The grocerystore shelves of flour were all wiped out. Was that because of survivalist, or foodie thinking?

Everybody hoarded up white flour, and I've got to wonder whether that was a product of amateur prepper thinking about how flour was a staple food, or did the foodies think "I've finally got some time to try to my hand at some serious baking!"
  The only one that wasn't wiped out was the White Wings tortilla mix, and considering the Hispanic neighborhood, I'm surprised, they wiped out the pinto beans down to the dust at the bottom of the bin!  I wanted white flour to make a roux, but _no_beans_.  So I got tortilla mix which was still in good supply, okay for a roux, and now I'm trying to make some sweet potatoe empanadas.
  So guys, POLL :  Did you buy some white flour to survive, or to pursue some fancy baking, or some kind of combination of the two? 
  (pssst!  It's okay to post anonymously.)

Anonymous2020-04-19T22:03:39Z

testing emoji  🤱

Patricia2020-04-18T21:50:37Z

No i never eat white flour or any wheat based flour at all. I love pinto beans, but i don't eat them very often, either.

CrustyCurmudgeon2020-04-18T04:58:10Z

No, but I found a bag that was best by april, 2013 in the pantry.

Anonymous2020-04-17T23:23:33Z

Kinda like the "it's ok to be white" I think people were trolling when they kept pointing about eggs and milk being sold out knowing people would but them up. I couldn't think of a worse thing to buy if you need to survive for a while.

I've been eating more junk food because it's hard to get motivated, especially when everyone else is in fact trying to play chef and making a mess of the kitchen, their own bodies being included in that mess. I used to work closely with some of the best restaurants in the area so I'd steal 20 ideas and make something when I got home. Now, eh, I'll get a Walart pizza and cough on someone I don't like.

Mark2020-04-17T20:57:25Z

I was making an inventory of things that people are hoarding (which, by the way, is illegal) - there was almost NO bread on the shelves.

People are buying a lot of flour, it seems, because they are all baking banana bread.  (Why do people have all these overripe bananas lying about?

Show more answers (4)