@acpguy They had 50# bags of white rice for about $16 last week, the plain kind

@cherokeepatti I've been looking for Basmati.

@acpguy they finally got it stocked back at Sam’s Club... I already bought a bag but my neighbor needed some & I got her a bag since she doesn’t have a Sam’s card. Chef’s stores may have it too

@TexChik yes they are, so is Sam’s

@TexChik Don't say that too loud - or the squirrels will be standing in line.

@MaryJanine Hahahaha

@4meAndyou it was all packaged except the avocados What I bought today

@cherokeepatti I tried looking into this. Cooking food is likely to kill the coronavirus just as it kills all over germs and bacteria. If you eat produce raw though I'm not sure. So far farm workers don't have any reported outbreaks but that will change and farm workers have even less medical care and protections than average people. So they are probably more likely to work when sick. The coronavirus can't reproduce on produce though so it will decay over time and as long as you wash it, it might not contain enough of the virus to get you sick. So you are probably ok. E Coli and other problematic bateria known to be on food is more of a problem becuase it can replicate on in food.
Another good thing is UV light aka sunlight is extremely effective at killing viruses and vegetables usually grow in the sun. :)

I find the higher end the store, the more stock. Discount stores and WalMarts are the worst.@MaryJanine

@JimboSaturn yes they are slowly getting toilet paper, eggs, bread, rice etc back. Dollar Stores had things like eggs, bread, rice, beans when the other stores had sold out of all of that.

Both very surprising to me! You think that if they stock up on toilette paper detergent would be next. Fortunately there is plenty of liquour! lol @MillionBrian

Maybe they think there is some kind of medicinal properties to black licorice :P @BlueVeins

@JimboSaturn helps with digestion, it’s the anise oil in it.

@cherokeepatti also an anaphrodisiac (like red licorice), but I tend to think you'd want the opposite in a quarantine.

@HootyTheNightOwl should be

@HootyTheNightOwl You can freeze that stuff.

@4meAndyou If I wanted to freeze it, it would have made more sense for me to have bought a frozen turkey and cooked and sliced it myself.

My issue is that we are being told to go out as little as possible to prevent the spread of this virus - then we have idiots selling us food that has a use by date of today... it's not exactly a responsible thing for them to be doing right now.

@SW-User they emptied shelves of a lot of canned items here, but are starting to keep them stocked now

@Pfuzylogic yikes

@cherokeepatti
Ribs 50% off but I passed it up.
The sick employee intimidated my normal risk taking which is unusual.

@cherokeepatti I’m glad the sun came out this afternoon. I do better at home

@jaymic64 I am retired and used to it, I can always find things to do, even if the internet and cable went down I could survive

@cherokeepatti same here

@TheYummyNurse ewww. That's the first thing to use to start the wood stove.

@Mamapolo2016 and liquor

yes sugar and flour were sold out, I guess people thought they would take up baking @TheOneyouwerewarnedabout

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout people staying home & baking. I had a time finding half & half fresh creamer for my coffee