Grocery lists are important.
People who don’t write grocery lists run the risk of thinking “what was that spice I needed? Was it turmeric? Yeah, that sounds right” every week.
They may also wind up with eight or nine pounds of brown rice, despite not much enjoying brown rice.
Know what I don’t have? Tarragon. I think I was aiming for tarragon all that time.
Please, people, write a gosh darn grocery list. And if your grocery list says “turmeric,” swing by my place and I’ll cut you a deal.
I do that with salsa. Every time I make tacos I buy a new jar. At least I’m learning to check the pantry before I open a new one.
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Tumeric makes a good natural dye…
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I love you!
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You wouldn’t believe the amount of dill weed (and dill seed!) we have thanks to a former roommate’s mother. I guess I should start making pickles…
(I also have roughly that amount of turmeric, but at least I make curries semi-frequently. I do wonder sometimes if I should just toss all my spices, most of which are ancient by now, and buy a new stock for better-tasting food, but then I feel crummy about the waste. Life is hard sometimes.)
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Sort of relieved to find out I’m not the only one with several pounds of brown rice due to poor listmaking. (If that was a confession, that is.) And the thing is, I can literally count on two hands the number of times in total I’ve actually MADE brown rice.
In any case, if you need some lentils, lemme know.
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Love this post!
Also, I’m making a mental note to find and share recipes that involve lots of turmeric and brown rice.
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