“Remoted – Hybrid” – Day 979 (Monday) – roaster chicken

Over the weekend there was a failure to fetch a roasted chicken to enhance the kibble for the exalted Canine Overlord. No worries. Finnish class is done for a few months, leaving Mondays after work free. It was decided to make a quick trip to Market Basket on the way home from work, grab a roasted chicken, and get home.

The trip to MB was quick. The only carts in the store were being rolled in from the parking lot in a wagon train of about a dozen. The checkout lines were long. The coffee aisle was clear and free and led to the back of the store. My cart and I blazed down the coffee row, full of product and empty of other customers. A package of 100 coffee filters was grabbed on the way through. They aren’t needed yet, but sometimes when needed, there are none in the store, and every time bought the price is higher.

Even with the pause for coffee filters, the roasted chicken display was reached in no time. It was empty. Not a chicken in sight. There was not even the lingering aroma of the ghost of a roasted chicken. There were also no chickens loaded in the deli rotisserie. Not good. Some deli turkey ends were found and snatched from the self-serve deli cooler. 

After the disappointment of the deli department, the next stop was the bakery to check the discount rack and the prepared foods in the heater there. The discount rack had giant corn muffins, a loaf of bread, some cookies, and Southern style biscuits. It was a pass on all of them.

The hot food display had eggplant half subs, a variety of seasoned chicken tenders unsuitable for dogs, and a couple packaged spanakopita pinwheels. I grabbed a spanakopita for my supper. On the way out of the bakery, the end cap cooler where the stuffed grape leaves used to live held containers of clam chowder with a sign declaring “Sale $5.99.” The love of a bargain prompted the grabbing of a clam chowder. 

Spanakopita pinwheel!

By some miracle, there was an express checkout without a long line like every other checkout. I was busy digging for the debit card and preparing to pay instead of watching the register. Receipt in hand, the bag with four items was plucked from the cart, which was left at the front of the store, making it the only available cart there.

At home, I finally looked at the receipt and saw that the $5.99 sale chowder rang up for $6.49. Errrrr. Food tastes better when it’s on sale and now I’m mad at my chowder and Market Basket. There may not have been a roasted chicken for Winston, but the spanakopita pinwheel was a tasty $3 supper for me.