Fruit and Fridge

When I see something like this, I often think, “why do I even bother”.  I just wanted a bit of fresh fruit this morning from Hy-Vee.  I really wanted some but was out at home.  I would rather they just put up a sign that says these fruits are not in season in most of the world right now than jack up the price to over 3 times the usual.  Sure, I could easily pay that price, but this isn’t a post about money.  Thankfully, there were some apples at a reasonable price.

One of the benefits of being a bachelor is that I do not feel the need to keep my fridge stocked with a huge variety of foods that hardly ever get touched.  I stock my fridge with a relatively few number of items, but usually large quantities of them.  For example, there are currently 80 containers of 6 oz. lite yogurts.  I go through at least 4 per day.

Other items in the fridge, just for fun:

1 gallon white milk

1.5 gallons chocolate milk

Half eaten jar of baby pickles

6-pack composed of the remnants of 6-packs of Mike’s Hard Lime and Mike’s Hard Raspberry from about two months ago

3 50 oz. jars of cinnamon applesauce

Uncooked chicken enchilada bake

Container of chicken tortilla soup especial that looked appealing at Costco

4 apples from this morning

3.5 sticks of butter in case I get the urge to cook something

and 2 bottles of sparkling cider for those times when I want extreme amounts of carbonation – very rarely

That’s it.  Only 11 different types of items in my fridge.  My pantry is the same style, but the highlight there is the 6 29 oz. bags of Quaker Oatmeal Squares.  Now, you might be saying to yourself, “where are all the vegetables?”, but the answer is not in the fridge.  I get my veggies from lunch, which is usually purchased.

So there you have it, a look into my kitchen.