@tinamarie1974 That’s of course the biggest issue, you buy and tell yourself “ok I’m only going to eat like one a day…” and that bag never makes it to the end of the day.
And of course if we all stock up it will make the shortage worse, especially if we all eat it early too. I foresee bags of candy going for insane prices on eBay in December !
@ircon96@tinamarie1974
Wish I could get cilantro to grow locally. Ends up baking no matter how much I keep it watered, and itf it survives it goes to seed… but I didn’t want any coriander!
@chienfou@ircon96@tinamarie1974
Cilantro = soap to me, although I’ve gotten to tolerate it in Mexican food. Can’t eat it plain, though. Candy corn tastes like wax - anyone
remember those red wax lip things, and the tiny coke bottles? I do like those mellocreme pumpkins.
Huh, I guess they still make them, but they’re not cola, just some sort of coolaid type thing.
@chienfou I’ve never tried to grow cilantro myself, but I’ve heard it does well indoors if you have a really sunny window. Might be worth a try, as if you need more projects to keep you busy!
@chienfou@Kyeh@tinamarie1974 Yes, I remember all that weird candy from my youth! Straight up unflavored wax, probably the only stuff that could make candy corn seem edible!
@chienfou@tinamarie1974@ircon96
My mother would never buy me that stuff but I think I tried it at friends’ houses. I never quite saw the point of it, though. Even weirder than Pixie Stix - colored flavored sugar in a straw.
@chienfou@ircon96@tinamarie1974
Oh yeah, candy cigarettes! I never got those either. So what did you think of cotton candy when you finally got to have it? I was very disappointed with it.
@chienfou@Kyeh@tinamarie1974 I think we mostly got to try the weird candies during Halloween & with friends, or whenever we got our own money to spend, which wasn’t too often before we got jobs! Lol… I never really liked anything that was pure sugar, like the pixie stix, cotton candy, etc, even when really young. I always preferred salty/sweet or layers of flavor, stuff like that. My sister on the other hand, she was a sugar fiend & hyperactive at that… My poor mother!
@chienfou pico is good, but I like to make Salsa Verde con Aguacate. Actually just made a fresh batch. Just looked it up on WW and it is a zero point plus item for me!!!
@tinamarie1974
Pico should be 0 points as well (I believe). Guess I do pico mostly since I tend to have the ingredients on hand or grow them myself. Plus, it just tastes fresh when you make it.
But, yeah. They are pretty good (and like you, I haven’t had one in ages… so maybe my memory is playing tricks on me!)
“Pandemic-induced global supply chain disruptions and the Russia-Ukraine war have crunched supplies of cocoa, edible oil and other food ingredients”
You know. The good stuff. There is plenty of sugar. I’m serious considering using it to blind bake pot pie crust I don’t really have a use for it in cooking
Don’t Google “sugar shortage” if you have your heart set on having plenty around in the near future! Yet another victim of the plague-a-palooza of the past few years, apparently. Hopefully all those keto people will leave the rest of us enough of a supply to get us through!
@ircon96 lol I’m aware/had seen the headlines. Probably related to india changing export rules months ago. It just takes me years to go through a 5… or are they 4 now? Pound bag of sugar. If I made baked goods I get it could be annoying. It’s not really a cooking ingredient/kitchen staple though.
If it actually became an issue we export plenty of corn that can be made into sugar. And as far as processed foods… It would probably be good if they used less.
I don’t eat healthy usually.but what are you using sugar for? I just have it in case I want to make cookies or a cake or pie. Which just never happens
@unksol I rarely use sugar for anything at home that i make myself, i don’t make elaborate meals (esp since it’s just me these days) & rarely bake, but the last few times i did, i used a sugar substitute, which i also use in coffee, etc. So, in conclusion, i haven’t actually bought sugar in YEARS… Consuming it in food i don’t make myself, that’s another story, unfortunately! It’s mainly the sweet tooth factor i was referring to in my reply.
@ircon96 I would bet industrial processed food would just turn the amount down and no one would notice while buying up corn. They might even have the balls to make a “now with less sugar added” like they did low fat
@ircon96@unksol Like “plant-based” and “gluten-free” for things that never had animal products or gluten to begin with. I can drink coffee without sugar, but not without milk (unless it’s really really good coffee.)
@f00l@Kyeh@unksol Ugh, creamer! [To be read in the voice of Jerry Seinfeld greeting Newman…even though it sounds more like Kramer.
Wait, this is getting too confusing, never mind! ]
Some Texas-themed places have it. Buc-ee’s has it; or at least the Texas Buc-ee’s stores carry it.
Buc-es’s stores vary some of their shelf items, food, and “pretty stuff” to be sourced locally or to reflect local tastes and activities. So I don’t know if the non-Texas stores carry the jalapeño peanut brittle.
