AIBU to wish people would stop using flour for play dough

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Just that. Some people, like me, want to cook with it. I have just worked out (correctly I think) from Facebook feeds featuring play dough recipes that this is contributes to there being no flour.

Everyone is going to take issue with other people's choice of how to use provisions.

I made icecream the other day. It included one egg. I'm sure there are people tutting at that colossal waste of an egg but you know what? Its my egg. I've never panic bought , I only ever did one shop every 2 weeks and have simply continued buying my usual food and eating/cooking as usual, ice cream included. If every one did that, we would be ok.

@Sh05 completely random, but if you're anywhere near Droylsden, they had chapati flour at the Morrison's in lyne square.

Better than making some sugar-filled garbage to rot out kids' teeth.

You star.

Someone else found it, not me. I just remembered seeing it.

Argh @soupdragon you suck. We are using this downtime to go on a health kick. A week ago brownies were my favourite thing to make!

In which case thanks to them for finding and you for remembering!

Not everyone has rushed out to buy flour!
I had 2.5-3 bags of flour in my cupboard prior to the supermarket shelves being empty. It’s possible that other people out there also have a stock of flour for baking etc.

Altiara yep that's me. I haven't bought any, I always have plenty in.

and me altiara

If I put weight on during this lickdown I am placing the blame entirely on Soupdragon for posting too many lovely recipes.
My lack of self control will have nothing to do with it.
rummages through cupboard for cornflour

I have LOADS of cornflour. I bought too much by mistake about 2 months ago.

So I'm contemplating play doh AND brownies.

Mmm

@cohle yes. I was referring to the behavior of some posters not one specific poster and I was labelling the behaviour of that group not the people themselves.

If you need any further clarification please let me know and I'll try and explain it to you further.

Oh well as long as you were accusing numerous people of behaving like bitches, that's totally charming

@CheshireChat
Thankyou. I'm in greater Manchester but will check out our nearest Morrisons

during this lickdown

Sounds like you're having more fun than me

Laurie

I’m pointing out that if someone could get you a bag of flour, they could equally get you long lasting bread options

True, but due to several friends’ families being infected, and the local community networks (very active in my road) being busy (area of highest infection in the country) I would have preferred to have been able to buy enough flour to see me through, rather than have friends go out at risk in my on my behalf. That’s what I mean by every choice we make affects someone else.

People using flour they already had, fine. The shortage is caused by the supply chain: true. But there is a shortage on the shelves so loads of Facebook posts showing people how to use flour to make play dough... well, while people may need it for bread, people could ask themselves whether play dough could wait till the supply gets sorted.

That’s all.

And the argument works both ways: just as I could ask people to shop for bread for me, so could people choose a different way to entertain their kids.

I have not criticised or slagged anyone off for their choices or sneered at anyone’s outlook, unlike many posters on this thread.

And the argument works both ways: just as I could ask people to shop for bread for me, so could people choose a different way to entertain their kids.

Sure.

I just don’t see why your desire to make your own bread (when there are lots of long life bread options available) necessarily outweighs a family’s desire to make play doh.

Maybe because at the moment I cannot GET the long life bread etc without asking someone else to risk going to the shops for me...or add extra to their shopping that they are already doing for others.

Had I been able to buy bread flour on our last shopping trip we would not need to ask for that or live on weird concoctions, either.

Oh...and there was no bread or bread alternatives on the shelves when we last went.

Am counting the days until I can go out and enjoy the bounty of the shops! (if I don't catch it from members of my household).

Oh...and there was no bread or bread alternatives on the shelves when we last went.

Absolutely nothing at all? Really?

If there was no bread products AT ALL as well as no flour the last time you went shopping, I suggest you need to rethink your choice of shop.

In that that’s a serious supply problem.

Not a ‘people making play doh’ problem.

and there was no bread or bread alternatives on the shelves when we last went.

Processed carbs aren't necessarily a positive in your diet.

I wasn't trying to be charming @cohle.
I was trying to point out that it's possible to disagree with people without resorting to immature teenage style bitchiness.

Also no, I wasn't accusing numerous people. Exaggeration is a rather disingenuous way of trying to win an argument.

I did my weekly shop yesterday - plenty of bread, loo roll and milk etc - loads of flour in at Lidl and lots of eggs at marks - my shops are literally next door to each other so have to go to more than one if you want to get everything but shelves were pretty much back to normal