I love the scrappy book, Milk, Eggs, Vodka, a collection of lost and found grocery lists.If we are what we eat, then this book reveals deep and strange truths about the average food shopper ... not to mention more mundane facts like a lot of people love vodka and banana is actually very difficult to spell.
Check out the book, which is really funny. I have had a whole theory for ages now that you can tell a lot about a person from their grocery receipt - relationship status, gender, age, etc... For example, very few straight bachelors have things on their lists like "low-fat yogurt" and "chevre". It would be hilarious to match the lists (the shopper's ideals) against the receipts (the reality).
For a hilarious mini-break, check this story out. The author has posted a super short visual story about a fictional relationship from start to finish based on the discared grocery lists, and it takes just a few minutes to read. On the site, just click the arrows at the right edge of the graphic (they're invisible until you go over them).
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I love this story! What a strange people we are when we don't think that anyone it looking. Personal lists filled with our inner most thoughts - never seen before!
Alas, no vodka on my list for a while! Instead:
chicken breasts
yams
gingerale
minestrone soup
candy corn
organic milk
red grapefruit juice
pears (lots - making jam)
carrots
red onions
apples
zucchini
peppers
applewood cheddar
apricot custard danish
(This list looks pretty good, because we bought our Oreos and pizza fixings yesterday!) :-)
Forgot my list when I went to the granville island market & capers today...
Forgot to get the candy corn (didn't need it anyway), pears, soup and and red grapefruit juice. Instead of chicken got organic ground beef. And copenhagen instead of apricot danish! SOOO good. Added focaccia baguette not on list. Also Luna bars and some weird granola bar by Dr.Weil (pistachios sounded good!)...
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