I must be more careful in future when I spy some new item on the supermarket shelves.
Looking to expand the selection of oils in the Ausfood cupboard from its single current occupant, the bottle of olive oil, I set out in supermarket search mode for another oil product.
What excitement !! There sitting on the shelves at the Eastern IGA was a lovely bottle of Australian peanut oil. The map of Australia with the words 100% Australian hooked me right away; the ingredient description left me in no doubt about the contents of the bottle. It’s a smaller sized bottle which is good; small sizes are best when trying out something new.
This is just what I am looking for these days; it ticks all the Ausfood boxes.
The bottle is off the shelf, in the shopping basket and out through the register in the blink of an eye.
I’m about to put it in the Ausfood cupboard at home and it dawns on me that I have very hastily bought a bottle of oil most often used in Asian recipes. Ah, I see problems here with ingredients for an Asian recipe. I’m thinking soy sauce, Chinese rice wine and chilli paste just for starters.
A sober moment arrives in the Trash Palace kitchen as I contemplate how I will use up this lovely oil.