In article >,
"Julie Bove" > wrote:

> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:34:58 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "sf" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:58:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> >> > > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I have two bowls of frozen cooked rice that I bought when we
> >> >> had the flu.
> >> >
> >> > So, you're saying that you were so sick you couldn't make rice and no
> >> > one lifted a finger to help. What a bunch of ingrates.
> >>
> >> No. I bought the rice for Angela who was sick before I was. I can't
> >> remember the particulars now but I wasn't going to be home and I thought
> >> she
> >> might want some rice. At that point, we didn't know it would be an
> >> ongoing
> >> thing. I bought the rice for the freezer in case she thought she needed
> >> some and I wasn't going to be here. Nobody ate it so... I am going to
> >> use
> >> it up now.
> >
> > I won't bother asking you why you bought precooked rice when you
> > weren't sick and you claim you know how to cook.
> >
>
> As I said, I wasn't going to be home. I remember having to stop at a store
> that I don't normally shop at. And I had a meeting or something to go to.
> I bought just a few things for her to have some dinner, dropped them off and
> left. I do know that we were running low on rice at home and that the store
> I went do didn't sell the kind of rice that I normally buy, which is either
> Texmati or Jazzmati. I have since bought some of that. I bought this over
> a month ago so I can't really remember the particulars. I just remember it
> being a very busy and hectic time for me and that I wasn't going to be home
> at meal time for like 3 days in a row. I also think that the fridge was
> fairly full of food at that point in time, but it wasn't anything she could
> eat given her sickness.

maybe one day she will learn to shop for those inconvenient days when
she has to take care of herself


>
> I also remember going through rice like crazy when I was sick. I was living
> off of chicken broth or chicken and rice soup. I ate a lot more rice than
> she did. She got over the illness quickly. Apparently for those of us over
> 50 it takes over 3 weeks to feel well again. I still don't have my appetite
> back.