Wednesday, August 1, 2007

It Pays To Read!

I'm a little free right now, managed to finish up all my current workload (gosh, now that's a strange one), so I thought I'd post a little about how utterly stupid I was yesterday (and yeah buddy, I know you'll be saying 'so what else is new with you' ...). It all started on Sunday. You see, Sunday's are normally the wife's rest day from cooking. We'll either eat out or pack something from outside for the boys and myself.

Well, this Sunday after my usual evening run, we went to the nearby mini market to get some bread and stuff like that. I happen to come across this canned item (spicy pork cubes) and thought I'd have it for dinner. I don't normally eat canned stuff cos it's not fresh (duh!) and it's normally pretty oily (double duh!). But then I said to myself that I could always work it off with a longer run session the next day. So, I went home, cooked it and to my surprise it was not oily at all and it tasted pretty good for canned food.

Ok, so yesterday, during lunch I had the urge to eat this canned stuff again and I called the wife and told her not to cook dinner cos I'll cook it later when I'm back. She was kinda skeptical by the way but she reluctantly agreed. On the way back from work, I stopped by the mini market and quickly grabbed the stuff, made my way to the counter and paid for it. Then I got home and enthusiastically started cutting and preparing some extra ingredients to go along with it like onions, garlic, etc. On Sunday I just cooked it directly from the can with nothing else.

All this while, the wife is there with me in the kitchen keeping an eye on me in case I make a mess of things but I was kinda confident (and hungry) that it would turn out pretty well. Then I opened the can, dumped everything into the wok with the garlic and onions (which caused tears to stream down my face while slicing it) and guess what? I actually bought the wrong canned item!!! Instead of that spicy pork cube thingy I bought on Sunday, it was something else altogether and it smelt like something the cat dragged in (it even tasted like something the cat dragged in!) It was actually this braised minced something, can't really remember what it was now.

For awhile there I was stumped. I actually bought the wrong item. Just because the item looked the same, was even placed in the same shelf as the one I wanted, I presumed, without reading it first that it was what I wanted and in my haste to get home it never occurred to me to stop for one second and read the damn label!!! The wife was giving me this knowing sympathetic but sly smile. I'd just ruined dinner ...

I was so damn pissed off with myself. I so wanted to eat that spicy pork cubes and was imagining (salivating even) about it all day at work, so you can imagine my disappointment here. I wanted to kick myself for being such a doofus. In the end, I ended up eating plain fried rice! ... sighhhh ... I wanted to cry (there goes my manly macho image ... LOL!) The moral of the story here folks is, READ before you buy. But then I think almost everyone in the whole wide world probably does that, except stupid old me. Next time, I'm just gonna leave the shopping and cooking to the wife (you hear that honey? I'm thru with cooking already ... LOL!)

Well, at least I know tonights dinner is gonna be great cos the wife is cooking Chicken Kurma, my favourite :) Yummy!

21 comments:

  1. It's me again. YOu know nick, you are so sweet and the way you write exudes your being romantic. Hey, don't you ever think I am a stalker, just love to drop by once in a while. I really enjoy your stuff here.^^

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  2. I've been in your situation once. I went on frying eggs without checking the rice cooker. In the end, I went to food stall.

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  3. That's why women shop for hours... reading the labels is a tough job! Besides reading the labels, they have to compare prices too:)

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  4. LOL...I do that all they time.

    "was something else altogether and it smelt like something the cat dragged in (it even tasted like something the cat dragged in!)"---> I thought you were going to say that you bought a can of cat food!

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  5. Nick!! At least wifey didn't get mad at u for ruining dinner. And the best part is u only realized it was the wrong stuff AFTER u dumped it into the wok ha ha ha... Can't help laughing cause I'm picturing u lookin stumped, it's just so funny how u desribed it! Another good post that I thoroughly enjoyed :) :) :)

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  6. Ah, you're not the only one that does this. I think all guys do it from time to time.

    That said, I've yet to see a woman buy the wrong food item. Maybe we just don't hear about it, though :P

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  7. lordmanilastone - you mean you're not a stalker? Drat. LOL! Glad to have you visiting my blog. Hope to see you around more often ...

    leejb - now that's a mighty fine idea, shuld have just gone to the food stall instead :) good to see you here.

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  8. sweetiepie, wow, I never knew being a woman was soooooo difficult. LOL! Now I know why the wife takes so long to finish shopping ... hehehe ...

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  9. Diamond, If I had bought a can of cat food, trust me, I wouldn't be writing about it for fear of it making me look utterly stupid! :)

    Marzie, I'm so glad you can laugh at my misfortune ... hehehe ... The wife somehow sensed I was gonna screw up. Women's intuition I think ...

    Jason - well, at that time it sure sounded like I was the only silly fool on this small blue planet!

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  10. Oh Nooooooooo! I would have been so peeved with myself, especially after looking forward to it all day - oh well Nick, better luck next time!!! Cheers!

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  11. Lavender, there ain't gonna be a next time. I'm through with cooking ... LOL!

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  12. Nick, that is exactly the reason why hardly getting hubby to shop for grocery. Half of the time he will missed getting items or wrong items or more exp ones than I usually will buy.

    Lucky that you brought home human food. I thought you are about to say that you bought a can of Marzie's kitty food home... LOL :)

    Anyway, I really have to admire your efforts for trying to cook on that day. I am just a lazy cook lah !!

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  13. You're a lucky man, Nick. I can't even open a cabinet door in the kitchen without getting a "What are you doing!?!?" from The Wife.

    Maybe it's because the kitchen usually looks like the local grocery store exploded in my kitchen when I'm done. I've burned water before, no seriously, burned water

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  14. Janice, I don't think Marzie would part with her precious kitty food. LOL! Yeah, I guess shopping just isn't in a man's genetic makeup ... we're just there to carry all the grocery bag ... hehehe ...


    Seiche, Burnt water? whoa buddy, how'd you manage to do that? LOL! Well, they do say, the kitchen is a womans domain, so beware ....

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  15. LOL!!!!! At first, I thought you accidentally bought some cat food. LOL!! Sorry to hear that, Nick. I can imagine the disappointment.. but hey!

    Tonight makan ayam kurma!!! :D

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  16. LOL! you are so funny, nick! plain rice? next time, if this thing happen again (i hope not lar), and you have to bear with the plain rice, try adding some soy sauce for some taste.. :P

    and so, you cook too? and you cut garlic and onion! good! :) was it once in a blue moon? Haha..

    Anyway, please come to my palce to coolect your award. :)
    http://agreatpleasure.blogspot.com/2007/08/award-for-you-my-great-friend.html

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  17. Cindy, I'd feel even more silly if I did buy cat food. LOL! And yes, the kurma was absolutely delicious, made up for disappointment of the previous day :)

    Jean, simple food can cook la. I usually do the cooking (for the kids & myself) on weekends. Weekends is the wife's off day la. Thanx for the award.

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  18. Thanks Nick! I've learned something today! LOL

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  19. Ann, yeah, be sure you read all the labels really well before dumping the whole thing into the wok !!!

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  20. Nick, I tagged you :)
    http://janiceng.blogspot.com/2007/08/i-won-1million.html

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  21. Janice, thanx for the tag but you know how slow I am in doing the tags, so look out for Tag Marathon 3 ... LOL!

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