Pateros Great Sardines Shortage Panic: The High-Speed Rumor Mill, The Frenzied Rush for Stockpiling, and the Profound, Existential Dread of Running Out of Tins
An Examination of the Community-Wide Reaction When a Basic Staple Becomes an Endangered Commodity and the Unexpected Rise of Tinned Fish Bartering The Fragile Equilibrium of the PantryIn Pateros, the stability of the domestic economy and, indeed, the very social order, rests precariously on one staple item: the tinned sardine. Thus, the mere rumor of …



