Another sign of doom

[Jenise]

Had my husband stop at Fred Meyer the other day to pick up cat food and Knox gelatine, and when he couldn't find the gelatine he asked for help locating it. The answer? They don't carry it any more.

[Jeff Grossman/NYC]

I presume he asked them how they expect you to make panna cotta without it. And their reply?

[Jenise]

I presume he asked them how they expect you to make panna cotta without it. And their reply?

In this town, had he asked that question I fear he'd have been sent to the pet aisle for litter box liners.

[Cynthia Wenslow]

They don't carry it any more.

Whoa. That is disheartening. (Not that I use much gelatin lately, but sheesh.)

[Jo Ann Henderson]

It might just be the one in your area, Jenise. I made lemon curd at Xmas and I found a box at FM in Renton. Admitted, it was a huge box with 8 packets inside, and I ended up finding the smaller box with the 2 packets inside at another location (can't remember where I ran across it). Found it with the jello and pudding mixes.

[Frank Deis]

One of the recipes for Moroccan beghrir called for "cake yeast."

I asked Louise where I could find "cake yeast" and she said "in 1970..."

[Jenise]

It might just be the one in your area, Jenise. I made lemon curd at Xmas and I found a box at FM in Renton. Admitted, it was a huge box with 8 packets inside, and I ended up finding the smaller box with the 2 packets inside at another location (can't remember where I ran across it). Found it with the jello and pudding mixes.

It probably is specific to that store and the clientele who usually shops there, and I can buy it elsewhere here in Bellingham but still, it's trending in the wrong direction that any so-called 'supermarket' stops carrying the kind of product needed by scratch cooks in order, one can presume, to make room for more ready-made.