Covid 'Positive' outcomes

[Magpie]

Today I opened the last of something from the larder I know I bought at the beginning of Covid, so it occurred to me one of the positives of Covid was it was a useful 'trial run' of what we actually use/eat, as opposed to what I thought we would use.
We go through a lot of cinnamon and coriander; poppy seeds and tinned mackerel, not so much
Anyone else?

 

[elkhound]

Try the mackerel on noodles with garlic,butter and dash of olive oil and sliced black olives. i call it stinky man food...lol

 

[Amish Heart]

That sounds so yuck

 

[dademoss]

Try the mackerel on noodles with garlic,butter and dash of olive oil and sliced black olives. i call it stinky man food...lol

Thank you, NO.
Vampires hate garlic

 

[elkhound]

That sounds so yuck

it gets better if you add pickled jalapeno slices and parmesan cheese....lol...its stinky strong tasting man food for sure...lol

its basically the old garlic spaghetti dish of olive oil,butter and garlic. i will put an entire head of garlic in my bowl....lol...like i said stinky man food....lol....like t shirts say at garlic festivals...eat,drink and stink !!

 

[elkhound]

Pearl always give me love emoji when i talk about lots of fresh garlic !....lol

 

[Pearl]

COVID was a good trial run!! I don't think I stocked up on anything I normally wouldn't! I know several people who couldn't get things they wanted , and I know several who were caught without basics because they are never prepared! Some of those people didn't learn a darn thing and will be in the same mess again someday!

 

[Pearl]

Pearl always give me love emoji when i talk about lots of fresh garlic !....lol

Your cuisine sounds good to me!

 

[Bacpacker]

We put onion and garlic in a lot of our meals. Homegrown fresh garlic is awesome.

 

[elkhound]

One thing here in my area various little communities just kept right on doing their things for the most part.

I seen where past and on going relationships with neighbors both close and far...being in neighboring communities and counties...resulted in having or gaining accesses to items so a fellow could keep on stockpiling as this things went along.

I seen everyone that had any size ground from big yards to large acreages go into production mode.They dusted off old chicken coops and pig pens and got to rear meat for themselves. Fixed fences and put a few steers or heifers on grass and grain to butcher.A big fancy $400k plus home i know has had chickens running loose now since start of 2020.

Did i see people suffer and squirm...some yes...but i seen much more go into survival mode of production on a scale i not seen since i was younger.Especially older places where the seniors had died off long before c-19 hit and was owned now by family and more...suddenly grampas and grammas garden plot was back in action and those apple trees and grapevines were a blessing and i notice much more care is being given to them since.

 

[Amish Heart]

Those were all good things!
We were busy trying to move out of the Albuquerque area at the beginning of it all, and thankfully our stockpile was very good and we had no problems there, but seriously...people were going nuts. And I'm sure they didn't learn. Moving here was a shocker since no one was going nuts at all.

 

[UserNameTaken]

I still have some cans of spinnach that expired in '21. It seemed like a good idea at the time...

 

[sonya123]

I still have some cans of spinnach that expired in '21. It seemed like a good idea at the time...

I have some canned collard greens that are actually not too bad , just add some hot sauce

as for covid: when I got it after our trip in spring, I did not want to eat ANYTHING, not even things I like, not even chips

 

[elkhound]

Heres another thing i forgot to mention...people got outside and used the local walking,biking and hiking trails both in city and outside them.People really taken more interest in many of my area older parks and such and have done things to spruce them back up with paint and more and better maintenance. Real interesting part is now c-19 is mostly over...well lock downs etc.....people have kept outside doing things.Even if its just a few minutes each day.They are doing things close by to save money and more.

 

[Weedygarden]

I still have some cans of spinnach that expired in '21. It seemed like a good idea at the time...

Spinach and other greens are very easy to grow, even in the house. I have planted them and had them come back year after year.