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Shopping Trip

Grocery shopping is one of those chores that you undertake to keep yourself alive. It's depressing how much time can get sucked up by this type of chore. Especially when you're living by yourself, so there's no economy of scale. The best use of the PalmPilot so far is as the grocery list-keeper, so I won't forget to pick up some some trivial staple when I do hit the store. I end up wandering around aimlessly anyway. It's not like I plan out menus in advance, so I walk around the produce aisle looking for inspiration to strike. And I can never shake the nagging feeling that I'm forgetting something. Unfortunately, I'm usually right.

Anyway, I was out of rice, which seems like a good reason to go to the 99 Ranch Market. It's like a way to reconnect with my roots. Not to mention a chance to restock on the bags of frozen potstickers. You gotta love decent food which can be prepared by anyone who can boil water. They also have the best Fuji apples. And they're cheap, too. One of the pleasant side effects of the Japanese recession, which forced Washington apple farmers to dump them on the market.

Oh, and I had to pick up some toast. Mmm... fresh purple (taro) toast.