We don't have that, either.

So today's like the blizzardy-est (yes, I make up words) road conditions ever, but I had a cake delivery to do, AND I needed to find something call 'foamcore board', so I was out driving in it.  I actually need it right now, today, for a cake, but that's beside the point, since I didn't find it, but more about that later. 

Michael's used to have what I need, like a good craft store should, but they quit carrying it, without telling me why, but everyone (and by everyone, I mean, other cake people I've asked) keeps saying I can find it at "duh...Lowe's or Home Depot".  So I called Lowe's and asked the lady.  She looked it up and said yes, it's in their lumber department, and they have 100 sheets.  It was on my way back from delivering the cake in the blizzard, so I swung (slid) into Lowe's and went in.

After wandering around too much in the lumber dept, I finally found someone wearing the official Lowe's apparel.

Me:  Do you have foamcore board?

Guy:  What?

Me:  Foamcore.  It's 1/2" white board, not wood, with like a hard foam inside, and it's coated with polypropylene plastic-y stuff. 

Guy:  We have styrofoam sheets in the lumber yard.

Me:  No, not styrofoam.  It's like a craft product; it shouldn't be with lumber. 

Guy:  I can't even picture what you're describing to me right now.

Me:  If you have kids and they do science projects..this is the stuff that would be the back board they use. 

Guy:  I'm still lost. 

At this point a short annoyed-looking woman employee walks up.

Her:  What are you looking for?

Me:  1/2" white foamcore board.

Her:  I don't know what you're talking about.  What are you using it for?

Me:  I cut it for bases underneath cakes--

Her: --oh, you won't find anything here for food.

Me:  It's not for food; it gets covered and used underneath for support and---

Her:  --If it's for food, you're at the wrong place.

(like I've somehow stumbled into a store without realizing it's not a baking warehouse).

Me:  I buy stuff here all the TIME that's not for food, but aside from that, I still need to--

Her:  We don't have it.

Me:  But someone told me you--

Her:  We don't have that either.

Wow.

Me:  Well, I'm sure GLAD I came in here in a blizzard anyway. 

Guy:  Oh.  Yeah, drive careful out there.

Me:  Thanks.  It was great just trying to get here.  In the blizzard.

Back to the sugar mines.  I still have no idea what I'm going to use for this cake that I'm working on today.

-chef stef