One of my teachers is Nature Woman and she brings these cut up raw vegetables in little baggies every day and spends our break popping them in her mouth while the rest of the class eats frosted mini wheats and other assorted shit. Her fitness is inspirational and the two of us talk about shopping at Trader Joe’s, a chain of natural food markets where she buys blanched cashews and I hunt for something that doesn’t taste like a white nut.
I went there yesterday because some of their things are just delicious and some of them make you feel like you’re chewing on an oak branch so I need to stick to my list and not adlib. One of the great food items is their Ginger Lemon Cookies which consist of lemon crème sandwiched between two large, perfect ginger snaps and they’re my favorite. Yesterday, Trader Joe’s was out of them.
A hallmark of the store is that when you’re being checked out by one of their cheerfully-mellow-to-the-point-of-maybe-being-stoned cashiers you’re asked if you found everything you were looking for. This time I said no, I couldn’t find any Ginger Lemon Cookies and the Joe ringing me up called over two other Joes who asked me to describe the cookies. I gave a description before we all fanned out to hunt them down.
JOE#1: You say they’re a sandwich cookie?
OSV: Yes, two ginger cookies with lemon in between.
JOE#2: And what you’re telling us is that they’re called Ginger Lemon Cookies?
OSV: Ginger Lemon, yes.
JOE#1: Can you describe the package? I’m not recalling an item called Ginger Lemon Cookies. What about you, Carlton?
JOE#2: Ginger Lemon Cookies aren’t ringing a bell. Can you give us more to go on?
OSV: Well. . . the ginger cookies are very crisp and tasty and the lemon crème is –
JOES#1&2: (in unison) OH! You mean the Ginger Lemon CRÈME Cookies! In the ginger colored box with the little lemons in the corners. Oh, the Ginger Lemon CREME Cookies. Yes, yes. We’re not carrying those anymore. But if you’re looking for a tasty treat why don’t you try our new Raspberry Lumber Bars?
OSV: Sweetened with tree sap? I don’t think so, thanks.
JOE#1: Can we help you find anything else?
OSV: Yes, I’d like some nitrates. Do you have any shaped like a salami?
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