Boil a bunch of water at the beginning of the week and freeze it for later.

My friends in Mexico City do this.

What? I don't get it. Humour, tongue-in-cheek; serious???

I far too tired to comment, but I will anyway. Are you referring to the lack of advice given for meat (or chicken) alternatives, on a local or national level?

It is odd, we have a multitude telling us we should carefully spend, how we should protect ourselves health wise, but given the fact so many either live paycheck to paycheck, don't know how to budget food, and so many who have special dietary needs, no one I've heard (in the news) has given advice on how to budget for food, stretch food, or handle special dietary needs if there is a lack of what they need. Perhaps they assume many already know this. I do, but only to an extent, of course.

I'll have to keep in mind next time I need boiling water... Just boil ahead and pull it out of the freezer! LOL!

The point was the water joke, though Lars showed a serious side to it. The rest was to provide context for why the laugh did me such good.

The "expert" said that if meat is scarce just eat less meat. DUH!!! But if you're going to be an expert giving advice, you should discuss alternatives. In a sound bite, she can't give details, but she could at least have mentioned eggs (which seem plentiful here), TVP, Tempeh, rice and beans, portobellos, etc., depending on whether the point is protein replacement or satisfaction. Or at least pointed to sources for looking up how to make alternative meals. I was annoyed. It was like the old vaudeville joke where the guy twists his arm and says, "Hey, Doc! It hurts when I do this!" and the doctor says, "Well, don't do that!" How does it help people who don't know what to do?

But really, I thought the boiling the water (sans bad bacteria) ahead was funny and a good antidote to the "experts". :)

Haha I read it as Lars did at first, then laughed when I got it!

(Even if the water needs boiling for safety, I don’t think you’d boil pasta boiling water in advance!)

LOL! made me laugh. Thanks!

Kind of like the person that washes a measuring cup after measuring water...HA!

Maybe they meant boil the pasta and freeze the boiled pasta for later, but miss worded their sentence to look like freeze the boiled water?

Kind of you to say so, but it really was a joke. It's the others that were real life bad advice.

@plllog, I posted your joke on the family text thread. I thought it was hilarious. Most got it. My literalist niece responded “but then you just have a big ice cube.” 🤦🏻‍♀️

You're right, they tell people what they should do or should have done, but not how. I had no problems because I learned years ago how to have extra on hand in case of a problem, snowed in, disaster, etc. And I do live in the boonies. For instance, I had just gotten my first of the month check for March and bought the largest package of Tpaper, which I always do, since I was low. In the blizzard of '78, we had to walk over 8 blocks to buy Tpaper and dog food. Now I live 13 miles from a mini store and 20 from a larger grocery. Anyway, I still have at least another month's worth left. I didn't have to buy anything for a long time and I didn't panic buy anything.

I like the water story. Every week for the last three weeks our water utility has had to put us on a boil order for several days because of broken water mains. I do keep bottled water on hand, but it is still a inconvenience.

Madonna