Jared gracefully volunteered to go to Costco that night while I was a work and get the things I’d written down on the list.. Of course I didn’t object.
As much as I truly love Costco and all the wonders that it brings, I literally get overwhelmed going there.
There is so much to look at, so many isles and SO many people…
On my list were just a couple things (as we only have ourselves to shop for). Vitamin Zero water, Greek Yogurt, Dried Fruit and butter.
Who knew the simplest thing on that list would soon become the most complicated.
I supposed I need to back track a little for any of this story to make sense..
A few weeks ago Jared made a visit to the student health center doctor for the wrist he’d injured months ago while playing racquet ball.
He called me immediately after the appointment worried after he’d realized (during said doctor’s appointment) that his blood pressure was a little too high-basically he had a slight case of hyper-tension.
The following days we checked his blood pressure several times (a day) and it was still borderline hyper-tension.
Jared worried about his salt intake and refused to add butter to anything he ate. In order to make him feel better I
{may or may not have}
told him the butter in the butter dish wasn't salted…
Which, yes, I know now that wasn’t exactly true, but I knew a little salted butter wouldn’t have too much of an impact on his blood pressure.
Plus, everyone knows a baked potato is not complete without some butter.
Well, little did I know, this little white lie would backfire on me immensely...
Back to Jared’s Costco shopping trip…
As he made his way through the store collecting the items on the list, he made his way to the butter isle.
Several hours later I checked my phone to see this text from Jared.
“The butter only comes in 4lb blocks, should I still get some?”
Well, by this time it was too late to respond. And I’d already received another text letting me know he got the butter and the shopping trip was a success.
When I arrived home that night I opened the fridge to find to my great surprise…there, on the first shelf, four pounds of UNSALTED BUTTER.
That’s right…
UNSALTED.BUTTER
My little white lie had come to bite me from behind..
I began laughing and had to explain myself to him. I was caught. And we now have four lbs of unsalted butter.
Have you ever tried butter unsalted?
GROSS!
Moral of the story….. Don’t lie to your husband about food.
You can't tell it's unsalted butter if you use it for baking or on vegetables that you add salt to. Anyway I have to agree that it isn't as good as salted butter. Maybe you should get some salted butter for stuff like toast and use this up in baked goods. Feel free to deliver said goods to my doorstep at any time.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to do A LOT of baking to use up all that butter..
ReplyDeleteMaybe that was Jared's plan all along...