TGIF!!!
Yey! Finally, it's Friday. It's been too hectic and my brain feels like it's going to explode. Too many things on my plate - I don't know which one to choose first. Add to that the constant screaming, whining, and fighting in my background. Boy, oh, boy! Hashtag parenting at its finest. LOL.
That's why I'm just too pleased that the weekend is here. At least there's another pair of ears to absorb all the noise.
Online Grocery
Anyhooo, since today is a Friday and I have not been around here too much the past week, I decided to peek in and share a bit about my peppery escapades.
I still do most of my grocery shopping online these days but for fresh produce, I still prefer to go to the supermarket.
A Peck of Pickled Pepper
While I have gotten used to online grocery shopping and love the fact that I save a lot of money (you know, fewer extras and temptations in the basket!) I have missed going to the physical store and being able to go around and check cool stuffs on display.
While at the grocery to buy ingredients for potato salad the husband requested, I passed by the pickles section.
There were pickled everything -- jalapenos, cucumbers, chilis, carrots, and radishes, and many more.
While I have tried the above pickles, I have not yet tried pickled stuffed eggplants. Hmmm, these are of Jordan and Syrian-style eggplants thingy... I had lots of Jordanian colleagues before but I was never introduced to this...
The olives? Hmm, not a fan. Hehe.
Labneh and Cheeses!
What I have learned from my Arab friends though, was to put labneh on flatbread. I remember we used to order Afghan flatbreads in the office and then eat them with labneh, cucumbers, and tomatoes.
And the cheese? I mostly buy assorted scraps of these cheeses. They sell those little scraps from the cheese blocks that "do not make the cut". I prefer that because at least I get a bit of most types.
A hearty breakfast
Of course, all these will be enjoyed in a hearty meal with the fam. This is not a typical Pinoy breakfast. I guess we've adapted our taste buds over the years. I particularly love the labneh and pickled jalapenos in my bread. No Aghan flatbread in the photo below, but I won't complain about toasted sliced bread, no.
Wow! Talk about a great market full of yumminess! Oh, I do love those olives!! You don't say where you are, for buying purposes, or how the prices are, but, with a fresh market that looks like that? I am standing behind you for my shopping! I have seen our prices here in the Washington, DC area keep on going up and up, I don't know about yours.
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