Thursday, December 4, 2008

grocery girl

i call this poem

Things you will never not see in my fridge/freezer/countertop/pantry:

running title: time to go shopping


fridge:
whipped cream cheese
9 different kinds of mustard (actual real time count)
capers

sriracha
specialty cheeses
olives in a smattering of colors, shapes, sizes and brines
2 kinds of salsa (current count 5)
jewish rye (at least 3 open packages circulating at a time)
kosher saurkraut from brooklyn
red onion
at least 8 salad dressings, only 2 of which are in use
nova lox
2 fruit juices (you know youre at the end of the cycle when they are both down to ruby red grapefruit)

freezer:
boca burgers
waffles
wegmans farm raised salmon
chicken breasts
popsicles

counter:
BAGELS (potentially the most important item in the entire kitchen - many other items are spawned off of this)

me enjoying my bagels!

kosher salt and black peppercorns
tomatoes

pantry:
individual sized portions of white meat tuna

4 boxes of triscuits (cracked peppper, rosemary, sundried tomato - all with olive oil, 1 box family sized original. to be eaten in this order)
1 box family size wheat thins
2 opened bags of tortilla chips of various brands, always in roatation
at least 15 cup-o-noodles spicy chile chicken variety
extra salad dressings in the 2 we actually use
enough A1 to last a nuclear fallout period
either kc masterpiece bbq chips or utz kettle chips
taco seasoning
marshmallow fluff from our old house
several cans of cream of (fill in the blank)
assorted pasta sauces and noodles
dried nori
anchovies
oysters
minced clams for the once a year my mother makes linguine with clam sauce
deviled ham
vegan black beans
tahini
kashi go lean crunch
at least 2 boxes stale grape nuts in different sizes

the end

anne

2 comments:

  1. please tell me you actually sat in your kitchen with a notepad and paper and took an inventory of all these items.... you did, didn't you.

    i knew it.

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  2. I need to go grocery shopping and your list just gave me some excellent ideas.

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