This Isn't Louisiana
Nov. 24th, 2013 02:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowToday, I went over to Shop'n'Save to buy the ingredients for this year's Thanksgiving feast. I found most of what I was looking for easily enough, with one exception: okra. I finally asked a stocker about it; he told me that they usually had it, but it hadn't been in stock for a few days. (I asked him what it looked like, remembering the leek incident, and he showed me a picture.) I bought the rest of the stuff, went home and put it away, and headed out again.
Next try: Schnuck's. After a cursory look-around, I again consulted a stocker. "Nope, we haven't had it for a couple of weeks now. I don't know why." I thanked him, and girded my loins for the rather longer walk to Dierberg's. There, without even needing a stocker's help, I found OKRA! I stuffed what looked like enough into a bag and headed for checkout.
The cashier peered at the bag and asked, "What is this?" "Okra!" "Okay. I don't see it very often, so I had to make sure."
I guess gumbo is not a major culinary item around here....
Next try: Schnuck's. After a cursory look-around, I again consulted a stocker. "Nope, we haven't had it for a couple of weeks now. I don't know why." I thanked him, and girded my loins for the rather longer walk to Dierberg's. There, without even needing a stocker's help, I found OKRA! I stuffed what looked like enough into a bag and headed for checkout.
The cashier peered at the bag and asked, "What is this?" "Okra!" "Okay. I don't see it very often, so I had to make sure."
I guess gumbo is not a major culinary item around here....
