I hate when I do things like this

[cjsmith]

One of the things I'll occasionally do on a weekend is cook up a big pile of stuff that will later be lunches or dinners for when I'm rushed. Yesterday I went to the grocery store and picked up a huge amount of stuff for making lunches. Five pounds of meat came home with me; I made absolutely sure that I knew what was going to go with each batch, that I had enough spinach, enough spices, enough chili and lemongrass, etc. I got extra spinach just to make sure. There's always something you can do with spinach.

I walked right by the onion. Boy, thought I, do I have enough onion to last me a year. I certainly don't need any onion.

Guess what I'm out of, after cooking only two batches of stuff.
Guess what every single thing I was going to make will need.

Damn.

A normal person, of course, would just go to the grocery store and buy some onion. But I can't do that. I've been on my feet for nearly an hour now. I could keep cooking, by spending much of the time in a tall chair, but I can't go to the grocery store. Not any more. And if I did go, I sure as heck couldn't cook afterward. Those always have to be two separate days. I was so good, making sure I went to the store on Saturday so I could cook on Sunday. But all it takes is one goof.

Right now I hate being me.

EDIT: ladycelia is the bestest buddy in the whole wide world. She's going to bring me three big onions when she gets off work.

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*laughter* I wouldn't inflict my cooking on an enemy, but yeah, it would be cool to have buddies who lived really close by.

I'm just ticked off at the whole pile of limitations, know what I mean? And I can't even hope that in three months or ten years it will be any better. GRRRRR.

[apparentparadox]

In the future, you might consider using a service that does your grocery shopping for you -- like Webvan used to do. Safeway advertises that they do it in some markets (I would bet that you're in the right area). You might not want to use such a service for everything, but if they took care of the staples & stuff that doesn't need such a keen eye (like onions), that would help save your feet.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

That's a good point: I think Safeway will indeed do it in our area. Normally we don't think of that because you have to be home during a specific time window. But right now Rob's not feeling all that great, so he can be Designated Shipper Picker Upper. :-)

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

Also, Planet Organics and places like that will do weekly deliveries that you don't have to be home for--and they have more than just produce now.

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it sucks.

And your food can't be that bad!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Sure it can; it all comes out of cans and bottles and stuff. But hey -- I was talking to rfrench about this, and honestly, my ability to be unpicky about food is a gift. There's a heck of a lot I couldn't eat if I insisted on Doing Everything The Right Way. In that case my life would be a lot more inconvenient and noticeably more busy. Who wants THAT?

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

In cooking there is no "right way." That's baking where you have to be precise. Which is why I don't bake!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Aw man, I love baking! That's the one kitchen thing I can do!