Shortages

[numbnuts]

Milk powder which I use in a bread recipe. It does affect the rise somewhat to my surprise. None in Tesco and told it could be another month before any in stock. Tried M&S and was to be directed to longlife milk. The assistant had no idea it was different but they never stock it anyway. None in Aldi or Lidl either.

Try "coffee mate", that's what I use in my bread

 

[numbnuts]

would glace cherries work instead?

Can't get them either

 

[MichaelW2]

Is there a shortage of Brussel Sprouts ? Good!

The one veg I can reliably source from my corner co op mini supermarket.

 

[oldwheels]

I can lend you some

Fortunately I am not too bothered as water does ok but just makes a denser texture and since I am the only one eating it nobody is going to complain.

 

[Baldy]

Like what? I don't have an issue with fruit and veg package sizes - I do eat a lot of certain things though and rarely throw anything out. Occasionally liquid cucumber, a mouldy tomato, I don't eat many potatoes but a 4 pack of small baking are ok

Peppers, they are sold in three's in our local co op red, green and yellow. You can bet one and a half will go moldy before you can get around to eating them.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Bread Flour. Brown and White - shelf space where it used to be has vanished in my local Aldi, and some reappeared this week in Lidl - strangely enough at the same price as it was before its absence. Noticed shortage in Sainsburys, and what little there was appeared to have increased in price.

 

[vickster]

Peppers, they are sold in three's in our local co op red, green and yellow. You can bet one and a half will go moldy before you can get around to eating them.

They give me indigestion so I never buy them! They are however sold singly in my local Tesco Extra, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsburys...

 

[numbnuts]

I've just ordered 20Kg of Bread flour from Wessex Mills

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Milk powder which I use in a bread recipe. It does affect the rise somewhat to my surprise. None in Tesco and told it could be another month before any in stock. Tried M&S and was to be directed to longlife milk. The assistant had no idea it was different but they never stock it anyway. None in Aldi or Lidl either.

While my local Tesco had a load of milk powder in special offer. Will I send you some - I am serious btw.

Try "coffee mate", that's what I use in my bread

Doesn't this contain sugar?

 

[gavroche]

The biggest shortage I have noticed so far is in my bank account.

 

[Reynard]

It's a bit hit-and-miss in Tesco in Ely, more so of late after it had settled down for a while. When I went previous week, I couldn't get lard, fresh ginger and my usual spreadable butter. Cooking oil has been hard to come by, but I have two and a half litres in the house, plus I'm happy to use lard or dripping in lieu. Obviously, other people have had the same idea about the lard.

I've always got a good stock of foodstuffs in (living out in the boonies, it's a necessity, saves going out for just a couple of things), but since first lockdown, I've got into the habit of replacing used stock one or two ahead of where I ordinarily would do. So if I can't get something one week, I know I won't have to do without. I'm not one to go running from one shop to another if I can't get stuff.

 

[numbnuts]

Doesn't this contain sugar?

glucose syrup so yes

 

[steveindenmark]

Heinz chicken soup is impossible to find in Denmark. But then again it always has been.

 

[PaulSB]

I like to keep the cupboards well stocked to avoid running out. A simple example would be washing-up liquid; one in use; one in cupboard and as the one in use gets low I buy a replacement so there's ways the spare in the cup board.

Basic foodstuffs we buy in large quantities and decant into small containers for daily kitchen use. I have a utility cupboard where one would find several kilos of rice, a range of pasta, dried beans, lentils, tinned tomatoes, beans, etc. Same principle applies to the freezer with chicken, mince, fish, stewing steak and so on. Things get replaced as stocks run down so I'd buy rice when I get to the last kilo.

I work this way so as to have everything to hand and the cost is lower. As we are only two a kilo of rice lasts 10 meals so hardly a crisis one week to the next. I'll probably keep a closer eye on these things now.

It's the more specialist foods I've noticed as short. For example I've run out of arborio rice and it will take weeks to find. I can live without risotto!!!!!

Very, very fortunate to be able to afford this. Nothing irritates me more than reference to a "well stocked food cupboard" as millions cannot conceive of this. The epitome of middle-class approach to food in recipes, TV programmes etc.

 

[oldwheels]

While my local Tesco had a load of milk powder in special offer. Will I send you some - I am serious btw.

Doesn't this contain sugar?

Thanks for the offer Pat but plain water works and since the bread is for myself nobody is going to complain about it being a bit denser than others may like. It still puzzles me why this should affect the rise since I worked with yeast for years in the distilling industry.