This month, Jim and I will have been married for six years. Unemployed at the time, he obtained a provisional patent for a smart phone application he invented. Over the years four were stable, work-wise, and I could food shop as I liked. I hate clothes shopping but love a great grocery or farmer’s market!
During the month of July, when an offer was rescinded and he’d already put in notice, we ate out of the freezer and pantry (no, John, we still have Bambi) for a few weeks, with fruits and veg and dairy purchased. Our stores were down and then he got the new gig and I did a limited build-up. Then came Ike, and a major build-up. When the supermarket is dark, four days after a major hurricane, and the shelves are depleted a hoarding mentality sets in. I bought a big jar of applesauce, and very strange things that are still here.
Our pantry is chock-full of pasta, tomatoes, hearts of palm, artichokes, rice and couscous, salsa, jams, spices. Now that lean times have arrived, we’ve started with the freezer and pantry. I thawed tonight’s Cornish game hen and bought the potatoes to make latkes for Hannukah for a friend. Unfortunately even with an excellent wheat baguette and expensive extra-sharp cheddar Jim did not want a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch (we’re not going to restaurants for a while). Tomorrow I’ll make BLT’s and he can have a mug of butternut squash/carrot soup with it.
My dad will be in LA this weekend and we bought tickets and it would be a shame to waste them. It all depends upon whether Jim has an out-of-town interview on Friday. While it’s a brief weekend it would be nice to see the coast again, and family of course. Cheers! Dee
Cooking with Dee 