I dunno, I look at those lists in the newspapers, and I feel like we're already pretty well stocked. I stopped by Jewel on the way home yesterday and it had the size of crowd in it that you usually only see pre-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas, and (doh) pre-Super Bowl. I was surprised to see the refrigerated section with packaged chicken pieces almost entirely cleaned out - do people crave chicken in a crisis, or is that a Super Bowl thing? I bought a package of wings to do some wing recipe experimenting, since it looks like I'll be home from work in a few days. But I really couldn't think of much of anything else we would need to stock up on if we were stuck in the house for a few days. Wine for me, ciggiebutts for Sweet Baboo. Always lots of pasta and rice and beans and canned goods on hand, and a big bag of dry dog food for the Fuzzball. At some point if we are stuck inside too long Sweet Baboo will start craving meat and chocolate and more ciggiebutts, and will tunnel his way out to get some.
But then, a few days ago, before I heard of the gathering storm, I just happened to do a good stock-up on recipe ingredients, because Sunset was advertising quite a lot of sale items at all their stores in honor of the opening of their new store in Long Grove (haven't been yet; now I guess I won't get there til after the snow clears). I am ready to make pizza, jambalaya, char siu, egg rolls, meatballs, French onion soup, lasagna, spaghetti sauce, and pad thai. I figure that will hold us for a while.
I don't quite get the advice on stocking up on water and other liquids. Can't remember when we've ever had a water shutoff or boil order where I live, in any weather situation in my life. Also can't remember when we've ever not had the gas (stove) working, so I'm expecting to be able to cook. I guess if you have an electric stove this could be a worry.
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