The Meat Share and the Bird Flu

[writerkit]

So because of what's sold out, my meat share will be including both beef and chicken heart this month. I try to keep my "cuts I don't know how to cook" to one at a time, but I need something that comes in reasonably-sized portions at a reasonable price per pound. And those both do that. At a very reasonable price per pound. If I can find good recipes I would not mind these becoming staples. (Given the advent of the bird flu, probably more likely in cow than chicken, but.)

Suggestions for recipes for these cuts? Ideally involving the instant pot?

Also while we're on the subject of the bird flu, I have begun considering what's necessary to build up my stores with a little more forethought this time-- "pandemic" =/= "very lengthy nor'easter" and should not be prepared for in the same way. (In particular, I do not need to be preparing for monthslong power outages, which is a thing I was very consciously preparing for last time.) KN-95s, for one, as a thing to stock up on. Castile soap. Sanitizer. Lysol wipes. (Flu viruses, unlike noroviruses, are susceptible to regular Lysol. Bleach wipes apparently do exist-- the thing I'm currently angsting about is norovirus season-- but they're hard to find and seem to be mostly marketed to hospitals.) Non-dairy milks.

Pantry staples of the flour-yeast-sugar-butter stripe. Instant food.

Honestly my greatest fear with supply chain interruptions is meds, because I don't have a good way to deal with that (I have more buffer with some meds than others), and I'm tempted to try to switch to the in-house pharmacy at my hospital chain, which being in-house will hopefully not be having the same issues CVS does while having reasonably functional hours. (And free home delivery, which has all kinds of potential for my sanity.)

Other things I should be stocking up on?

Comments

[squirrelitude]

I mean like obviously 80 lbs of toilet paper. :-P

Seriously though, I think our approach basically ended up being "more buffer of everything because supply chains". I can't think of anything you haven't already mentioned, though.

[writerkit]

I actually do have a family-size thing of toilet paper that just sits in the back of my car as Emergency Toilet Paper-- it gets brought into the house in the event that I can't purchase more before we run out.

[squirrelitude]

I actually have ended up switching to purchasing TP in bulk (a big box with 4 of those 12-packs) not because I feel the need to have that much, but because Star Market stopped carrying the kind I wanted and we have the space, so. :-P It *is* a nice feeling to know we will never run out, though!

(The actual emergency roll is tucked into my dresser and out of mind, and may one day even become useful again. *That* one is because I once lived with three other boys who didn't feel like being responsible about household items, so I decided to leave them to their own devices and just keep a secret stash.)