What Local Treats Would You Stockpile?
Friday, November 21, 2008 14:35I had a thought the other day. Let’s assume that the economy gets bad. I mean really bad. So bad that many of your local specialty food providers went out of business. I really, really hope that this isn’t the case.
Again, let’s assume that it does get that bad. What would you stockpile? What would you spend your precious dollars on to make sure that you would have them in the future?
For instance, I might fill a freezer in my garage with Peppermint Stick and Pistachio ice cream from Bennett’s.
I might create an airtight shed of Groundwork Coffee, along with some extra filters for my Chemex.
How could I help to keep these kind of local gems in business? By visiting them of course. Maybe not spending as much as I used to, or making sure that I buy coffee that I know I am going to use in time not to throw it out.
Where do you hope to still be patron in the next year or two? If something does go awry, what would you stockpile?
By Jonah (see more of his posts). Jonah is the founder of la.foodblogging and also created Digesty, a food blog aggregator and Cheww.com, a spam free foodblog search engine.
H.C. says:
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:21 am
For me, I’d definitely stockpile LA Mill’s Black Onyx coffee — easily my favorite and not too terribly expensive.
Other things would include the assorted caramels from Little Flower Candy Company, the “Mother’s” Pita Breads that I often buy at local farmer’s markets, and corn maiden tamales.
I definitely hope that the good but off-the-beaten path places will still be in business, from more well-known ones such as Josie and Cube to countless hole-in-the-walls scattered all over L.A.
Tammy says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 1:32 am
I would have to stock up on Purely Juice Pomegranate Juice. I love the blueberry one! I get it at Pavilion’s & Bristol Farms.
Tammy says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 1:35 am
Oh.. local favorites… If Newport Beach is local, then I’d also want a lifetime supply of the lobster bisque and the Grand Marier Souffles at 21 Oceanfront Restaurant.
moon says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 10:11 am
You wouldn’t want to freeze anything from Tito’s but how could I live without their food?
Evan says:
November 25th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Philippe’s mustard, Long Beach diner Bake & Broil’s jam, and going further north, some of the peanut butter chews from Dewar’s in Bakersfield.