On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Maverick wrote:

> > wrote in message
> ...
>> OK, I will confess. I am an older bachelor, and a lousy cook. But
>> there is at least partially a good reason I am a lousy cook. The
>> reason is that I never have the right ingredients. For example, I
>> bought a box of that Zatarins (sp?) rice mix. I get home and find
>> that it needs to be mixed with a can of diced tomatoes. I dont have
>> any canned tomatoes..... I live in a rural area, and the nearest
>> grocery store is 6 miles away, so I am not driving all the way to town
>> just to get a can of tomatoes. Heck, by the time I burn up all that
>> gas, if I get to town, I'll eat at a fast food restaurant and probably
>> save money, not to mention eating better tasting food.
>
> 6 miles is a long way?

somehow i don't think he's as rural as he thinks he is. to me, it sounds
like he lives just outside of Uniontown (American reference, because it's
where i'm from ;-) )

> Well, I'm a married man with a kids. We keep all kinds of staples on hand
> all the time. I figure we can whip up 3 days worth of meals with what we
> keep on hand.

from the stuff I keep on hand, we could eat healthily for about.... three
months. how do you manage to keep so little on hand?

> Well, I can't speak for everybody but I do read the nutritional box,
> ingredient box, and the "how to cook" box. Once you get used to cooking
> with good ingredients, you'll find the taste of fast-food will start to
> taste like shit.

the ingredient box is mostly only useful on stuff like sauces (if you're
an "i don't like sugary sauces" person, you'll be staying away from
teriyaki, etc.)

lena