SheilaT (14,401 posts) Thu Mar 20, 2014, 12:47 AM
3. Another one who doesn't think hoarding
works very well.
I can recall in the early 1970's when there was a large rise in food prices. Except, as is always the case, the rise affected some things and not others.
Me? I haven't noticed that much change in food prices in the past few years, even though others on DU have complained bitterly about such things. I'm getting along with the same food budget I had five years ago. I have dropped fizzy water from my shopping list, and while I miss it somewhat, I've adapted. Perhaps since I do a great deal of cooking from scratch, I'm not as affected as others. But that does mean I buy fresh ingredients regularly.
Another mystery revealed!
The fizzy primitive doesn't drink gallons of Fat Che's Little Brothert Blue Ribbon because she's a cheap drunk. She does it to create a DUmmy delicacy:
Fizzy Water!