I was inspired to write this post when I read another blog, though which blog it is, by now sadly I've forgotten. The author posed the question to herself (and by extension obviously, to her readers): What are the five things that are always in your fridge? These are the items whose absence make you feel naked, so to speak, or at least socially so. The shelf seems empty, bereft even. You don't feel good about inviting people over when these precious items are no longer filling the spaces in your fridge reserved specially for them. If your husband thoughtlessly thrusts another condiment into their Spot, you feel a surge of annoyance and then surreptitiously move his thing aside, preserving the Order of Things. The 'surreptitious' part is key, though, as you don't want to provide him with fodder to call you controlling, of all things. In no particular order, my never-be-withouts are:
1. Sparkling Water - I always feel so elegant sipping on a glass of this. It makes me feel fancy without drinking wine. This is my weekday 'wine,' and by extension, the kids are not allowed to touch it. I think in their little minds, sparkling water is akin to alcohol and I've even heard it referred to as 'Mommy Pop.'
2. Aged Cheddar - Does this really require further elaboration? It's sharp, aged cheddar. I need it.
3. Whipping Cream - I allow myself one dollop of this each day in one of my cups of coffee. My bum cries out from the overindulgence of it, but I don't care. My bum and I have been together for 37 years now and I say it's time for the bum to get over it.
4. Olives - Ahhh. I love olives. All sorts of olives. I've never been able to relate to the olive-haters among you. My favorites would have to be the garlic stuffed sort and the almond stuffed sort. They're fancy and pungent and sort of other-worldly all at the same time.
5. a Gargantuan Container of Diced Garlic - I've always suffered from a mild inferiority complex induced by my use of two items that I can't stop myself from using (and liberally) time and time and time again. These trailer trash foods of mine are store-bought pre-diced garlic and canned mushrooms (which seem to me to be the stuff of Heaven Itself. I could easily sit in my darkened closet and secretly eat cans upon cans of these, plain, without adornment . I'm not saying I do, though. Just that I probably could. I'm practically a Hobbit in my passion for mushrooms of all sorts, most especially the ersatz canned variety.). But back to garlic: many of my lovely, well-intentioned friends have tried to convince me to go the more 'foodie' way of crushing one's own, fresh garlic, but the hassle of it puts me off every time I reconsider the idea. I know, I know. Fresh garlic is in a whole other category of garlic. I've heard.
If I were to be so bold as to extend the list somewhat (other than my passionate diatribe regarding mushrooms), I'd undoubtedly have to tack on these precious foodstuffs:
6. capers
7. canned diced tomatoes
8. feta cheese
9. hot pickled vegetables
10. hotsauce
What's in your fridge? Tell me! I must know! (Plus, I want to know who's reading this. Evidently, yesterday, 52 of you did, which I find delightful and shocking and so encouraging. Delurk! Delurk you chickens!)
1. Sparkling Water - I always feel so elegant sipping on a glass of this. It makes me feel fancy without drinking wine. This is my weekday 'wine,' and by extension, the kids are not allowed to touch it. I think in their little minds, sparkling water is akin to alcohol and I've even heard it referred to as 'Mommy Pop.'
2. Aged Cheddar - Does this really require further elaboration? It's sharp, aged cheddar. I need it.
3. Whipping Cream - I allow myself one dollop of this each day in one of my cups of coffee. My bum cries out from the overindulgence of it, but I don't care. My bum and I have been together for 37 years now and I say it's time for the bum to get over it.
4. Olives - Ahhh. I love olives. All sorts of olives. I've never been able to relate to the olive-haters among you. My favorites would have to be the garlic stuffed sort and the almond stuffed sort. They're fancy and pungent and sort of other-worldly all at the same time.
5. a Gargantuan Container of Diced Garlic - I've always suffered from a mild inferiority complex induced by my use of two items that I can't stop myself from using (and liberally) time and time and time again. These trailer trash foods of mine are store-bought pre-diced garlic and canned mushrooms (which seem to me to be the stuff of Heaven Itself. I could easily sit in my darkened closet and secretly eat cans upon cans of these, plain, without adornment . I'm not saying I do, though. Just that I probably could. I'm practically a Hobbit in my passion for mushrooms of all sorts, most especially the ersatz canned variety.). But back to garlic: many of my lovely, well-intentioned friends have tried to convince me to go the more 'foodie' way of crushing one's own, fresh garlic, but the hassle of it puts me off every time I reconsider the idea. I know, I know. Fresh garlic is in a whole other category of garlic. I've heard.
If I were to be so bold as to extend the list somewhat (other than my passionate diatribe regarding mushrooms), I'd undoubtedly have to tack on these precious foodstuffs:
6. capers
7. canned diced tomatoes
8. feta cheese
9. hot pickled vegetables
10. hotsauce
What's in your fridge? Tell me! I must know! (Plus, I want to know who's reading this. Evidently, yesterday, 52 of you did, which I find delightful and shocking and so encouraging. Delurk! Delurk you chickens!)
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