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| - So, my BFF and his wife (Kendra, who - as previously mentioned - I often like better than my BFF) invited me over to their house last night for dinner. Tony (the BFF) said that he was preparing zucchini stuffed with Italian sausage (a very phallic meal) which he was planning on grilling. He asked me if I could bring the side dish. I agreed.
So I stopped off at Giant Eagle (or, Big Fucking Eagle, as we used to call it back in the day) to suss out what was available for purchase for me to concoct into something yummy to share with Tony and Kendra.
Upon entry to Giant Eagle I immediately saw that there were Portabella mushrooms on sale. So, I made a snap decision to grab some of those puppies - throw them on the grill with the zucchini - and, serve them over a bed of mushroom risotto.
After grabbing three big-azz mushrooms I trek over to find the ingredients for the risotto - which I am making from semi-scratch, because I don't believe in using boxed anything - I gather the risotto rice, an onion and some garlic stuffed olives (just because they're yummy). I then head over to the soup section to grab clear mushroom broth...
Which they don't have.
???
What kind of a grocery store doesn't carry mushroom broth?
The recipe worked okay with the creamy Portabella mushroom soup I found (and, a lot of white wine and water) - but, it would have been better with the clear mushroom broth.
I know, I know... picky picky Kate. But, come on! Mushroom broth is like a staple in any vegetarian's diet. I know this is Ohio and all, but surely there must be a few vegetarians around here!
They get an extra star for having garlic stuffed olives and a pretty big olive bar. I love olives. Especially those stuffed with garlic. (I've been known to consume an entire container of garlic stuffed olives as a meal... yum!) Now if Big Fucking Eagle could just get on the ball with their soup selection...
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