The bright lights in the fresh section of the supermarket are almost blinding. There were not enough produce to filter the otherwise bearable fluorescent rays.
My heart sunk looking at the empty bread aisle. I humoured myself, “Good thing I know how to bake my own bread.” But even that is virtually useless if there is no power.
Moving on to the bottled water section and the tale was pretty much the same. What’s left in the shelves are luxury European sparkling water brands. I’m in no mood to splurge nor to celebrate.
Spam and canned corned beef, much maligned products in this society, suddenly became popular.
Aisle after “essentials” aisle tell the same story.
But it’s not all bad news. Take heart my foodie mates. Bulbs of fennel and bunches of rhubarb are still on hand. Get your MasterChef’s hat on and dazzle us!
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OMG! How are you doing? I have been reading the news about Brisbane and then suddenly thought to myself, Doesn't Beancounter live there? I couldn't find an email address to you and wasn't sure if you would check for comments on older posts! So happy to see that you are in good spirits given the situation. But then again, it is a special characteristic of Filipinos that we laugh in the face of danger or hardship!
Hope all is well with you and your family! Please keep safe!
Thanks for your concern TN! We are the fortunate 25% of the state. Despite all the water surrounding us we've remained dry...thanks to my hybrid Pinoy/Aussie spirit that finds humour in an otherwise tragic situation...things are already looking up! Praise God!
@Beancounter~ I love the floaties on Wally Lewis=) That's what is being Aussies is all about. About diy breadmaking...It was good timing for me to learn how to make pandesal as I'm baking it non stop at the moment to share with my family and friends=) As for food stock, we got plenty of canned corned beef, spam and ligo, so all is well...What intrigue me is the sudden panic buying of toilet tissue rolls in the groceries?
That image of Wally Lewis will be quite iconic now...
I'm really pleased you're fine...and are able to help out with your pan de sal...
Toilet rolls, i suppose, make us feel more civilised...regardless of what's happening...
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