People slam mums buying flour to make homemade playdough to entertain their kids as ‘disgusting’
WITH the UK in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic some essentials, including flour and eggs, have been scarce.
After not being able to find any flour for baking, one woman has hit out at mums using it to make homemade playdough to entertain their kids.
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Baking has become one of the most popular pastimes in isolation, but one woman has lashed out at parents after she was still unable to get her hands on any flour.
She claims mums using the cooking essential to play with their kids have made it difficult for her to find any in the shops.
She blamed videos on social media for inspiring parents to make playdough themselves, rather than buying it like they normally would.
Writing on , she said: “AIBU [am I being unreasonable] to wish people would stop using flour for play dough.
“Just that. Some people, like me, want to cook with it.
“I have just worked out (correctly I think) from Facebook feeds featuring play dough recipes that this is contributes to there being no flour. [sic]”
Her post has racked up hundreds of replies as people weighed in on the issue, with some people calling the waste of food ‘disgusting’.
Commenting online, one person said: “I agree op. I can’t get flour at all. Dcs school have decided to do a boiled egg painting competition ffs. It’s hard enough to get basics as it is.”
It's disgusting to waste food products in this way
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Another wrote: “I agree with OP, I find it disgusting that people are wasting food in this way at any time, but especially now. Totally unacceptable.”
A third said: “YANBU. It's disgusting to waste food products in this way. Eating is vital, kids making a mess is not - and I'm sure they have plenty of other things to play with.”
Agreeing, this person wrote: “I’m with you OP, I don’t think food (especially one that is in demand) should be used as a sensory/toy at the moment.”
While another added: “Well now, I know people can use it for what they like, however it’s a waste of food.
“Don’t get me started on people painting lentils and pasta.”
But some claimed people are free to use flour however they want, with one person writing: “I'm sorry, people with small children need to entertain them more than you need a cake.”
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