People have hoarded all of the Tater Tots and Fish Sticks.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 03/31/2020 at 11:27 • Filed to: None

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PowderHound > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 11:29

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you like fish sticks?

For Sweden > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 11:31

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Don’t judge me

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 11:32

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How will we make waffles now?!?

lone_liberal > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 11:33

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They can have the fish sticks, but tate r tots?  THAT’S GOING TOO FAR!!! I assume it’s because they have a house full of little monsters that won’t eat anything of any real nutritional value. 

Aremmes > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 11:34

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Which one wipes better, though.

#teamfishsticks

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 11:34

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Plenty of chocolate though, which is nice.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 11:35

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I could survive on M&M’s tho. 

vondon302 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 11:35

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I'm actually thinking of driving 2 counties over and going shopping in the country today. 

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > lone_liberal 03/31/2020 at 11:36

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I can’t even get our little monsters to eat fucking tator tots. Damn things barely eat anything. It’s such a pain in the ass.

PartyPooper2012 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 11:37

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why doesn’t anyone want diabetes ?

ttyymmnn > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 03/31/2020 at 11:37

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Children are self regulating. They will eat when they are hungry. 

wafflesnfalafel > PowderHound 03/31/2020 at 11:38

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Y ou have to get the good ones - stay away from the super cheap products  where the product is thawed and refrozen while processed over in China and shipped back so they end up as mush.

CalzoneGolem > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 11:39

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What about fish fingers and crispy crowns?

ranwhenparked > wafflesnfalafel 03/31/2020 at 11:42

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But, if you burn them on the outside and leave the inside frozen, it all balances out

NYankee1927 > lone_liberal 03/31/2020 at 12:01

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“house full of little monsters that won’t eat anything of any real nutritional value.”

- don’t judge me

RallyWrench > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 03/31/2020 at 12:01

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My children have decided that now is a good time to really ramp up their consumption. Still picky, but just eating way more now that they’re home all the time. 

RallyWrench > facw 03/31/2020 at 12:01

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I really want to try this. My wife would kill me, probably. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > PowderHound 03/31/2020 at 12:03

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Are you not American?

Chariotoflove > RallyWrench 03/31/2020 at 12:04

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I did it. It was popular.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RallyWrench 03/31/2020 at 12:04

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 If the waffle doesn't... It's a fun way to eat tots.

Sovande > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 12:05

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It's interesting, I was at the grocery store this morning and there was not an empty shelf in the place. There may have been brands that were sold out, but not entire product types. 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > PowderHound 03/31/2020 at 12:07

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RallyWrench > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 12:10

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I’ve found it entertaining to observe what people hoard, and more tellingly, what they leave. There’s no shortage of food.

I saw a coronavirus/food hoarding joke that you may appreciate as a denizen of the Bay and maker of gluten free pizza, that went something like, “San Francisco seems to have suddenly become very gluten tolerant.”  

I found that Trader Joe’s gluten free bagels are pretty good, by the way, since all the regular bagels were gone. 

ttyymmnn > RallyWrench 03/31/2020 at 12:18

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Interestingly, ours have not. Though that’s not necessarily by choice. We are using this time to emphasize frugality. Simpler smaller suppers, less sitting and binging on chips, trying to eke out more meals from less food. Not because we’re lacking, but more to limit trips to the grocery store. 

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > ttyymmnn 03/31/2020 at 12:26

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oh it’s not that. It’s that they won’t eat different things. They’ll eat. Just a very specific menu. Made it easier to stock up for being at home only having to buy them like 3 things tho.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 03/31/2020 at 12:34

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Do you like putting fishsticks in your mouth?

ttyymmnn > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 03/31/2020 at 12:36

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This too shall pass. Our way of thinking was to continue to offer new things in the hope that they would like them, but also to keep making mac and cheese to fill them up.

RallyWrench > ttyymmnn 03/31/2020 at 12:42

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I’ve been hammering on the same, reduced my own portions, emphasizing that they clean their plates, eating simpler foods , but I’m still at work every day while they’re home. My wife is trying hard too, but hungry kids are hungry kids. At least their snacks aren’t unhealthy, but I’ve now bought what should have been two weeks of food for each of the last two weeks . 

Jay, the practical enthusiast > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 12:50

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P eople hoarded all the frozen strawberries (and all the other frozen fruit) that I use in my protein shakes. But there is an abundance of fresh strawberries and other f ruit everywhere. I just don't get it.

