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i decided to start this blog to document what it's like to attempt to cook most meals of your day. The idea that one has to plan ahead for what will need to be consumed for the week, then the considerations of quantity vs keepability, some things spoil faster then others, some things are great sides to the main theme, some things you use once and the rest rots away. It makes the whole experience somewhat daunting. All this contemplation while shopping for groceries, makes me feel like i should write it down because by next week i'll probably forget the lessons learnt. E.g. i love tofu, yet one has to buy so much at one time that it makes it absolutely impractical to purchase =(

Today i spent around 55 dollars on groceries. Although I enjoy variety, its actually impossible and unwise to stock ingredients for say 5 different culture of food. I've decided to stick mainly with japanese and chinese ingredients, branching a little out to viet (rice rolls and viet preserved pork).

Main players are staples such as fresh egg noodles, dried egg noodles and rice paper rolls. Jap staples, umeboshi, mirin, wakame, aka misso were bought. On the chinese side, charsiew, roast pork, ginger, bitter melon, soybeans, shallots and coriander.

Now that the main ingredients are around, i just need a range of meat and veges to cook with.