I feel compelled to confess that, a few weeks ago, when buying our monthly groceries from Costco, I added a stray potato to one of our bags.
I did. I’m only marginally ashamed, but, there you have it.
The russet potatoes we have been receiving are huge. Nothing like we used to get in the States. Let me show you.
That is a salad plate, for sure, and you can also see the peeler. These 2 bags of potatoes are all like that.
In the bin, where the potatoes were being stored for sale, there were several stray, neglected, lonely potatoes, just sitting on top of the bags. I picked a few up, put them in bags that were obviously of less weight, and repositioned the plastic tie attempting to hold the bags closed.
After having done several of these, there was one left, so I put it in one of our bags, as compensation for all of someone else’s work I had just done.
Great rationalization, don’t you think?
The 2 bags are home with us, and I just made hamburgers, and fries with the one in the above photo. Believe me, it was big enough for both of us to be full.
Until next time, stay happy, healthy, and safe. Wash, cover, and protect yourselves.
Post script: on one of the French chateau renovation channels I watch on YT, mom sent her 2 daughters to the US to visit family for a couple of weeks. Just before the flight from France, she, and her oldest daughter developed CoVid. They were both sick, in bed, for 10 days. Don’t give up your vigilance. It’s still out there, just waiting for the unsuspecting, and undisciplined.