[journal] I went to the supermarket again and bought various items.
I never knew how hard it was to buy items in a grocery store until the packaging is in a language that uses symbols (if i was in Germany or France I could figure things out). For example, I was looking to buy dishsoap, but how do you know it's dishsoap you're buying if there isn't any pictorial indications (ie, the classic long feminine fingers touching the rim of a sparkling glass)? There were rows of cleaning products that I couldn't tell if it was dish soap or a kitchen floor and counter top cleaner. I ended up buying something called JET, which may very well in the end poison me.
On the top is a whole variety of sushi I ate in the morning. One had juicy little balls (I made that sound gross, didn't I?), others were soft and cold or raw and chewy, though all were good. In the middle is packaged Soba noodles with fresh onions and a type of soya sauce. I ate it cold, but wasn't sure if it was the correct way to prepare it. In the middle on the right is something I'm going to eat later with the pasta on the left. That little package of pasta was the largest portion they sell. It is probably only large enough to feed two people. I was hoping to buy a gigantic bag and to use portions at a time. The bottom right were deep fried half chicken, half cheese nuggets in a flour based batter. In the middle bottom is a peice of salmon terriyaki, and on the bottom right is seafood sushi. I was scared at first to try it (1 squid with tenticles and 2 weird fishy ones), but they tasted good. Everything you see there is what I ate today. I also bought a 1.5 litre bottle of unsweetened tea though I did not expect it to be unsweetened. I've been swindled twice on my tea now. The first when I got hot unsweetened tea and now cold unsweetened tea. I just want some good sweet ass tea. Is that too much to ask?
If I'm going to try to save some money and not buy all these premade stuff I thought I should invest in seasoning. I got the basics salt, pepper, garlic powder, soy sauce, tabasco sauce, worchester sauce and sugar. The salt was very hard to buy because I wasn't sure if the things I saw were salt or some other odd seasoning. Finally I saw something non-japanese that said Salz and I celebrated. The sugar was also difficult and when I was sure I found some, it was just sitting in a soft bag. I ended up buying sugar sticks. They come in individual packets that look like it's holding straws. Also in the background is olive oil and that unsweetened tea I was writing about earlier. Oh and my pasta sauce to the front right.
