Saturday, February 29, 2020

Stocking up

No, it's not because of the coronavirus; it's simply an accident of timing.
I think we hadn't had a trip to Costco for major stocks since our return from vacation in August. In any case, even then, I avoided anything for the freezer as it was still well-stocked and would need defrosting before the next refill.
Defrosting happened on Thursday, so Friday we went on the expedition to Costco. There's only one in France. The second one -- well, it's still not been announced. They've added a gas station to the existing one, but we didn't need to fill up. L had borrowed our car for their winter break and brought it back with a full tank.
As usual, some of the things on our list were not available. I wanted a big bag of Kirkland raisins. And they had the white Oreos, but not the traditional kind. We bought more meat than usual, some went straight to the freezer, but I made an osso bucco and a boeuf bourguignon and froze the prepared portions. Some of the excellent Comté and Parmesan cheeses ended up in the freezer.
We are well-stocked. The only change this virus will bring on is that we'll keep consuming fresh food, not the stocked, unless we are told to stay in or when the pandemic ends.



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