One of our usual Sunday activities is going out to the local bakery for breakfast. In a no takeaway zone Sunday’s have had to change a little. So today I whipped up pikelets in a few minutes – my first made from scratch pikelets since my cooking classes at school when I was 11 yr old. (Actually I think I may still have that recipe – I remember making pikelets with yoghurt, I’ll have to search for it). Previously I have always made my pikelets from pre-prepared pikelet mix or bought pikelets already made but I am trying to cut down on manufacuring, packaging and cost if I can. A few more weeks of practice and I should be perfect hopefully!
Recipe: 1/4 cup sugar and 1 egg beaten together. Add 1 cup sifted self-raising flour, 1 pinch salt and about 3/4 cup milk.
One of the best things about writing is that it makes you stop and think about the decisions you make in your day to day life. I know for me sometimes things are so busy that lots of decisions especially my purchase of items just happen on autopilot.
So how does the popcorn fit in to the story? Well looking at my pantry this morning while getting my ingredients out for pikelets I noticed my box of microwave popcorn. I remember clearly buying the popcorn, I wasn’t under the influence of alcohol or anything when I bought it! I just didn’t think about it. Looking at it now, however, I’m asking myself what on earth was I thinking? Why would I buy a product that is shipped all the way from the USA, has each bag individually wrapped in cellophane and when you make the popcorn the bag itself has to be thrown away because it is covered in this revolting yellow looking butter substance that coagulates very quickly. On top of that it costs $4.38 for a box of three popcorn bags. Why haven’t I just being buying plain popcorn and putting it in my popcorn air popper? It would be considerably less cost and less packaging.
OK – one of my projects for next week, get my popcorn situation sorted out. And keep looking at the products I ‘automatically’ buy just from habit and keep questioning my purchasing of them!