so, there I was. . . grocery cupboard as empty as Mother Hubbard's
internet online home delivery food order placed. . . a quick trip to the supermarket needed to tide us over in the meantime. . . as I was wandering around in a slightly disengaged state of mind I thought to myself that it has been a long time since I did any interesting cooking and just because The Teens won't eat interesting food, didn't mean that I couldn't buy something nice for myself
I decided to go Thai and picked up some stems of lemon grass, a chunk of fresh ginger root, a small pot of kaffir lime leaves, a bunch of fresh coriander, a clove of garlic, some rice and set about trying to find the coconut milk. . .
. . . I mean, you can't cook Thai without coconut milk, right? I looked everywhere and in the meantime found myself in the sweets/chocolate section where I was sidetracked by a small but perfectly formed box of hand churned Devon butter toffee slab squares, which I decided could be my substitute for a couple of boxes of chocolates I was given for xmas - I really don't like boxes of chocolate, so they'd gone straight in the bin without going via The Teens, who also don't like boxes of chocolates (I'll eat violet and rose creams, but only if they are covered in dark chocolate) - and then when I'd was back on track and had looked everywhere to no avail so had given up looking for the coconut milk I decided to ask for help: the store manager guy couldn't find any either as it turned out that the supermarket was out of stock of coconut milk
I couldn't be bothered to retrace my steps and put everything back so I proceeded to the till, where when the checkout lady had put everything thru - for the Thai meal that I can't cook because there was no coconut milk - she then had to call the store manager guy because apparently when she swiped my special treat to myself toffee a message came up reading "DO NOT SELL, PRODUCT RECALL, RETURN TO MANUFACTURER"
*pffffffffffffft*
internet online home delivery food order placed. . . a quick trip to the supermarket needed to tide us over in the meantime. . . as I was wandering around in a slightly disengaged state of mind I thought to myself that it has been a long time since I did any interesting cooking and just because The Teens won't eat interesting food, didn't mean that I couldn't buy something nice for myselfI decided to go Thai and picked up some stems of lemon grass, a chunk of fresh ginger root, a small pot of kaffir lime leaves, a bunch of fresh coriander, a clove of garlic, some rice and set about trying to find the coconut milk. . .
. . . I mean, you can't cook Thai without coconut milk, right? I looked everywhere and in the meantime found myself in the sweets/chocolate section where I was sidetracked by a small but perfectly formed box of hand churned Devon butter toffee slab squares, which I decided could be my substitute for a couple of boxes of chocolates I was given for xmas - I really don't like boxes of chocolate, so they'd gone straight in the bin without going via The Teens, who also don't like boxes of chocolates (I'll eat violet and rose creams, but only if they are covered in dark chocolate) - and then when I'd was back on track and had looked everywhere to no avail so had given up looking for the coconut milk I decided to ask for help: the store manager guy couldn't find any either as it turned out that the supermarket was out of stock of coconut milk
I couldn't be bothered to retrace my steps and put everything back so I proceeded to the till, where when the checkout lady had put everything thru - for the Thai meal that I can't cook because there was no coconut milk - she then had to call the store manager guy because apparently when she swiped my special treat to myself toffee a message came up reading "DO NOT SELL, PRODUCT RECALL, RETURN TO MANUFACTURER"
*pffffffffffffft*
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6 comments:
*snickering*
<-- has coconut milk in the cupboard (x2--cuz ya never know when you'll need it, dontchaknow!)
Now the kicker of the 'do not sell'....that sucks.
And the foiled plans for a Thai dinner left you with some interesting ingredients to find a use for. :-D
Oh--and I haffta say...I'm envious of the 'online food delivery' concept. I'm certain that's available here in the larger cities....but I'm in wee-town Iowa and I detest grocery shopping....so I'm whining....
I feel ripped off!!!!!!
(here ends the whine..at least for this moment!)
Oh! So unfair!
Well I hope you get some coconut milk and some fudge soon? You deserve your treat.
And I do hope you weren't out of coffee!
mig I wasn't then, but I am now
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blast!
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Mel you might not have an online delivery option, but you have The Brit! hee hee hee. . . I'm going back today to see if they have replenished their stocks - then I shall cook at the weekend
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Wooooohoooooo! Thai this weekend!!
And just for giggles, take an armload of the toffee squares to the checkout! I betcha there's a cool sound that goes off when the message pops up! :-)
Golly Mel, how wicked! (what brand was it Inukshuk - do tell?)
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