I saw that, guess I will need to purchase early and try not to snack on it
@tinamarie1974 That’s of course the biggest issue, you buy and tell yourself “ok I’m only going to eat like one a day…” and that bag never makes it to the end of the day.
And of course if we all stock up it will make the shortage worse, especially if we all eat it early too. I foresee bags of candy going for insane prices on eBay in December
!
@Kyeh I wonder if there will be a candy corn shortage. Usually I never see that stuff move.
@Targaryen
Lewis Black claims that it was all made in 1911 and nobody actually ever eats it.
@Kyeh I’d believe it, I’ve never seen anyone actually eat them.
@Kyeh @Targaryen no, it tastes like soap
@Targaryen @tinamarie1974
@Kyeh
Or even just make it happen!
@Kyeh @Targaryen @tinamarie1974
That’s cilantro…
Candy corn is OK, but not as good as the mellowcreme pumpkins…
@chienfou @Kyeh @Targaryen cilantro is yummy!!
@Kyeh @Targaryen
It’s the fruitcake of Halloween!
@tinamarie1974
Absolutely. Pico de Gallo for the win!
@chienfou @Kyeh @Targaryen @tinamarie1974
I guess I’m missing out, cuz all that stuff just tastes like sugary wax to me.
@chienfou @tinamarie1974 Pico de Gallo, now you’re talking!
@ircon96 @tinamarie1974
Wish I could get cilantro to grow locally. Ends up baking no matter how much I keep it watered, and itf it survives it goes to seed… but I didn’t want any coriander!
@chienfou @ircon96 @tinamarie1974
Cilantro = soap to me, although I’ve gotten to tolerate it in Mexican food. Can’t eat it plain, though. Candy corn tastes like wax - anyone
remember those red wax lip things, and the tiny coke bottles? I do like those mellocreme pumpkins.
Huh, I guess they still make them, but they’re not cola, just some sort of coolaid type thing.
@chienfou @ircon96 I am quite spoiked in that my dad grows it for me.
@chienfou @ircon96 @tinamarie1974 Ugh, tried to edit but didn’t finish in time.
@chienfou I’ve never tried to grow cilantro myself, but I’ve heard it does well indoors if you have a really sunny window. Might be worth a try, as if you need more projects to keep you busy!
@chienfou @Kyeh @tinamarie1974 Yes, I remember all that weird candy from my youth! Straight up unflavored wax, probably the only stuff that could make candy corn seem edible!
@chienfou @tinamarie1974 @ircon96
My mother would never buy me that stuff but I think I tried it at friends’ houses. I never quite saw the point of it, though. Even weirder than Pixie Stix - colored flavored sugar in a straw.
@chienfou @ircon96 @Kyeh we had it as kids, but don’t ask for cotton candy. It was off limits!!! I think I was over 30 the first time I tried it
Also, pixie Stix were delicious. I loved them and candy cigarettes. What was my mom thinking?!?!
@chienfou @ircon96 @tinamarie1974
Oh yeah, candy cigarettes! I never got those either. So what did you think of cotton candy when you finally got to have it? I was very disappointed with it.
@chienfou @Kyeh @tinamarie1974 I think we mostly got to try the weird candies during Halloween & with friends, or whenever we got our own money to spend, which wasn’t too often before we got jobs! Lol… I never really liked anything that was pure sugar, like the pixie stix, cotton candy, etc, even when really young. I always preferred salty/sweet or layers of flavor, stuff like that. My sister on the other hand, she was a sugar fiend & hyperactive at that… My poor mother!
@chienfou @ircon96 @Kyeh I do not like it at all!!! It is like eating pure sugar.
@ircon96 @Kyeh @tinamarie1974
fun fact… in France it’s called Barbe a Papa which means “Daddy’s Beard”
@chienfou @ircon96 @tinamarie1974
Hah! It looks so soft and pretty but that texture is nasty and rough.
@chienfou pico is good, but I like to make Salsa Verde con Aguacate. Actually just made a fresh batch. Just looked it up on WW and it is a zero point plus item for me!!!
/giphy Salsa Verde con Aguacate
@tinamarie1974
Pico should be 0 points as well (I believe). Guess I do pico mostly since I tend to have the ingredients on hand or grow them myself. Plus, it just tastes fresh when you make it.
But, yeah. They are pretty good (and like you, I haven’t had one in ages… so maybe my memory is playing tricks on me!)
@chienfou I thinknpico would ve zero points. Ill need to add it to my mix and like you, dad grows all the ingredients
Well at least they’ll still be profitable by raising prices.
@mehcuda67
after drumming up business with a ‘shortage’
Guess I should buy the “Bucket o’ Reese’s”
https://www.samsclub.com/p/reeses-snack-size-halloween-candy-375pcs/P03000270?xid=plp_product_3
@toycardriver What, they don’t offer the 55-gallon drum?
