I love food.\u00a0 I enjoy eating tasty things that I believe are also good for me.<\/p>\n
I hate waste. I don\u2019t like spending oodles of money.<\/p>\n
I like trying new foods, but I get confused looking at packages and not being able to decipher their contents.<\/p>\n
After scrounging out of cans on Monday night (Jon said the tastes reminded him of his childhood in Iowa.\u00a0 Do you<\/em> remember when fresh food was rarely available and we liked<\/em> canned peas?), I walked through my fears and into Migros, the grocery store we were told has the lower prices.\u00a0 Thus our dinner tonight looked<\/em> more like what we are used to.\u00a0 Yet it did not live up to my taste expectations:\u00a0 the rice was pasty, the tomatoes flavorless, even the organic carrots were remarkably lackluster.\u00a0 At least the \u201cPouletpaprika\u201d (chicken legs seasoned with paprika) was a lively entertainer.<\/p>\n It was still fun:\u00a0 the shop is small and tightly packed, the clerks tolerant of my faux pas, and I did finally find the \u201cErdnusse\u201d Jon wanted for our bike ride this weekend.<\/p>\n In fact overall the theme today seemed to be:\u00a0 do what you must and the Swiss will help you through it.\u00a0 The Migros checkout clerk, Sylvia at the Gumligen train station, and Susanne who handled our \u201cinhabitant registration\u201d at the town hall were all gracious and friendly, as well as Swiss-efficient, leading us through what we required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I love food.\u00a0 I enjoy eating tasty things that I believe are also good for me. I hate waste. I don\u2019t like spending oodles of money. I like trying new foods, but I get confused looking at packages and not … Continue reading