cookery
By anders pearson 03 Jan 2002
i got a bunch of cooking stuff for christmas: cookbooks, pots + pans, measuring devices, even a george foreman grill (i’m a vegetarian but i figure i can still grill vege’s on it; for that matter, i intend to grill anything i can damn well fit on it, whether it was intended to be grilled or not).
<p>so i’ve decided to try to just not resist the not-so-subtle hints from my family and try to get into cooking. my previous experience at cooking is pretty small; i had to help my mom occasionally growing up (my mom is a fabulous cook. the people in my office who are around when i open the occasional package of cookies from home can attest to this) and i had to get creative during periods where i was too poor to eat out (i know a thousand different things that you can make by combining in various permutations mac+cheese, ramen, eggs, tuna, rice, bread, and spices).</p>
<p>with that in mind i went grocery shopping today. since i have to carry everything i buy back to my apartment i only got a couple bags worth, but it was much different stuff than usual for me (beer, bread, mac+cheese, tuna, and cookies is a pretty typical shopping list for me). i felt really strange actually going into the produce section of the grocery store; a whole new world. anyway, this is what i got tonight:</p>- bread
- flour
- tortillas
- lettuce
- portabello mushrooms
- garlic cloves
- tofu
- provolone cheese
- soy mozzarella (i was curious if it would be any good)
- beer (still one of the essential food groups)
- parmesan
- lentils
- frozen peas
<p>probably a perfectly normal shopping list for anyone else but a whole new adventure for me.</p>
<p>of course it didn’t stop me from having mac+cheese with tuna for dinner when i got home (my cookbooks haven’t arrived yet)</p>