You never know what the grocery store will be out of these days.
I haven’t seen flour for weeks, unless it’s made from something ghastly. At this point, dehydrated tofu/arugula flour wouldn’t surprise me.
Along with the lack of everyday items comes the strange substitutions.
Some, I can live with.
Peach and almond dish soap? Sure.
Legume pastas? Not so much.
Colorful? Yes.
Tasty? I doubt it.
Yes, these horrors are still on the shelf.
Though that shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone.
I couldn’t find my regular orange juice last trip and had to home with this.
And all I can say is the fruit might have ripened on the tree…. but the flavor leeched out on the way to the bottle. A less fruity fruit juice you’re not apt to find.
Then there was this, that the husband simply had to buy when the peanut butter shelf was empty.
Roasted watermelon seed butter.
WTF?
” ‘In with the new’ kinda day” ?
This abomination looks like beige spackling paste and smells half as appetizing. Needless to say the other half had one sandwich and called it good.
Did I mention it was $17 a jar?
A new scent of soap made its way to the shelves and being a mango lover, I had high hopes.
Sadly there was a lot more butter than mango in this product and unless you have a sudden urge to smell like a hot bucket of movie theater popcorn? I’d steer clear.
And finally, there were Pete and Gerry’s eggs.
What happened to Ben….
Good God, is my Cherry Garcia in peril?
Gerry… go back to Ben.
Substitutions are not always acceptable.
They didn’t have spray shortening on Monday so I ended up getting Pam for Grills. God only knows how that will affect the taste of my food.
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They’ve been out of that off and on up here. One trip I accidentally came home with Pam plus flour. Definitely not an aid to frying.
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I got that once by mistake… just terrible…
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I don’t do organic. I grew up on a farm. Pretty much everything IS organic. LOL
And….being a cancer patient’s wife, one of the FIRST things we learned? NEVER get orange juice from concentrate. Cancer LOVES that shit.
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Oranges from “everywhere” that sits in a tank for a year then has flavoring added to bring it to the peak of perfection?
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There’s always one.
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Don’t forget the dye to color it….
Yummy.
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At least when you drink Tang or SunnyD, you know what you’re getting.
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Yes. And if I’m going to poison myself with chemicals….. I want to know up front.
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… ended up getting pancake mix since we can’t get flour … life without waffles just isn’t worth living …
But generic brands of soup are going on the shelves, but the staples like Campbells and Progresso are still bare. Starting to get a bit nervous … broke into the last case of septic tank friendly TP … if they don’t start stocking by September …
I think we are down to 15 bars of Irish Spring, and wondering if it is time to panic yet.
Neighbor has told us he’ll butcher a cow if there is a meat shortage … so we are cool there.
But I can’t get my tractor fixed … the mechanics are all staying home. 😦
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With all the talk of meat shortages the husband isn’t complaining about me feeding the woodchuck. I may need to re examine why..
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If he starts oiling the rifle, be wary …
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*gulp*
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I like vegetable pastas! No way will you get me to eat fake ice cream–I want the fattening stuff!!!
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I’m adaptable to a degree, but some of that stuff isn’t really food, is it? Watermelon seed butter? I can’t say YUCK loudly enough.
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If you tasted it? You would.
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Roasted Watermelon seed…..blah…butter!?!? What in Gods name is happening in your side of the country? Lol
I’ve been able to fine toilet paper, paper towels and peanut butter, thank goodness, here lately. Oh and flour too, whew…..still wondering who thought up roasted watermelon seed butter…..they should be shot.
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What idiot looked at a watermelon seed and thought, hmm… I want a sandwich of that.
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I know right? People will do/make some stupid shit….🙄
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And believe me… this stuff is nasty.
🤢
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Pasta is pasta. Soak it in sauce and you won’t even notice. 😉
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I beg to differ.
😉
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That popcorn smelling mango soap sounds delicious! If you don’t want to use it to wash why not try it for lunch!?
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It’s so bad the woodchuck wouldn’t touch it.
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Crikey!!
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My sympathy…oh Lordy. 🤦🏼♀️But you had me laughing out loud reading your reactions to these crazy 🙃 “concoctions”.
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Hope I’ve saved you the horror of purchasing them.
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You have! I did buy the same Dawn soap though. Luckily nothing to ingest
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That was the only acceptable item.
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This happens not only during a pandemic. Trump went to the store for brain food when he was young, but all they had was mush. He liked it so mush, he can’t get enough of it ever since.
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Well now that you mention it, the store was out of mush.
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Same here. Maybe it’s just as well, because my comments have been getting a bit mush lately, and a girl can only take so mush (I assume). 😉
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As it turns out, I have a very high tolerance for mush.
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😉
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Also the McD’s isn’t helping
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Kale chips with watermellon seed butter sounds…I have no words.
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Because are there none.
🤢
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I mean, there’s a reason people SPIT OUT watermelon seeds! They must have forgotten about that.
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Exactly! What were they thinking.
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