New Condiment

Sriracha is hot sauce with a rooster on the bottle. It's on the tables at 5 Dumplings for $1 (not the real name of the place, but an effective nickname). I got it at a Chinese grocery store across the street from it. A small bottle was $2.49 and a big one was $2.95, so I got the big one. I think I'll attempt a bloody mary with it.

Delis on Bedford Avenue

I was talking to Salieri last night about prices at the two delis near his apartment in Williamsburg. At the intersection of North 8th and Bedford, there are two delis. The one on the north side of North 8th has a pint of ice cream for $2.69, while the southern one has a pint for $2.89. But the north deli has tortilla chips for $3.50 and up, but you can get some at the southern one for $2.50. That's because the southern one has Herr's and the the northern one only has Tostitos, which I don't think are ever worth their price. The scoop shaped chips are a good invention though.

A BAD TIME AT KEY FOOD

LAST NIGHT WAS SO BAD I MUST USE CAPS LOCK.

I BOUGHT INGREDIENTS FOR QUESADILLAS. I DIDN'T REALIZE THE CASHIER PUT MY STUFF IN TWO BAGS. A WOMAN IN FRONT OF ME GOT A TON OF DIAPERS AND I THINK MY SECOND BAG WAS HIDDEN BEHIND IT.

I WENT BACK TO GET MY TORTILLAS AND SHREDDED CHEESE. I FORGET TO GET THE LOAF OF BREAD I BOUGHT. I DIDN'T GET THE ONION AND SOUR CREAM ON PURPOSE.

THE TORTILLAS HAD MOLD.

Odd Line Behavior at Trader Joe's

Trader Joe's changed its express lane from 6 items or less to 8 items or less. On Wednesday when I went to get olive oil, cereal, and meatballs, the express line wrapped around to the back by the cheeses. The other line didn't extend much past the ropes they put you through right before the check-out. I got in the long line because I only had 3 items and I thought there must be a catch. A lot of other people did too.

Relatedly, I got a new Visa card from PNC. I use American Express everywhere but Trader Joe's doesn't take that, so I was using Discover. With this credit card, I get a $50 credit as long as I use it by the end of the year. So I am going to get $50 of free wine. The only place I'll use it is Trader Joe's. $50 of free wine is the American Dream.

Cheap Beer

I went to the Brooklyn Brewery last night with a former bosom pal of mine and saw they were selling cases of Weisse. They said they were $21, then scratched that out and wrote $12. So I bought one. I wanted to buy 2, but my arms were tired with just the one. So now I have 24 bottles of one of my favorite beers. The last time I bought a six-pack of it, it cost $9.50.

This is like the time I had to have a sausage party. Good things come in 24s.

Everything's $1 at Key Food

Francesco Rinaldi spaghetti sauce is $1. 2 liter bottles of Pepsi are $1. I got Pepsi Jazz, which I had never heard of. It tastes like strawberries and cream creamsavers. Ronzoni pasta was 2/$1. Mrs. T's pierogies were $2 for a box. I guess not everything was $1.

In fact, most things that were $1 were actually 10 for $10. But you don't need to buy 10. Who'd buy 10 bottles of Kraft BBQ sauce? (That's another example.)

Pepsi Jazz is very bad with whiskey, but it's ok otherwise.