a self-imposed seige
the food situation got to a point yesterday when i had nothing left, as in nothing FRESH left, in my fridge and/or freezer. see, i have been so eager/happy/overjoyed that at every meal we (me and josh - i hardly cook for 1) finished all the food i cooked or we finished the leftovers during the next meal. but the downside of this is that i have nothing to eat during lunch/dinners alone.
so the predicament before me yesterday was what to eat for lunch AND dinner (because josh had to attend a company-paid working dinner) when i had nothing left in my fridge. and with nether garlic nor onions. thankfully i had some chorizo lying around, a bottle of sun-dried tomato antipesto and 2 chillies (1 green and 1 red) plus a bottle of chilli and garlic infused olive oil that i got from Tesco (no no, i'm not THAT decadent - i had a voucher that gave me 100 extra points when i bought the dipping oil because they were promoting some Tesco Finest products). i did a spin on the usual alio oglio by first frying some chorizo in a hot pan to release the oils (and flavour), then adding olive oil and the chopped chillis. after frying the ingredients for a minute, i added the infused oil and some chopped sun-dried tomatoes before tipping in the al dente spaghetti and seasoning with pepper. and since i was too lazy/not in possession of cash, i even repeated that for dinner rather than call for takeaway as i had originally thought to do. sigh.
and because i ABSOLUTELY needed to go to the supermarket this morning - risking a slow and painful death of starvation (because no food = no energy to go out and buy food nor cook nor dial for takeaway which isnt even viable since i'd need to go to the ATM = no food), i decided to do a trip to the library as well to get out some books on poetry that i'm revising. to compound that, i had trouble falling asleep last night (the mind was going back and forth wondering if i was being overly anxious about exams or overly confident), i worked out what i was going to cook all the way from today till saturday so that i would have a precise shopping list to whizz into Tesco on my way home from the library and be out within 15mins (given the time taken at the checkout).
not the wisest of ideas (good intentions though) because even though i had only planned to get 3 books from the library i left with 5. and at Tesco i filled one of those smaller-sized trolleys with so much food - whole chickens, 1 tray of pork belly strips, 2 trays of braising beef, 1 tray of pork mince, 1 pack of 3 mixed capsicums, 1 large pack of cheery tomatoes, 5 tomatoes, 2 lemons, 2 aubergines, 1 big bag of spinach, 1 cucumber, 1 bunch of spring onions, 4 heads of garlic, 1 head of iceberg lettuce, 1 bag of onions - that it looked as if i was shopping for an entire family! ever prepared, i had brought 2 large plastic bags and my huge backpack (already half filled with books) and JUST managed to fit all the food in. may i say i was very impressed with myself until i realised that i needed to get eggs from Iceland and would have to get an extra plastic bag anyway because there was no way the eggs would arrive home intact if i didnt.
ever notice how distances seem longer when you are carrying heavy bags? and oh-so-clever me had thrown my keys into my backpack when i left the house so it was buried at the bottom under EVERYTHING. which meant calling lynn on her mobile phone to get her to open the door.
but now, all is well and i have food for every meal until Sunday. and the emptiness of the fridge and freezer has been filled up (my housemates did a big shop approximately 3 weeks ago and have not been out to buy any fresh meat since then because they have been studying and have been slowly but surely clearing their frozen food - their fresh-food-buying will commence next week after they have finished their exams) and i will not need to go to the supermarket nor to university (except tomorrow for some dance stuff) until next week. which leaves time for me to catch up on my study schedule that i'm behind on. oh joy.
when i was at the bus stop waiting for the bus back home, a chav couple arrived at the bus stop pushing a stroller each, one with a 1-year-old girl and another with a 3-year-old boy. the mother was (i'd say) about 19 and the father looked 16. now the shocking thing isnt that but the fact that they had let their 3-year-old son HOLD A BAG OF CRISPS AND EAT FROM THE ENTIRE BAG. he was practically stuffing his face with the crisps (at 10am, mind you). first of all, if you give the kid some crisps, it's fine if it's a handful but to let him eat FROM the bag (which wasnt even a single-serving one) is really very bad parenting. next, the mom opened the kid's sippy cup and poored a bottle of Fruit Shoot (drink made from cordial = artificial sweeteners) that she had just bought into (i saw a price tag) and gave it to the dad to hold. and after a while, the child was bored of eating the bag of crisps and poured the remaining contents AND THE BAG onto the pavement. all this while, the mom was on her mobile calling her friend to find out where this other friend they were supposed to meet was and apparently the guy they were meeting had to go back afterwards for probation.
