One New Food Per Grocery Run
Without particularly trying, I’ve fallen into the habit this year of making sure one food that I don’t normally buy ends up in my shopping cart when I go to the grocery. It doesn’t have to be a food I’ve never tried before, but that counts as bonus points. Often it’ll be a single ingredient that’ll then inspire a couple of dishes I wouldn’t normally make. A couple of the biggest successes have been:
- Melons. I think I’ve mostly been exposed to old melons that have sat precut for too long and have gone mushy. There’s also a high likelihood that they’re surrounded by other fruit and taste like an undistinguishable blend. I’ve probably bought a half dozen melons in the past year (coming from having never bought one). They’re definitely going to stick in the rotation.
- Smoked salmon. A little bit pricy, but so amazing. I could legit eat pounds of smoked salmon.
This week, I picked up a new fruit from Costco, a rambutan.
They’re pretty similar to lychee, which I’ve had once before.
You cut them in half (the seed isn’t too bad to cut through):
And the fruit easily and cleanly peels away from both the outer shell and the pit. One little layer of the pit stays attached, but I just ate that. It adds a little bit of crunch, but in a pleasant way.
The texture is great. The flavor’s a little too mild to be considered great but is still pretty good.