And then he claims he’s the practical one?

[sparkindarkness]

Maybe I’m just more domestic. I mean he’s better at tidying and organising, better with any kind of electrics or equipment or salespeople and much better at sticking to a budget (shiny addicition aside, he can keep a weekly budget far better). But sometimes? He has nooo clue.

We have made our sojourn to the meat market (ideal because it has ACTUAL butchers with ACTUAL corpses they slice and dice, rather than plastic wrapped plastic things with extra plastic. It’s also cheap and seriously nummy). Now comes to labelling of the corpsey bits so we know which tasty bit of cadaver is which (Beloved hates how I refer to meat, I call it lack of delusion. I allow things to be killed to eat them. I see nothing wrong with that, but I do {probably on a religious/spiritual level more than a practical mundane fashion} think it’s wrong to be in utter denial about what you are eating. You have killed an animal for food - respect that and acknowledge that, don‘t pretend it‘s just differently shaped tofu, the animal deserved better than that).

I digress. Anyway, I went to answer the phone to deal with the various insanities du jour and came back to find that beloved had “helpfully” labelled all the meat (this is necessary for freezing - nothing worse than defrosting your rump steak, going to cook it and finding lamb chops). I think i am justified in adding some nice quotation marks to helpfully (runs back to do so).

Me: What’s this?
Beloved: Mince. It does say (thinking this is a snark at his handwriting
Me: Mince? Mince is what you do to meat - it isn’t meat. Minced WHAT?
Beloved: What do you mean, minced what? It’s mince!
Me: Pork mince? Lamb mince? Beef mince? Monkey mince? Little bits of everything mince?

Me: *picks up next bag* ummm steak.
Beloved: Yes :).
Me: Mystery steak. It could be beef or pork or lamb. If beef it could be rump or sirloin or fillet braising...
Beloved: Don’t be picky
Me: I’m not. When it’s frozen in a bag (and to the bag) you can’t TELL until it defrosts.

Me: chicken...
Beloved: C’mon it’s chicken!
Me: yes, yes it is. And so is this bag. And this bag. And this bag. And thiiis bag. And those bags.
Beloved: I love chicken
Me: Yup, especially in the special marinades the butcher does... so which marinade is which?
Beloved: Uhhhhh...
Me: *le sigh*

Comments

chicken marinade ?

[makarov.livejournal.com]

i make my own, less salt that way *Mmmmmmm homemade grilled tequila lime mesquite marinaded chicken*

Re: chicken marinade ?

[makarov.livejournal.com]

also, i don't like chemicals i can't pronounce in my food

[stormcat.livejournal.com]

Yep. Respect what you eat, it's not trivial.

And *headdesk* Oh my. Mystery meals for a while?

[xarra.livejournal.com]

Ah, we went through that today too. Sadly we have no labels and the marker pen doesn't work. And we wrapped them in foil which makes it harder to tell... (Bags - good idea... *makes mental note*)

We do meal-sized portions so we can count how many meals we have left. Sadly, meal-sized pork wrapped in foil looks similar to meal-sized sausages in foil and meal-sized beef mince in foil... Ian says we'll probably have a mystery meat meal at some point!

Wish I'd borrowed the dymo lable maker we just got at work... Sigh...

Now to see if market meat is as nice as the online butcher's we used last month. Although we're having steamed seabass tonight as a treat. :)

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember reading a magazine story about a woman who got tired of hearing "I don't know", "I don't care", "Whatever you want", and things of that sort when she asked her husband what he wanted for dinner.

She stopped labeling things in her freezer by what they were, and put various labels of non-useful answer on the food.

Now, when her husband says he doesn't know what she wants for dinner, she goes into the freezer, gets out a package labeled "I don't know", and fixes that.

I don't remember how it worked, but I do remember thinking that it sounded like a good idea on some days.

[gnarlycranium.livejournal.com]

That is AWESOME. Pure goddamn genius.

[vamprino.livejournal.com]

Wow, it must be fun living there :p
And I admire your approach to eating meat. Makes me re-think my attitude to my omnivore lifestyle a little differently.

[jocelyncs.livejournal.com]

Gives new meaning to the term "mystery meat!" *sporfle!* My parents mock my severe carnivore sensibilities--I was licking my lips at your descriptions!

*Chuckles*

[caslayerboi.livejournal.com]

Oh, Sparky. Given this conversation, it's SO OBVIOUS who's the top in your marriage. Haha. =P

[semiotic-pirate.livejournal.com]

This would describe how your separation of duties in your relationship works. Heh. Sparky is best at getting and labeling the food for future meal usage. Beloved is best at balancing the household budget.

Re: chicken marinade ?

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

I make my own, but the butcher makes his own as well - none of these pre-fabricated chemical laden crap

Re: chicken marinade ?

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Agreed to the hilt

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Agrede, it's a major thing with me. It lost its life that I may live and live well, it deserves my respect

It seems so. of course it suits him because he defrosts meat THEN decides what to cook.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Paper bags :) then you can tear them as you rip them off your food *sigh* greaseproof paper though. Maybe plastic wuld be better. I hate plastic though

Aye, then you know how much meat you have and can defrost only enough for the day - and yes, they alll look the same when wrapped :)


I love seabass. we have a local meatmarket full of REAL butchers and REAL farmers. nom nom nom nom

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

This? this has to be done.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Crazy and fun, yes :)

Aye, I mean, i am a carnivore and have no qualms at all about eating the tasty animals... but that doesn't mean we can't respect and honour the life that has been lost for the sake of our nourishment and enjoyment. And I think it's extremely disrespectful to pretend your meat isn't, well meat. I have a friend who will only eat meat diced or mince - she won't eat meat if it, well, looks like a body (it can't bleed, can't be a full joint, can't have any bones in it, can't be a full roast chicken). I find that pretty awful tbh - if she can have an animal killed and enjoy eating it the least she can do is acknowledge it.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

It's how we have to cook so often. You defrost it, discover what it is, THEN plan the meal with the raw meat in front of you :)

Re: *Chuckles*

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

:P stereotypes I resist them even as I emulate them!

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Beloved is best at being a MISER :P. This is because (if we're honest) he's BAAD with money (which is weird because he's much better at maths than I am) - so assumes he can't afford anything. So he'll buy the cheapest food/clothes etc so our bank account remains healthy for splurges on unnecessary huge electronic shinies

I tend to prefer to live well generally and keep moderate savings rather than poverty SPLURGE poverty SPLURGE. However I'm probably more vulnerable to GENERAL impulse buying than him, while he'll only rarely impulse buy - but it will be something damned expensive