Trip to the Grocery Store
Ronna Welsh
A trip to the grocery store takes the better part of the day. Standing in long lines for city blocks, rearranging my kitchen into sanitation stations, methodically cleansing every little thing.
So when I shop, I stock up each time on what feels like a foolish amount of food, but I hope is enough to last two weeks. I buy things in triplicate, including these pretty birds. Three chickens yield a big pot of braised legs, poached breasts for a week's worth of sandwiches, and carcasses and wings for 2 quarts of rich, gelatinous stock. If each bird comes with its liver intact, I'll stretch three lobes to feed four, diced and folded into scrambled eggs. #thenimblecook