@ircon96 No, that’s the mayonnaise and pickles.
@toycardriver
I love candy corn and peanuts in the bags (the ones that taste like you’re eating gum!). But then again, I wasn’t exactly raised “right”.
Oh and that bucket of Reese’s looks like a great birthday present for me. I’ll let it slip to my husband and son and see if either takes the bait.
@milstarr
I like those peanut things too!
@Kyeh @milstarr Ahh, circus peanuts! My father got us into those… They certainly are unique in the world of candy!
@ircon96 @milstarr I haven’t had one in decades, but I like that phony banana taste
!
@ircon96 @Kyeh @milstarr
which is odd given that the candy is:
shaped like a peanut and orange!
@chienfou @ircon96 @milstarr
I know - I kind of like that, too - just generally a goofy concept!
I find your title misleading.
“Pandemic-induced global supply chain disruptions and the Russia-Ukraine war have crunched supplies of cocoa, edible oil and other food ingredients”
You know. The good stuff. There is plenty of sugar. I’m serious considering using it to blind bake pot pie crust I don’t really have a use for it in cooking
Don’t Google “sugar shortage” if you have your heart set on having plenty around in the near future!
Yet another victim of the plague-a-palooza of the past few years, apparently. Hopefully all those keto people will leave the rest of us enough of a supply to get us through! 
@ircon96 lol I’m aware/had seen the headlines. Probably related to india changing export rules months ago. It just takes me years to go through a 5… or are they 4 now? Pound bag of sugar. If I made baked goods I get it could be annoying. It’s not really a cooking ingredient/kitchen staple though.
If it actually became an issue we export plenty of corn that can be made into sugar. And as far as processed foods… It would probably be good if they used less.
I don’t eat healthy usually.but what are you using sugar for? I just have it in case I want to make cookies or a cake or pie. Which just never happens
@unksol I rarely use sugar for anything at home that i make myself, i don’t make elaborate meals (esp since it’s just me these days) & rarely bake, but the last few times i did, i used a sugar substitute, which i also use in coffee, etc. So, in conclusion, i haven’t actually bought sugar in YEARS… Consuming it in food i don’t make myself, that’s another story, unfortunately! It’s mainly the sweet tooth factor i was referring to in my reply.
@ircon96 I would bet industrial processed food would just turn the amount down and no one would notice while buying up corn. They might even have the balls to make a “now with less sugar added” like they did low fat
Coffee should be black. That is all
@unksol Lol @ “now with less sugar added” & so true. As for black coffee, i wish i could, but i just can’t do it.
@ircon96 @unksol
Like “plant-based” and “gluten-free” for things that never had animal products or gluten to begin with. I can drink coffee without sugar, but not without milk (unless it’s really really good coffee.)
@ircon96 @Kyeh I don’t hate you if you add sugar/milk. But do you know what’s in creamer?
I’m definitely not a coffee snob. It’s mostly a caffeine conveyor belt.
Not that I don’t enjoy a good coffee. Just too lazy to buy/roast it yet
@ircon96 @unksol Yeah, creamer is chemical soup. My weird brother uses it in his tea! The flavored kind, like pumpkin spice!
@Kyeh
Artificial imitation creamer?
: p
@f00l This kind of stuff, but in black tea!
@Kyeh
Exactly.
: p
@f00l @Kyeh @unksol Ugh, creamer!
[To be read in the voice of Jerry Seinfeld greeting Newman…even though it sounds more like Kramer.
]
Wait, this is getting too confusing, never mind!
Maybe just hand out bags of baby carrots?
@Targaryen
Or Meh should sell something like the fidget spinners again. As @haydesigner suggested.
@haydesigner @Kyeh Even at 3 months not sure we’ve got the time to bring them in. I’ll let them know you guys were asking about them…again.
@haydesigner @Targaryen Well, there are other tchotchke-type toys kids would probably like - those bubble-pop toys, maybe?
I’ll ask about this one and see if they’re able to do it.
/image jalapeño peanut brittle
@f00l I’d like some of that, please!
@Kyeh
it’s evil and wonderful, of course. V tasty.
Some Texas-themed places have it. Buc-ee’s has it; or at least the Texas Buc-ee’s stores carry it.
Buc-es’s stores vary some of their shelf items, food, and “pretty stuff” to be sourced locally or to reflect local tastes and activities. So I don’t know if the non-Texas stores carry the jalapeño peanut brittle.
@f00l I imagine I could find it somewhere; sounds like something my weird creamer-using brother would like, actually!
@Kyeh
Any @f00l would like it. And plenty of non-fools also.
@f00l @Kyeh You two are adorable!
@ircon96 @Kyeh
/giphy aw shucks
