DH, German by birth and upbringing, brought this to my attention today - Europe has been weathering extreme snow storms the last few days; apparently even Spain has had record cold weather. Anyway, one article in a German newspaper is recommending that, because of the storms, people should (gasp!) stock up!! A little late, but still ... Germans, like many Europeans, tend to shop everyday - I should add here though that they also live with very small refrigerators (about the size of a dishwasher), and not much storage space. Oddly enough, one of the very first words I learned in my college German class was "Vorratskammer", which is a pantry. I don't know how common it is now, but my parents-in-law always ordered potatoes to store in the cellar, though I'm not sure how much else my MIL had in storage. Both parents-in-law were older teenagers/adults during WWII and the aftermath, so I know they were intimately familiar with the shortages of the time. But, except for the one SIL with a freezer, I don't know that any of the friends/relatives do much in the way of stocking up.
Its in German, but for the sake of full disclosure here is the link:
http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article5780635/Katastrophenschuetzer-raten-zu-Hamsterkaeufen.html
Its in German, but for the sake of full disclosure here is the link:
http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article5780635/Katastrophenschuetzer-raten-zu-Hamsterkaeufen.html