Lasagna (-e)

How did I waste an entire morning?  I don’t know, but I did at least get out for a long run.  By the time I got back and ready to go to the store it was 2:00.  Great.  The exact time stores are closed for their…well…lunch I guess.  They don’t like it when we call it a siesta but they will close their shops to go home to have lunch with their families.  As far as I can tell, the hours are between 1 and 3.  I’ll have to confirm that though.  Luckily the grocery store I wanted to go to was open.

Is your perception that everything here is more expensive?  Get a load of my grocery receipt. Hazelnuts/Nocciole were $2.30.  How much would you pay for a bag of nuts at the grocery store?  Noodles/Sfoglia per lasagna was about $1.  A liter of milk/latte was $1.50 so a gallon would be about $5 but who wants to drink milk anyway.  I’d like to point out the Cab Sav that I bought was a 1.5 liter, so 2x the size of a normal bottle.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s no Barolo, but comparable to what I’d buy back home. The grocery bag/borsa was almost the most expensive item next to my Edamer block of cheese (mmmm). Oh, and eggs come in cartons of 10.

Dinner – Did you know that lasagna is traditionally made with Bechamel sauce (roux or milk, butter and flour).  I have NEVER made lasagna with a Bechamel sauce.  From now on I will ALWAYS make Lasagna with a Bechamel sauce.  So now, for less than $22, I have dinner for a week (or maybe a couple days at this rate).


Note on spelling: Americans spell it Lasagna, Italians spell it Lasagne.  Ciao!

Can we REALLY not make noodles to match the pan size.  At least I can tear this stuff.

Pay no attention to how much I ate.

Don't  j u d g e  me

Random tangent of the day.  Get a load of this place!