Posted on 03/15/2020 8:19:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Restaurants in Indonesia are taking some dishes off the menu after the price of onions soared ten-fold to cost more than beef, while a spike in garlic prices is also affecting staple dishes amid import disruptions from China due to coronavirus. Shipments from China of goods and produce have been hurt in the past few months as a lockdown in some areas and extended holidays to curb the virus outbreak have thrown global supply chains into turmoil. Southeast Asia’s largest economy imports most of its onions and garlic from China and economists already see higher food prices fanning inflation, although they say lower oil prices should keep the headline rate within Bank Indonesia’s range of 2%-4%.
Fast food restaurant chain Carl’s Junior had stopped selling onion rings in the past week, a waiter in a Jakarta restaurant said, after onion prices shot up to 170,000 rupiah ($11.53) a kilogram, ten times the usual price. The chain’s Indonesia franchise-owner PT Mega Mahadana Hadiya did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ramen restaurant Hakata Ikkousha displayed a notice in an outlet in central Jakarta saying recipes that use onions had been changed due to scarcity.
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No onions or garlic would kill all the joy in life.
Could be worse, it could be chocolate...
Onions and garlic have antibiotic properties, not antiviral ones.
This time next week people here will be hoarding onions and garlic. The TP shortage /hoarding thing started in China. Reports of that in turn spawned mass buying here in cities with lots of Chinese , maybe by Chinese families shipping the stuff home. Everyone saw that going on in town and thought they better buy too....
Vampires rejoice at this news! :P
Dunno, my cat seems pretty happy not eating them. :P
Seriously
Agreed. Just chopped a bunch of elephant garlic. Put it into a jar w/ extra virgin olive oil. Keep in the fridge. ; )
Actually they do. They both stimulate the immune system.
I went long on garlic and onions at Costco. I’m a bit short on gruyere cheese for the French onion soup.
Not a day goes by without eating garlic, onions, and chili peppers. Indonesia, grow your own!
Nope. We grow that here. Stinks, actually.
I went long on garlic and onions at Costco. I’m a bit short on gruyere cheese for the French onion soup.
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Perhaps the shortage relates to the marvelous therapeutic qualities of the allium genus of plants to boast the immune system to fight diseases, including the Wuhan virus.
Just about all our garlic is imported Chinese. The price will be going up, so stock up and refrigerate. Onions are grown here and maybe some in Mexico.
I have no trouble at all eliminating garlic from my cooking.
Matter of fact, I welcome it. And I am a good cook.
They strengthen the immune system. And the virus leave you vulnerable to other infections, including bacterial infections.
They stimulate social distancing.
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