On Saturday I was doing the grocery shopping - that's usually my job for Saturday, so it wasn't unusual. Yulia had already picked up a lot of the groceries, so I only had potatoes on my list of produce. I bagged up a few kilos of the usual potatoes and then saw some nice new potatoes in the bin next to it. I decided it would be nice to make new potatoes and white gravy with peas for the kids. That was a favorite of my Grandpa Jack Crane. He liked it in the early summer when he had fresh new potatoes and peas from his garden. I had to make do with canned peas, but I was willing to do that to give my kids a taste of my childhood.
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| New potatoes in the bag. |
It wasn't until I was at the checkout counter that I realized that the peas were VERY expensive. I knew that the cost would be higher, but not as high as it was. You can see the price on the bag - 6305 tenge. That is $19.00! It turns out I had bought new potatoes from France! They are illegal in Russia because of the counter-sanctions and we assume that each of the potatoes got to fly first class in its own seat to get here.
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| New Potatoes and white gravy with peas. |
I made the meal and it was a hit with the kids and with Yulia and my mother-in-law, Ludmila.
This is why Yulia always sends me shopping with a slight sense of trepidation!
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