife’s office is directly above mine so I was able to share a lighting circuit.
Expecting thunderstorms in a couple of hours. Hoping we don’t lose power as I’m not confident our utility has the wherewithal to get us back online with their usual efficiency under current circumstances. Most of our power outages come from treefall.
Plenty of batteries for flashlights and my wife has a penchant for candles anyway. Batteries are something else to stock up on. grin
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I grew up with powdered milk. After WWII, my mother would send it to her relatives in Europe, who requested it because fresh milk was often hard to come by. At some point she tried it and, unfortunately, liked it. So when I came along, I had no choice. It was a real treat to visit friends whose moms proferred real milk with the obligatory cookies. With delivery slots as scarce as teeth in a meth rehab, I may have to revisit my childhood. Blech!
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As suspected, as the data on novel Coronavirus rolls in, the original article doesn’t age well at all.
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Good update. I’m trying to make sense of the numbers in California, and also the implications of demand for so many things we get medical care for is down. I will share if I have time. * Nah.
I like the mask in your avatar! I’m going to find an updated avatar. Hopefully not too depressing.
- ETA. No I won’t. That’s not why I come here.
Both my adult “kids” are now out of work, one (who lives in NY) back home, and one living far away way (in Turkey), now with little chance of his wife getting a visa.
Poor me.
Reality bites, but we’re fortunate.
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Nobody commented on the mask on my avatar. {{sigh}}…
Cute avatars!! Just out of curiosity how is Turkey doing with the pandemic? Are they getting hit hard? I hope your son remains safe there!!
Fun/disturbing fact. My 2 kids are home, my daughter is remote working my son a Sr in college is home finishing his classes remotely. Ironically my son’s first day of pre-school was Sept. 11, 2001 and after the first day of school classes were suspended for a couple weeks after the attacks. My son’s college graduation was supposed to be May 15th, and has been cancelled indefinitely now because of the virus. That’s some bookends to your scholastic career!!!
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Just so commonplace to see folk wearing masks, it doesnt merit comment.
But, if comment is wanted, then it’s a suitable addition. Quietly dignified. Or some such.
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I don’t know if I commented, but I noticed it right away, and promptly changed my AVATR to something better more reflective of [insert euphemism for times like these].
P.S. Turkey does seem to be getting hit hard right now, at least as defined by lots of positive testing.
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Our TV seems to favour “these uncertain times” or “these difficult times”.
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Same here. We are coming up with some of our own.
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