Jay, the practical enthusiast > RallyWrench 03/31/2020 at 12:59

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We like to buy organic stuff. Because it's more expensive most hoarders avoided those products. We've had little problems buying all our usual stuff.

RallyWrench > Jay, the practical enthusiast 03/31/2020 at 13:04

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Same here, the selection has largely been fine except for the initial period when idiots panic bought everything on the shelf .  

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RallyWrench 03/31/2020 at 13:08

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Gaining weight is my chief health risk right now.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Aremmes 03/31/2020 at 13:09

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Are you asking which one is a better wiper, or which one is easier to wipe?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail 03/31/2020 at 13:10

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You are incorrect a lot, but now you are really  incorrect. That is not chocolate. That is CANDY that contains chocolate to some degree.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/31/2020 at 13:10

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LOLNOPE

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > vondon302 03/31/2020 at 13:11

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Spread your cooties in Flyover Country?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > PartyPooper2012 03/31/2020 at 13:11

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Because the hoarders bought it all.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > CalzoneGolem 03/31/2020 at 13:12

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I could work with that.

vondon302 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 13:13

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Its Michigan we get branded with both yay.

Aremmes > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 13:13

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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Sovande 03/31/2020 at 13:13

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I think some of the shelf vacancies are due to supply lines that are clogged with toilet paper. Literally.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RallyWrench 03/31/2020 at 13:17

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I loathe San Francisco. It’s a miserable place to drive to, it’s a miserable place to drive in, it’s always swarming with Yuppies — who are smug — and the drivers are inconsiderate or downright rude. My wife’s brother lives over there, so we drive over a few times a year, but otherwise, and unless we have visitors who want to see it, we never go over there.

If they’re tolerant of gluten all of a sudden, it’s the only thing they’re tolerant of.

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 13:19

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The kisses might be chocolate? :)

Not exactly the greatest, but satisfying in a pinch.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Jay, the practical enthusiast 03/31/2020 at 13:21

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People have poor shopping habits and live 24-48 hours at a stretch and when something happens when they actually have to think ahead, all hell breaks loose.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail 03/31/2020 at 13:22

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White chocolate is treason.

I was raised on peanut butter cups, though.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > ttyymmnn 03/31/2020 at 13:23

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oh i’m sure. I just need to keep cheese and tortillas in the house for one of them and french toast sticks for the other and we’ll make it through.

We do a bite per year rule on trying new things. If you’re 7, you can try 7 bites and then decide if you want to continue. 3 year, old obviously only has to do 3 bites. It’s a decent policy to encourage trying things (dr. loved the idea).

ttyymmnn > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 03/31/2020 at 13:26

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That bite policy is pretty cool. Conversely, we had a rule when I was young that if you said “Yuck” at the dinner table you had to eat twice as much of what you didn’t like. I like your idea better.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > ttyymmnn 03/31/2020 at 13:26

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oh and if you’ve never heard of Fowl Language comics go check them out. This was conveniently in my timeline from like 3 years ago on facebook today.

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 13:28

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Not a fan of white, either. I’ve been a Lindt junkie for a long time, but also like some Cadbury and Milka variants. There’s a Russian grocery in the area that has some cool weird chocolate too.

You can never go wrong with peanut butter cups.

ranwhenparked > RallyWrench 03/31/2020 at 13:36

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For people without celiac disease, gluten intolerance often strengthens or weakens based on how many people are around to listen to explanations about gluten. With social distancing, that isn't happening, so they've been cured.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > CalzoneGolem 03/31/2020 at 13:38

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Before the hoarding started there was already limited supply of dino nugs, which is a crisis.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > lone_liberal 03/31/2020 at 13:42

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Which should remind everyone of how bad school cafeteria food is . They’re just trying to reproduce it at home.

Also, I have heard that convenience, comfort, and junk foods are selling far better than normal. Everyone is stress eating and/or depressed.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 03/31/2020 at 13:46

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Apparently you have to feed them a wide variety of foods early, then they will eat later. Ours eats stuff my wife won’t eat and stuff I don’t like... He pounds olives (wife won’t touch them), avocados (wife won’t touch them), bananas (I won’t touch them), broccoli, any/all fruit, etc. The only things he won’t eat are mushrooms (unless they’re heavily processed, yet we both like them ) and he’s not particularly fond of meat (except kielbasa and high quality steak ; he likes to feed chicken and other meats to the dog ).

Just Jeepin' > Jay, the practical enthusiast 03/31/2020 at 13:49

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Well, buy frozen and you can limit your grocery runs quite a bit. Buy fresh and you’re either going to have to freeze it or go back soon for more.

