Indian food stores

[Ozark Lady]

We don't have cold for much of the year.
I was picking tomatoes at Thanksgiving, unprotected from frost.
And I will need to hurry and get my seeds started for spring planting.

We have a/c now, which we didn't then either.  But if SHTF it is possible not to have a/c, so nice to know with decently cool storage they will last.

That root cellar has just got to get dug this year!

[silverseeds]

  Will we know something shifted right away?

I think that was what I was alluding to.

when the samclubs, wallymarts, costco's etc., ,, start to look like they are getting a run on for wheat and rice,
and beans , it will not take but a day or less to clean them since they carry such a low stock of just in time food.

These are the large club superbrands people will think of to clean out first.

two days later they will think , "oh Yeah, That Indian Grocer has a thousand pounds more rice than wallyworld ever stocked".

Which is Basmati...............prolly 

Anyways, just a way to get there ahead of the hordes at the last minute if you are already overflowing AND WELL stocked up and
want to stock up EVEN MORE when you see the actual tipping point of mass run on food . Otherwise , gee, just get an extra barn now
and just keep putting it away......2-3 years survival is a minimal food storage quantity .... more is better

I knew what you meant and its a great point. I was just saying i wouldnt RELY on that..... but hey, if theres a run on the stores going to the least likely store for other especially if they have such things in bulk is certainly a great plan. get rid of that paper fiat, unless you need some kindling.....

For that you will almost certainly need cash.....

[Ozark Lady]

Well, I checked out the Super Mercado today.
Interesting, nothing in english, and the folks who run the place don't speak much english at all.

They were more expensive on beans and rice, than the English grocery stores.  But they were considerably cheaper on produce items.

They had alot of items that I didn't have a clue what they were, including what looked like huge chunks of cactus in the produce aisle.

I will not be shopping there to stock up, unless the other stores are simply out.

I got a couple more beans, rice and pasta today... inch by inch!

[Dame]

We buy much of our beans, rice and grains at the local (agricultural) seed and feed.