When 10Box was a Country Mart, I loved getting "pinwheels" from their deli section. I'm sure I've typed their accolades here before. They are a sliced section of a tortilla rolled around cream cheese, ham, beef, cheese, tomato, and lettuce. So tasty! I add some green olives on the side, and unroll parts of the tortilla. So I'm left with lengths of a tortilla spread with cream cheese at the end. I eat that part with an individual bag of BBQ potato chips. The combination is divine!
Anyhoo... it's probably been at least a year since I had my pinwheels. Every now and then, I see them at Country Mart over in Sis-Town. Since I buy the big salads, and the cold fried chicken there, I have not gotten the pinwheels. Sell-By dates must be considered. We eat the big salads one day, then the fried chicken over two days. So that doesn't make time for the pinwheels for me.
Thursday, Farmer H didn't want a big salad or fried chicken. I found a new "boneless" pork rib for him, and got the pinwheels for myself. There was only one left! Oh, how I looked forward to that supper! I had olives left from making the deviled eggs when The Pony came out to grill on Labor Day. And I had a bag of assorted individual chips that included BBQ flavor.
Mmm! I was quite excited when I gathered my supper around 9:00 p.m., after Farmer H had gone to bed, and I had finished watching the season premiere of Jersey Shore Family Vacation. Yes. I love reality TV!
Anyhoo... I had my pinwheels on a paper plate. My green olives in a ramekin. And the individual bag of BBQ potato chips in a small styrofoam bowl. They were on the kitchen peninsula. I set my plate over to the table beside HIPPIE. Then the ramekin of olives. I picked up the foam bowl of BBQ chips, and DROPPED IT!
What in the Not-Heaven? It's not like that was a heavy bowl! Or that I couldn't get a good grip. I have no idea how that bowl fell out of my hands. But it was tragic! I stood there, not believing what had transpired. Sweet Gummi Mary! I had been anticipating this meal for hours. Now my chips were trash!
I went to the laundry room and got the broom/dustpan combo. Swept up my chips. Dumped them in the wastebasket, not even considering that the dogs might have enjoyed them. I swear, I almost wept. Just one more thing to delay my supper gratification.
Lucky for me, there was another individual bag of BBQ chips in the multi-bag pack in the pantry. I put it into the same foam bowl, and CAREFULLY set it over on the table.
Yes. That meal was delicious. I will look again for pinwheels when I go to Country Mart (for exercise!) on Sunday with The Pony. You can bet I will be especially careful with my chips, should I be lucky enough to get more pinwheels.
Maybe you could put the dishes on the eating table first and then fill them with the chips etc. Or arrange all the dishes on a tray and carry that whole thing to the eating table? I'm glad you have your pinwheels back.
ReplyDeleteI might try making my own pinwheels, but they won't be the same!
DeleteThere was no reason for me to drop my chips! I literally had to just stand in one place, pick up the bowl, and turn at the waist to set it on the table. I don't know what happened. Surely that's a skill that I possess! Maybe I grabbed too near the edge of the flimsy foam bowl, and it bent and startled me into dropping it. Because the chips didn't spill out, the bowl hit the floor flat on its bottom, and they exploded out like fireworks!