Just Jeepin' > Jay, the practical enthusiast 03/31/2020 at 13:50

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Well, buy frozen and you can limit your grocery runs quite a bit. Buy fresh and you’re either going to have to freeze it or go back soon for more.

CalzoneGolem > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 03/31/2020 at 14:14

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That’s a crime against humanity!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail 03/31/2020 at 14:17

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White Chocolate <> Chocolate

Peanut butter cups are to be eaten when chilled to around 39 degrees Fahrenheit.

Even when I was young, I thought Hershey’s Special Dark tasted special, though now that I take my chocolate more seriously, I’d say that Hershey’s mild chocolate is a better chocolate than their Special Dark, even though I prefer darker chocolate generally.

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 14:44

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I have several pounds of chocolate here right now, zero percent of it is white chocolate.

I like peanut butter cups, but I like peanut butter better in different shapes. I have some peanut butter eggs and bunnies in my cabinet now (I told myself I’d wait til the day after Easter, but panic hoarding shopping got the best of me), which are pretty decent for cheap mass market American material.

I can deal with both milk and dark.  Lately I’ve had some Milka (German brand) that is a mix of both, kind of a mild dark, not bad.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail 03/31/2020 at 14:51

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If you ever see Ritter Sport (German) chocolate for sale, the halbbitter is very good, not too dark. Also, they have one with mandeln , hazelnuts, which is very good. Both of these are good if you don’t mind chocolate a bit darker, but don’t like to eat dirt.

Also: check out www.pulpitandpen.org This site ha s probably just landed on my list of daily reading.

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 15:02

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I think the Milka I have is close to that halbbitter. There’s a store in the area with a large selection of Euro chocolate. They also have Ritter, but it is somehow expensive there, while big Milka bars are cheap (like under $2). I like the Ritter with cornflakes mixed in, somehow, it works.

I skimmed over that site linked on another post.  Not sure if my mind can take it, I feel like I am being screamed at by an insane person pointing out those who are even more insane to make themselves appear less insane.

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 15:08

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Kids, sorry - was going to force you to eat fish sticks and tater tots for dinner. But instead you’re just going to have to suck it up and eat these M&Ms and Reese’s Cups instead.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail 03/31/2020 at 15:20

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Somehow I suspect whether any Christian perspective is likely to be very palatable  to you. Which is fine. Just putting it out there.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ZHP Sparky, the 5th 03/31/2020 at 15:23

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Damned COVID! they cry.

PartyPooper2012 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 15:25

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I was hinting at the M&M candy still hanging up there next to the refrigerators. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > PartyPooper2012 03/31/2020 at 15:29

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Sometimes ya’ gotta slum it.

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 18:00

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It’s not just Christian perspectives. I am fine with religion, I just become a bit jaded when it is constantly pushed in one’s face, or used to justify repressive attitudes/policies (some of the material on that link is pretty rough). Definitely not a fan of American megachurch Christianity, but I understand the value of faith. I look at it more as something that should be personal, not squawked about to all who will listen like a stereotypical vegetarian or crossfitter.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail 03/31/2020 at 18:42

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 For the record: The people on that side are nuts. I'm always hopeful about finding a new source, but those people are hateful.

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 20:34

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Hateful, but almost mildly so compared to so many out there.  The age we live in.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail 03/31/2020 at 21:37

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No, he is probably a rung or two above Westborough Baptist. He calls himself a Christian pastor  and gets on his podcast and openly mocks gay people. I don’t think one needs to be a Christian to calculate that this is not what Jesus would do.

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/31/2020 at 22:23

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I thought that was the m.o. of for-profit cultist Christianity - hate.    That’s a good question to ask all of those types: WWJD?  And the current regime will gladly snuggle up with them for the votes.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 04/01/2020 at 11:41

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Ha, trust me those were all offered. Found out one of them was eating fish sticks at school. Awesome, bought fish sticks (my wife and I both hate seafood of any kind). Won’t eat them at home.

Things they used to love when younger they won’t touch anymore. Neither kid will even touch pasta. It’s insane. They both used to love mac and cheese and ravioli’s. Now if pasta is even involved it’s game over.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 04/01/2020 at 12:57

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Wild. Hopefully that doesn’t start with mine... He ate fish sticks quite happily yesterday.

Strangely , he ate mushrooms, but they were in my pasta sauce, so maybe they didn’t taste like mushrooms anymore.