Thread by @JoanaRamiroUK

Just popped in my larger local supermarket and realised how people are totally un- or ill-prepared for self-isolation (or the zombie apocalypse).
HERE IS WHY:

Things totally sold out included:
- toilet paper
- any kind of dry pasta
- cooking sauces
- canned goods

Of which the only genuinely useful thing would be the canned goods.

If you need to stay home for a long period you will need to keep hydrated, healthily fed and entertained

Toilet paper shortages are ridiculous (and wasteful). If you stay home, you can wash you bum every time you need to. Which is both better for the environment and your rectum.

Cooking sauces won't help you with this either...

Pasta/rice is not a bad idea but it will bore you after 2 days
DO BUY:
- pulses (raw/canned)
- veg (canned/frozen/fresh to freeze)
- meat/fish (to freeze)
- oils & spices
- root vegetables: onion, garlic, all potatoes, carrot, turnip, parsnip, leek (stay fresh for a long time)

START COOKING!

You'll be entertained, you'll enjoy the food more and you'll be eating better

For a guaranteed winner always start cooking your dish with a 'refugado' (Portuguese for sauteed onion & garlic)

(more dishes to clean also means more things to do during isolation)

Here are some healthy recipes you can do with "stockpiled" ingredients:

Stew = any meat + onions + potato + carrots + frozen peas + tomato paste + seasoning
tasteofhome.com/recipes/the-be…

3 Bean Salad = beans + tomato + replace cucumber w/ celery + red onion
themediterraneandish.com/mediterranean-…

Fish Curry = frozen fish + canned tomatoes + onion + garlic + coconut milk + curry spices + oil
bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/coconu…

Remember: Recipes can be altered. Have fun! If you must do without fresh herbs so be it. Add a lil more garlic (always more garlic than recipe suggests anyway)

Funny fact: these are all things I always have in my pantry/freezer, cuz I grew up with a family that did a lot of bulk-buying and thus a lot of freezing/pantry filling. Plus in the south we only drink UHT milk because of the heat anyway. So I grew up prepared for the apocalypse.

HMU if you need:

- Tips on preparing for & surviving self-isolation
- Stockpiled-ingredient-based recipes

I grew up in a country that has very hot summers + freezing homes in winter, and in a family that cooks everything from scratch + didn't have internet/cable until 2000s