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            I was working hard in the garden when my wife shouted out that she was going shopping and if I wanted any lunch there was a bowl of lasagne in the fridge. In due course I took my boots off, washed my hands and ventured into the kitchen.  Our fridge is one of those big stainless steel larder types. Now my wife is a fantastic and enthusiastic cook....no, she's a chef, but tidiness and organisation are not her greatest qualities. Taste is her thing. She just loves cooking so much so that the family can't eat it as fast as she produces it with the result there are many left overs in the fridge.  

Not just from yesterday, but from last week and in some cases since last month. And as I was to discover, since last Christmas too. Examining the many shelves I could see four bowls with silver foil on them that might contain my lunch. Three of them were barely visible at the back behind mountains of jars and packets. I pulled out the first. Mmmm....turning it over with a spoon, I identified it as the chilli bean hotpot made with Finnish sausage that we had................yes, last Tuesday, and it's now Saturday. It better go in the bin. Reaching back on another shelf I retrieved another bowl with silver foil over it. Peeling back the foil I recognised the salmon pasta we had......now let me think....last Saturday. That's going in the bin too. The third bowl I found with silver foil was a real treasure. As I removed the foil a fine blue/green mist of dust escaped, catching me by surprise. Working out what it had been took some time and was not easy, but eventually I concluded it had been sage and onion stuffing....several months ago. Now stuffing is something my wife cooks with roast chicken and turkey. Turkey we only have at Christmas. Could I remember if we had roast chicken and trimmings since last Christmas?

By the time I found the fourth bowl with silver foil I had resolved to clean out the fridge. In this house it is a significant exercise due to the sheer quantity of food being stored or rotting in it. I worked from top down finally reaching the bottom cabinet. Removing a well past its sell by date cabbage, and a dead chicken I spied what at first I thought was a bottle of cordial or something, literally the last item in the fridge. I couldn't believe my eyes when I realised it was a bottle of Samuel Adams Boston beer..........my absolute favourite beer of all time! I lifted it out like some delicate baby, my breathing suddenly quicker as I realised it was perfectly chilled and ready for drinking. Having cleaned out the fridge, this was my little pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

It was carefully poured into my prefered glass, a scratched chunky American tumbler. I picked this one up at the world famous Chelford Car boot sale. Noticing it sat amongst a mass of oddities I had picked it up and felt it's weight and coolness. The toothy stall holder was watching me and commented, "That's a very old glass, that is!".

I asked her how much it was and she said she wanted £ 2.00 for it. It made it an easy sale and I was very happy with my chunky old glass. 

A week later I was in a Tesco superstore. Browsing an aisle I suddenly spotted their packs of Saver glasses. F--- me. they only had a pack of 6 chunky American tumbler glasses just like the one I bought at Chelford, pack of 6, price £ 0.99 ! 

My wife neither remembers where or when she bought the Samuel Adams. Knowing how she organises her fridge I might guess she forgot to give it to me as a Christmas present. I suppose it didn't matter when I got it. This was one present which wasn't going to last very long.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Congleton (show map)

Taken on: July 23, 2011

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