What do recessions and pantries have in common?
I have been buying pantry items for many years now, and I've observed a cycle at play that and it reminds me of the economic cycle of recessions and booms. There are times my pantry is full to bursting with tasty things to eat, and then I stop buying food because there's no room for it. Over time, the food supplies slowly dwindle but there is a problem. Finishing things off can be challenging for me. When I first buy something, I eat a lot of it, but by the time I'm around 3/4 way through, I've had enough and am ready for the next thing. Unfortunately, that last 1/4 seems to hang around FOREVER! and I mean forever. I've had little bits of items left over that take-up space for years. All that junk floating around in my cupboards is pretty inefficient when you think about it. I have all this food I hardly eat, taking up space so I can't even see what I do have. This leads me to sometimes go on ""finishing sprees", where I make a conscious effort to...