As I suspected I might, I came up empty-handed on my search
for arugula last night. But, I’d already
rationed the arugula I had in the event I couldn’t get more, so I was ready to
cook. I was supposed to share an opened-face arugula sandwich recipe yesterday. But, unfortunately, I was too busy writhing
around in pain on my living room floor to do so. I have no idea what happened exactly. After a very long day of work and an
unproductive shopping trip, I was trying to relax before hitting the
kitchen. I was watching one of my
all-time favorite shows, Fraiser, and
the next thing I knew I was on the floor almost screaming from sudden,
excruciating pain in my lower abdomen and the top of my right leg. It then radiated to almost my entire
leg. It seemed to last for hours, but in
reality, it was only about 20 minutes. It
really took the wind out of my sails though, and my night was finished. I can’t say what it was like in comparison to
childbirth since I’ve never experienced it.
But, it was most definitely THE
MOST excruciating pain I’d ever felt in my life. Major
thanks to my folks for coming to my rescue!
I still feel some pain, but it’s bearable now.
Today is the last day for my feature ingredient, arugula. After a shortage of product all week, and
then not being able to cook anything last night, I know I have some major ground
to make up. So, this morning I got
up and managed to hobble around my favorite grocery store. I got there a few
minutes after they'd opened, and guess what? NO
BLACK HOLE! I FOUND ARUGULA! I could almost see rays of light beaming
down on it from heaven, and I almost sang along with the choir I imagined
hearing, singing thankfully for its presence.
I’m glad I didn’t sing along with my imaginary choir because although it
was early, there were plenty of shoppers who’d have thought I was nuts! I didn’t find any wasabi arugula. Bummer.
Shoppers who got in the store before me did snag several bags of regular arugula. But, they were nice enough to
leave some for me. Arugula is truly the comeback green!
So, to the kitchen I go!
I’ve got some cooking to do! I’ll
post that opened-face sandwich recipe later, and share pix of anything else I
come up with!
Your escapades with finding arugula has been very entertaining, and quite tasty, I might add.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with "B" starting tomorrow. Can hardly wait to see what it'll be. Are you only going to pick one item?
LOL! "Very entertaining, and quite tasty..." I'm adding frustrating to that list. Hehe! If I'd have known that arugula was going to be so scarce I'd have stuck it back in the hat and pulled something else.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! I think you'll be pleased with what I pulled out; it's a food I know you like. :-) Si, picking just one item per week. I'm being doing more than one cycle of this, so I'll get the opportunity to work with all sorts of ingredients.