Day 1:
- Cat food
- Assorted vegetables
- Butter
- Orange juice (in those recyclable/reusable plastic containers)
Day 4:
- Cat food
- 1 batch of hamburger
- 1 can sundried tomatos
- 1 can tomato paste
- 1 red/1 green pepper
- Garlic and lots of it
- Linguini
- Milk
Notice that milk sold in 4 litre plastic bags is substantially cheaper than the 2 litre cartons. Go for that. We drink a lot of milk, and we have a milk jug somehwere.
No milk jug.
That’s okay: we’ve drank the last of the orange juice. Simply clean out the reusable container, cut a small hole in the corner of the bag of milk and pour the contents in. Child’s play, right?
Day 5
- Cat food
- 1 funnel
- Paper towels
- Milk
A Portrait of Two Men Standing at the Herbs Section of the Supermarket
Me: We’ve got to get cilantro. Here are the herbs. The boxes don’t match up with the price display
Dan: It’s got to be one of the two at the bottom
Me: Last time I tried to buy cilantro, I got parsley instead. So I should pick the one that doesn’t look like parsley, but neither do!
(I sniff each clump of herb in turn)
(Dan sniffs each clump of herb in turn)
Me: Do you know what cilantro smells like?
Dan: Not a clue
Me: Me neither. Let’s take this one.
This time I got Italian parsley.