Americans Drop Kale and Quinoa to Lock Down With Chips and Oreos

[conuly]

No shock there. It's scary outside. You're stuck inside either alone or TRAPPED WITH YOUR FAMILY. Either you're suddenly unemployed or you have to work from home (joy). Your Netflix and chill has entirely too much Netflix and too little chill... and to add insult to injury, you're probably watching kid's shows because your kids are there with you.

Why wouldn't you load up on the snacks now?

Plus, kale goes bad. Oreos don't.

Comments

[alexcat]

We have no junk food but our emergency supply of Lindt chocolates since we are both on Weight Watchers - I have to lose weight to have surgery. But some Oreos would be fine right now!

[marahmarie]

Lindt's the greatest. Luckily it* hasn't been hoarded too much around here so far.

*In case it does run out I'm also stocking up on Nestle 63% dark chocolate chips in a bag. They cost, ounce for ounce, a fraction of what Lindt bars do, and while I'd never say they taste just as good, they do the thing quite nicely.

[conuly]

I like how lindt tastes, but I try to avoid that brand and nestle for ethical reasons.

[marahmarie]

Which are?

[conuly]

Same as nearly every chocolate company - child slave labor which they keep claiming they're working on but never are. Admittedly it's endemic in the whole rotten system of goods we have, everything, but it's easier for me to live without certain brands of chocolate than to live without a phone or tomatoes.

[marahmarie]

Well, there goes all my chocolate fun...I'll read up on it (never knew before) when I get a chance, thanks.

[conuly]

I tend to harangue people about it if given half a chance, and I'm trying not to do that.

It's impossible to source everything 100% ethically. This is the personal hill I've chosen to die on, but slavery and coercive labor is in every part of our supply chain, and even where it's not that doesn't mean labor practices are actually good. We've all got to pick and choose where we put forth the extra effort. It's okay to say "no" on this front because you're putting your energies into a "yes" somewhere else - even if that yes is just getting through your day during a shitty time in everybody's life, ie, now.

[marahmarie]

Do you keep/can you share a list of ethical chocolate makers? Perhaps I should Google it. Any personal favorites, though?

[conuly]

In the interests of preserving my sanity, I typically look for certification that they're both a. fair trade and b. shade grown (environmental reasons) and don't ask too many probing questions.

[marahmarie]

Fair trade/shade grown *nods* got it, thanks.

[conuly]

With that said, equal exchange lemon ginger chocolate is da bomb.

[marahmarie]

Wow, that sounds....good. Will have to check it out.