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[bedlamsbard]

The good news is I finally have groceries, so I won't starve! The bad news is I forgot to buy FREAKING SALT, so I can't make anything. I am sure I can acquire some from MacMart (the on-campus sort-of grocery store) or filch it from the food court, and then go up to Whole Foods to stock up on the rest of the things I forgot or have specific brands I prefer on Tuesday, when Tropical Storm Lee has moved on with his life (PLEASE GODS), since I definitely prefer kosher salt to regular table salt. (I also forgot heavy cream and frozen berries, but remembered Better than Bouillon -- it's really not practical for me to make chicken stock from scratch right now -- and soy sauce. Which I guess could substitute for the salt in some dishes, heh, but not in bread.)

See, I did make a grocery list, but then I just didn't look at it. *facepalm* Don't grow up to be me, people! It doesn't help that I wasn't at my usual store, so I wasn't looking in the places I'd usually be and I wasn't getting most of my normal brands. (Chicago took me to Winn-Dixie -- yes, it really exists! this is actually the first time I have been there, though -- while I usually show at Whole Foods.)

I am sort of alarmed because my jar of preserves opened really easily, though. But it smells fine...

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[highlyeccentric]

Speaking of food, I am utterly failing at convincing the photocopier to scan, so I shall POST YOU scone recipes!

[bedlamsbard]

Oooh!

I am afraid of scanners. I have no idea how to operate one.

[highlyeccentric]

I have trouble with the ones in the staffroom. This one 'scanned' for six pages but I have no idea WHERE TO. Bah.

You're also getting pikelet recipes, because it is my Patriotic Duty or something.

[bedlamsbard]

We've got a couple in the library, each one hooked up to individual computer, but I've never had to scan anything to...anyway. I have never scanned anything!

I have no idea what a pikelet is, so I look forward to it with interest!

[highlyeccentric]

A pikelet is a pancake sort of thing, about the size of a griddle cake, but with a sliiiightly different recipe, I understand. Has soured milk in it instead of regular milk.

[bedlamsbard]

Interesting! We have sourdough pancakes and buttermlik pancakes and...other pancakes... (I actually once made really fantastic gingerbread pancakes, which is something I must repeat.)

[highlyeccentric]

I have a feeling that pikelets might be a parallel development with pancakes - these days they're more or less interchangeable. I copied the pikelet page, anyway - the orange one is really good.

[bedlamsbard]

Oooh.

[pinesandmaples]

Y'all were like two blocks from the Rouses! It's such a better store than yucky old Winn Dixie.

I'm surprised you haven't tried out Langenstein's. It's like Whole Foods but more local. And super quirky. I love it.

[bedlamsbard]

Chicago has a Winn-Dixie member card, so. *hands*

I've walked by Langenstein's, I think -- is it the small-looking one on, I think, Arabella? Halfway between Magazine and St. Charles? I don't know, for some reason I've never been in. At this point I'm just really familiar with Whole Foods!