On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:44:40 -0700, Christine Dabney wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:30:53 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
>
>>I think most people shop for food with some sort of 'meal plan' in mind
>>- and I'm one of them.
>
> I suppose most people do.

Thing is, I don't always make what I had in mind when I bought the stuff
e.g. bought some chicken breasts the other week and had earmarked them for
making a chicken stir-fry with some veggies and cilantro. However, on the
same shopping trip the kidlette spotted some kumquats and wanted to try
them so I bought some...

Anyway, so much for my chicken, veggies and cilantro idea - we ended up
looking for kumquat recipes/ideas but my (limited) cookbook collection
didn't have anything we fancied - so eventually we found a recipe on the
'net for 'Kumquat Chicken' (that we modified somewhat because some of the
'instructions' didn't quite gel) <lol>. Totally different taste - but
it was really good and will probably make it again.

> How many shop for what looks the best at the market? I know I am one of
> those. I get inspired by what is freshest out there, or just looks
> fantastic.

I sometimes do that too...


> I am also one of those that goes home with whatever looks great at the
> market, and then goes to my cookbooks, to see what would be the best
> treatment of said dish, with what I already have.

Heh. Nothing wrong with that, IMO. I dunno why some r.f.c.-ers seem to
think that following recipes (or just reading cookbooks to get
'inspiration') is some form of "weakness".

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy