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H2S and I just got over a nasty gastro-intestinal virus. (I'll be happy to send you a detailed description of all the symptoms minute-by-minute -- just ask!) He's been working really hard and for no real reason, I felt like surprising him and making an actual recipe. I think the last time I did that was so long ago, Stinky had hair on his head, we only had 25 copper pots, and GD: P was peaceful...
So I browsed through some cookbooks -- who knew we had so many!? -- and found several interesting-looking Italian dishes that'd be good. They all had something I wasn't sure I could find at the store, so I wrote a shopping list in sections -- like, "unsalted pistachios" and the rest of the ingredients under that, depending on whether I could find unsalted pistachios. "Crimini mushrooms," and the ingredients for that one, etc.
We also have a "Food and Wine" magazine with an article on inexpensive American wines, so I wrote some of those down, too.
I got to the grocery store and -- hello! -- realized I'd forgotten my shopping list. :( I was too low on gas to go home and back again and didn't want to deal with that, so I went without it. I remembered most of the items, but couldn't remember which things went together in which recipe. ("Shallots! I know something needs shallots, and escarole was involved but maybe not with red onion which may need sage leaves...") So I just got everything I could remember.
Then to the wine store, to look for "Saint Something Something Dry Riesling" and "Spanishy Sounding Name Zinfandel." Did my best.
I got home and realized I did pretty well, all things considered -- forgot the pistachios, got canned beans when that recipe wants dried, there was actually no need for the mozzarella, and I sure hope the green item I got is escarole.
Now I have to decide what to make, based on what will become more disgusting in decomposition if I don't use it tonight.
Hmmmm....
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