I’ve been unwell.
This has had an impact in that I haven’t been able to get to my little
shops….. food was running low in some categories, fresh veg, bread….. so I took
myself off to the local supermarket with great reluctance and bought all I
needed. And a few other things. How is it that I really like my new way of
shopping and eating, but the second I step back into a supermarket I succumb to
all the old bad ways? I wander the
aisles aimlessly (again) and put things in my basket that I didn’t come in for
(again) and pick up those too good to resist offers and bargains (again) and
spend double what I had planned (again).
No one chats to me, no one discusses the cheese, the farms things came
from, the origin of the wheat, no one remembers me from my last shop. I haven’t missed this invisible factory
shopping. But, I confess, I had
forgotten that I liked the reduced goodies, and the array of veggie
products.
So, has there been anything else
I’ve missed? Well, at times it would be
oh so convenient to just pop in, but it’s proved that I overspend when I
do. Maybe the extent of goods is wider
than in small local, but then the quality and freshness of small local is, in
my opinion, unbeatable. Maybe one thing
I miss at the moment is the bakery section as I have yet to find a good local
baker; not the bread, but the cakes, the rolls, the muffins, the choice. From the Deli I get the most amazing
Brownies, but I’d like the choice of an éclair now and again, or maybe a cream
apple turnover. So I think it’s time to
seriously research bakeries.
On Sunday we went to our local Farmers Market, and amongst
our usual favourite guys was a new stall – the Happy Carrot. They sold most excellent veggie pies and
burgers. Only slight downside was that
they did not have a card to offer me, and no website details. Lack of advertising guys! Also bought lovely fresh samosas and eggs
from nearby stalls.
I have baked. Mainly
biscuits. And meals. But I’m getting there, trying out a few new
recipes, and borrowing even more cookbooks from the library, so I get points
for Intention.
Meanwhile on the dodgy food news front – apparently the
latest Headline with exclamations is that 50,000 tons of beef have been
recalled by the Dutch due to fear of contamination (horse/bute style). Most everything has already been said on this
front, so all I want to add is…….. 50,000 tons!!! That is a mighty lot of cows my friend. Even
a mighty lot of horses. One way or
another how many animals are we
eating?