poor children...
so the predicament before me yesterday was what to eat for lunch AND dinner (because josh had to attend a company-paid working dinner) when i had nothing left in my fridge. and with nether garlic nor onions. thankfully i had some chorizo lying around, a bottle of sun-dried tomato antipesto and 2 chillies (1 green and 1 red) plus a bottle of chilli and garlic infused olive oil that i got from Tesco (no no, i'm not THAT decadent - i had a voucher that gave me 100 extra points when i bought the dipping oil because they were promoting some Tesco Finest products). i did a spin on the usual alio oglio by first frying some chorizo in a hot pan to release the oils (and flavour), then adding olive oil and the chopped chillis. after frying the ingredients for a minute, i added the infused oil and some chopped sun-dried tomatoes before tipping in the al dente spaghetti and seasoning with pepper. and since i was too lazy/not in possession of cash, i even repeated that for dinner rather than call for takeaway as i had originally thought to do. sigh.
and because i ABSOLUTELY needed to go to the supermarket this morning - risking a slow and painful death of starvation (because no food = no energy to go out and buy food nor cook nor dial for takeaway which isnt even viable since i'd need to go to the ATM = no food), i decided to do a trip to the library as well to get out some books on poetry that i'm revising. to compound that, i had trouble falling asleep last night (the mind was going back and forth wondering if i was being overly anxious about exams or overly confident), i worked out what i was going to cook all the way from today till saturday so that i would have a precise shopping list to whizz into Tesco on my way home from the library and be out within 15mins (given the time taken at the checkout).
not the wisest of ideas (good intentions though) because even though i had only planned to get 3 books from the library i left with 5. and at Tesco i filled one of those smaller-sized trolleys with so much food - whole chickens, 1 tray of pork belly strips, 2 trays of braising beef, 1 tray of pork mince, 1 pack of 3 mixed capsicums, 1 large pack of cheery tomatoes, 5 tomatoes, 2 lemons, 2 aubergines, 1 big bag of spinach, 1 cucumber, 1 bunch of spring onions, 4 heads of garlic, 1 head of iceberg lettuce, 1 bag of onions - that it looked as if i was shopping for an entire family! ever prepared, i had brought 2 large plastic bags and my huge backpack (already half filled with books) and JUST managed to fit all the food in. may i say i was very impressed with myself until i realised that i needed to get eggs from Iceland and would have to get an extra plastic bag anyway because there was no way the eggs would arrive home intact if i didnt.
ever notice how distances seem longer when you are carrying heavy bags? and oh-so-clever me had thrown my keys into my backpack when i left the house so it was buried at the bottom under EVERYTHING. which meant calling lynn on her mobile phone to get her to open the door.
but now, all is well and i have food for every meal until Sunday. and the emptiness of the fridge and freezer has been filled up (my housemates did a big shop approximately 3 weeks ago and have not been out to buy any fresh meat since then because they have been studying and have been slowly but surely clearing their frozen food - their fresh-food-buying will commence next week after they have finished their exams) and i will not need to go to the supermarket nor to university (except tomorrow for some dance stuff) until next week. which leaves time for me to catch up on my study schedule that i'm behind on. oh joy.
when i was at the bus stop waiting for the bus back home, a chav couple arrived at the bus stop pushing a stroller each, one with a 1-year-old girl and another with a 3-year-old boy. the mother was (i'd say) about 19 and the father looked 16. now the shocking thing isnt that but the fact that they had let their 3-year-old son HOLD A BAG OF CRISPS AND EAT FROM THE ENTIRE BAG. he was practically stuffing his face with the crisps (at 10am, mind you). first of all, if you give the kid some crisps, it's fine if it's a handful but to let him eat FROM the bag (which wasnt even a single-serving one) is really very bad parenting. next, the mom opened the kid's sippy cup and poored a bottle of Fruit Shoot (drink made from cordial = artificial sweeteners) that she had just bought into (i saw a price tag) and gave it to the dad to hold. and after a while, the child was bored of eating the bag of crisps and poured the remaining contents AND THE BAG onto the pavement. all this while, the mom was on her mobile calling her friend to find out where this other friend they were supposed to meet was and apparently the guy they were meeting had to go back afterwards for probation.
poor children...
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