After stopping in a few grocery stores that were pretty far from my home to peruse the goods, I thought I had the process down and was ready for my first shopping trip. Here’s what I went out in hopes of finding:
Grocery List:
· Yogurt
· Bread
· Cheese
· Deli meats
· Salad
· Dressing
· Orange juice
· Wine
· Oatmeal
What I came home with:
· Yogurts in the flavors of blackcurrant, rhubarb, and gooseberry. This seems like some sort of Willy Wonka trick. But if I taste those gooseberries and they taste like shnozberries we’ll know the Uumpas are soon to follow. Really, what is this, the Honeydukes Express? And if so, where is my butterbeer?
· Wholemeal Pita pockets – I think that means whole wheat?
· Sliced chicken and ham – packaged? I’m afraid this will taste like spam but it was my only option, figured it was worth a shot
· Jalapeno and roasted red pepper hummus, normal enough.
· Carrot batons – to dip in my hummus, obviously.
· Porridge that I’m hoping is the equivalent of oatmeal
· Rocket = arugula salad, Caesar dressing to make me feel at home, and Traditional English Dijon Mustard to feel British, and because I need to know what makes Dijon mustard traditionally English.
· Cheese, Sundried Tomato, and Bacon tortellini (where the bacon is actually ham. Okay, that doesn’t make that sound any more normal…) + Sundried Tomato, Basil, and Garlic Tomato Sauce
· Fanta Orange. Everyone was doing it.
· Blood orange juice, yummmm.
· Grapes, okay that’s pretty normal
BUT I FORGOT TO GET CHEESE AND WINE! What have I become? Who am I? That should have been the first thing I picked up. And on top of it all, I missed the street to turn down for my flat. So I ended up here.
I’d say it was a win. Pizza out of a buggy, my dream come true.
Such is life.
English word of the day: Depiladores = RAZORS! They even had Venus Depiladores! (Okay, this one might be more Spanish than British but they seem to use it in their Pharmacies as normal.)
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