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[engelbot]

Following up on my last entry: Do you have any idea how hard it is to find ricotta in Minneapolis on short notice? Practically impossible, it turns out. Rainbow didn't have any, Whole Foods' only offering was labeled "Lemon Ricotta," which didn't sound right at all, and Lunds only had aged ricotta, as hard as mozzarella

Comments

Odd.

[sickyprincess]

That's really bizzare, my mom uses ricotta in lasagna recipies all the time, and I don't think she's ever had a problem finding any.. of course, the two grocery stores we shop at most often are Byerly's off Hwy 100 and maybe Cub Foods off the same (though that will have changed now that they've moved up 394 and will mostly likely shop at the Byerly's at Ridgedale and Rainbow off 55...) but uhm... yes. Byerly's/Lunds... strange. No ricotta.

I had tikaa masala last night, it was yummy.

Re: Odd.

[engelbot]

I thought it unusual as well, but it was the Uptown Lunds, which is kinda small. I'll cast a wider net next time; I was somewhat rushed. Serves me right for assuming it'd be easy, I suppose. :-)

Re: Odd.

[sickyprincess]

Hmm... that's true, the Uptown Lunds caters to hippies and hungry indie-movie-going folk. They probably don't stock normal ricotta for a reason. :)

[engelbot]

How does that work? I thought about it, but I didn't think it'd condese very well when pressed.

[arianrhodgirl]

Does Murphy's Law have some sort of grocery corollary? I've found that whenever I run out to get that one thing I really need they're out, or it's the one day when the usually reliable market has nothing but nasty looking produce. Then again, this may be due to the fact that I mostly shop at small local markets, and that I have a tendency to go on Sunday afternoon when I know they'll be busy and therefore picked over. Just be glad that you had the means to check all these places and the skills to make the conversion.

[engelbot]

It does, and I think one of the other consequences of the law is that you will always discover the ingredient with which you thought you were well-supplied is in fact totally depleted t - 5 minutes before the store closes, where t is the time it takes to get to the store.

"skills to make the conversion" == "let's dump in a can of chickpeas when it says to add the paneer". :-)

[arianrhodgirl]

Really? You get t-5 minutes before the store closes? I always figure out 10-30 minutes after the store has closed. Of course that may be because everything closes so stupidly early here.

[davedash]

Hmm, I'm surprised cub didn't have it.

I need to start making food on my own again.

[engelbot]

I didn't try Cub, but they might well have had it. I was in a hurry, so I had to restrict the scope of my search.

Me too. I'll cook up a storm when other people are eating it, but when it's just me, I seldom go to the trouble.

[ketiya]

Hey, we have a bunch of that strawberry-rhubarb sauce leftover and Marie seemed to like it. Do you think she would like a jar of it? I'm not sure how long it stays good. Lemme know and we could drop it off at your place tonight or arrange some other option.

[engelbot]

Hmm! That sounds good (and I got Dave's message, but it was well after ten, so I didn't call). I'll email Marie--maybe tomorrow?

[davedash]

Email? Oh one of *those* relationships ~!

;)