Recon mission: Superstore
Finding the right weapons to bake up a storm.
I haven’t slept well for the past 3 weeks, because losing your dog uproots all routine from your life. She’s re-homed for personal reasons, and I miss her but we’re living our best lives apart. Or I will be after this period of grief passes. This is possibly the worst break-up I’ve ever had.
My body is sensitive to everything, but most of all a lack of good rest. Wang is very zombified, to be brief. I shouldn’t be driving in this state, but we need ingredients.
It’s not a long drive, about 10 min, but boy do I have to focus on the road extra hard. You know when you’re a little high and the world sort of feels surreal? Yeah, that’s me right now. I can’t human too well when I’m really tired. It’s a massive disassociation, out-of-body experience.
Oh, and it’s also snowing in April, because Alberta. Funny thing is the night before, I dreamed I was ice-skating, and then woke up to this white dump, what a coincidence.
Within a minute on the icy roads, my car did a spin, not a big one, but real enough to make me question the safety of the rest of the trip. There was no road visible, just a continuous sheet of frozen water. At the exit I was supposed to take, I made the executive decision to delay this suicide mission, and swerved back to the house. It’s gonna warm up later, I’ll still get a chance, it’s fine.
This should be the last snowfall of the season, so there’s no reason to risk it all for some chocolate chips, ok?
It’s now 2:32pm, the roads are finally drive-able, so we commence.
Off we go to the Canadian grocery store: Superstore. It’s like a less sad version of Walmart, for my american friends. The cashiers don’t look like they hate their lives, which is nice vibes.
Normally I peruse the produce aisles, followed by a brief stint in the savoury snacks, and then the “natural foods” section, because I’m crunchy like that. But today we have an actual list of items to scout for, so exciting!
THE LIST:
Muffin tin
4 Ramekins
Cake tin
Cookie scoop
Baking powder
Brown sugar
White, dark chocolate
Heavy cream
Can you tell we’re gonna bake stuff? Shocker.
A quick peek at the asian aisle, for funsies.
Back to baking.
Couldn’t decide, but went with Oxo because the clicking sound was less intense. #autistic
It was so expensive ($24) I need to be buried with it to lower the cost per use to zero.
I refuse to believe anybody in 2026 is still a fan of pineapples. Grow up.
Of course they don’t have my fave in a large, I guess Teriyaki will be the back-up. Sigh.
All this (plus heavy cream) cost me $100, I love Canada. At least I don’t have to pay PST like the even more gay provinces. But wait, food doesn’t even have PST.
Ok, I got most of what I was looking for. The muffin pan was my top priority because I really wanted to bake muffins, because matcha mission.
Tomorrow, we hit up Costco, for the bulk savings. Who am I kidding, we’re gonna spend even more money there let’s be real.
But the best part of today is yet to come.
Thankfully the Thrift Gods blessed us with RAMKINS because no way was I paying $7 for one when I could be getting 4 for $6. Grateful for Value Village and that 13yo boy who doesn’t know the value of vintage wares.
Circa 1970-80s.
Looks like the resell price is pretty good too, if I ever get tired of them. Yes, technically they’re for casserole but we will make it work for baking matcha desserts. It’s oven-safe after all.
Here’s some fun thrift cuties I saw:
Now if I had a pistol, it would go in this drawer.
Don’t judge me for the next pic, but I was so intrigued by the colour palette of this humming lady. What kind of party is she planning? If I was more shameless I might’ve tried to invite myself to whatever festivities this is gonna turn out.
That’s all for now.
Need to work up courage to make a souffle using my shiny new toys.
-Wang