Like most people, I go food shopping once a week. That's when the big list gets made and when I know it's time to get more self-raising flour, eggs, bread or tomatoes. Sometimes though, stuff just dies mid-week. Got a bunch of spring onions? Most of 'em floppy by Wednesday. Ate half a baguette? The other half goes stale, languishing in the bread bin. NOOOooooo!
It took most of my adult life, but I finally became a Grocery Scrooge. No more shall my onions wilt! Yes, I shall freeze my perishable seafood! Yeah, I'm making it sound like a bigger deal than it really is, but the truth is I hate wasting food because it's money down the drain... or in the bin.
Money that could be spent on shoes,illicit street drugs nail polish, or a can of Ortiz anchovies.
Money that could be spent on shoes,
So here's what I do to get more food in my mouth, while saving some sweet sweet dirty cash.
- Italian Week = YES. Italo-Mexi-Thai-Grecian-Chinese Week = Aww hell NO.
I get that in the 21st century we home cooks are supposed to be as schmancy and cosmopolitan as James Bond's flight itinerary. We've Got Skills and can wield both a wok and paella pan with equal dexterity. Damn, has Marvel made a comicbook about us yet, because they should. The ability to cook food stemming from different cultures and regions is a fabulous undertaking.
However, I assure you there is no pressure to cook food from wildly different etymologies every night of the week.
