The shopping list

On a previous post I said something about the time to buy ingredients and then the time to go back to buy those things you forgot to buy the first time. Of course people asked me, “Have you ever heard about shopping lists?”


Of course I’ve already heard about them. But one thing I learnt is that a shopping list will not save you if it is not perfectly complete. A big pitfall is to think you already have a given ingredient at home and later find out that you’re out of it or it is not enough or its expiration date is past. So, before going shopping I pick every item I already have, place them shoulder to shoulder on the table and check them against the recipe to complete the shopping list. Only then I go out to the supermarket.

But I don’t restrict my shopping to the list. I like to browse product offerings to discover new possibilities. Here it is very important to forget that thing that you shouldn’t go to the supermarket hungry. From my own experience I say it is very boring going shopping not being hungry, or worst, just after eating. Takes all the fun out of it and turns it in obligation. You just buy the products you wanted to rush home. Really boring. Hunger is a necessary condition for new discoveries.