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citrus_mystic t1_jc38rvz wrote

Reply to comment by askme_if_im_a_chair in Milk and Bread Hysteria by RhodyViaWIClamDigger

Not joking, I think this is kind of a trauma response. This phenomena started after the blizzard of ‘78 and everyone who lived through that instilled a need for bread and milk during storms upon their children; along with stories of being snowed in for days.

I don’t think this will go away as long as the reputation of that blizzard continues to live on in the memories of those who experienced it.

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Riff_Raff66 t1_jc39yi3 wrote

I was 11 when that storm hit. I'm the youngest of 8 kids and my mother was the person who had racks of canned goods and all sorts of other goodies in the basement. Also a full size freezer full of meats and such. It was like Stop and Shop down there. We did pretty well during that storm

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CammiKit t1_jc3m25l wrote

My dad was a kid during the blizzard of ‘78.

Before I moved out, our blizzard shopping trips weren’t bread and milk. We got stuff like frozen pizzas and snacks because if we were getting snowed in we’d make a party out of it. I kind of miss it but now that my son is getting older I’m doing the same with him, making it special.

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askme_if_im_a_chair t1_jc4elhr wrote

I like this better than mill and bread lol

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CammiKit t1_jc4i547 wrote

It’s so much better lol, especially when nowadays even with big snowstorms power outages aren’t as likely and get resolved fairly quickly (at least in places I’ve lived.)

Also, happy cake day!

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digitalbulet t1_jc41le6 wrote

Is there a more rational reason possibly? Like for example you are just getting all the people who would normally do their grocery shopping on Tuesday but because there’s a storm coming Tuesday they are just going on Monday instead? So you have two days worth of grocery shoppers all piling in at the same time? Idk I guess I don’t think people are that stupid and there’s usually a logical reason for things. Could be wrong though

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