Food Shortage This Time Around / myLot

Boise, Idaho

May 21, 2025 3:29pm CST

A couple of years ago, I started getting our groceries every two weeks instead of once a month. It worked much better. But, this month we have been more active than usual, moving our belongings and getting ready for the flooring to be done upstairs, so we have had more of an appetite and eaten more. And then putting some back. We are still waiting to get most of the bedroom things back in them because the closet doors still need to be hung. Anyway, we are short on food this time around, so my daughter went to get a food box from a nearby church. They give a person a week's worth of food. We got chicken breasts, beef stir-fry, bacon, a cake, huge baker potatoes, a bag of vegetables, French bread, butter, 2% milk, etc. We will definitely be good for the rest of the month. We haven't had to get a food box in quite some time.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (50027)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

21 May

That's a great food box. None of this canned beans, pasta, and tuna a lot of places usually give out.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (50027)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

21 May

@sallypup I know some people do like those things, it's just that they're usually the cheapest things.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (65284)

• Centralia, Washington

21 May

@BarbaraPrz Canned beans and pasta is my go to supper many nights just cause we don't hog out on animals.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (65284)

• Centralia, Washington

21 May

@BarBaraPrz There is nothing wrong with cheap. I wonder if people get sick of eating hamburger? I remember trying to figure out what to do with the grease- pouring it down the sink would clog the pipes, feeding the dogs the grease would hurt them and on we went.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (78833)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

21 May

At least it's an option. Even with George not eating as much, we still shop once a week.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (177155)

• Boise, Idaho

22 May

We couldn't afford shopping once a week. It would be nice though.

RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (87057)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

21 May

Glad you were able to get food from the church, I manage with what I order each month. Sometimes I even eat a bigger meal once a day and then have some snacks,

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (177155)

• Boise, Idaho

21 May

That is how we usually do but my grandson eats more when he's more active.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (358792)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 May

That sounds really helpful and healthy too.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (177155)

• Boise, Idaho

22 May

It is all but that chocolate pie.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (194911)

• United States

23 May

That was a good food box. Actual food rather than canned goods.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (177155)

• Boise, Idaho

23 May

There was some of that too. A lot of food.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (46385)

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22 May

That's great that you got so much to make meals with, meats and vegetables, etc. I'm glad you took advantage of it!

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (177155)

• Boise, Idaho

23 May

My daughter knows all the places. And, I had her get a wagon last time we had extra money so she could carry things home. She likes to go to yard sales around the neighborhood and such as that.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (46385)

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24 May

@celticeagle The wagon was a great idea. I like yard sales, but haven't been to any this year. It seems like the days I have seen some I was able to get to, either son was sick, or it poured down rain or was stormy. I'm sure there will be some here in my neighborhood soon and I will be able to get to a few as time goes on. I rarely get anything, but I do enjoy looking.