Today was filled with bad luck. While I was running up the stairs at the 34th St. subway stop to get to work, a huge black rat ran down the stairs. The guy in front of me screamed like a woman, then of course I screamed. I could hear the dirty rat's talons tapping on the concrete. It was an omen of bad things to come. I'll spare you the bloody details of my visit to the dentist, but long story short I was tortured mentally and physically then paid $300 for it!
As a result, I'll be putting myself on the frugality plan again. Adios cocktails before dinner and popcorn at the movies. Hello budgeting and babysitting.
I really wanted a watermelon juice from Mexican Bakery on East 4th St. and 1st Ave to cheer me up, but I decided buying my own watermelon was the way to go. For $2.75, I get one juice, but for about 4bucks, I'll get a slice of watermelon that will last me at least 3 servings. (Such a rip off when you're from Texas, but I've gotten over this.) So I went to three different bodegas in my neighborhood looking for watermelon with seeds. Everyone has gone seedless it seems! Have people become so lazy that we can't even be bothered to spit out seeds? I refuse to buy seedless melon, there's just something wrong about them and they aren't as sweet. I finally found them at the deli bodega on East 7th St. on the east side of 1st Ave. I remember a couple of years ago, people were handing out flyers not to shop there because they weren't union or something, but life's about choice. And I needed that seedy watermelon for my feta, cilantro, snow pea and lettuce salad. There's just something about the feta, melon, cilantro combination. I heard that the combination was from the times of Mesopotamia. Or maybe it's the Mediterranean. Whatever. The cilantro really brightens up greens, the salt of the cheese and juicy sweetness of the watermelon rock together. A splash of lime juice and a few grinds of pepper are all that's needed for dressing and now I'm looking foward to tomorrow.
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wish you were here. i have more watermelon juice than i know what to do with. you'll have to try martha stewart's sorbet if you have extra. i'm going to try that salad. i love feta!!!!!!
Rats in the subway, gaaaah. That is a bad omen. But your salad looks delicious and original. Must try it sometime. Hope your tooth pain gets better.
That salad looks yummy. While your on the frugility plan, Liza, maybe you could finish I Eat NY #3. It's like the Chinese Democracy of public access cooking shows at this point.
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