Today I postponed my plans for making curried chickpeas after I found I had no ginger, coconut milk and various other vital ingredients. Instead I went to another Will Yeung recipe, for chickpea fritters.
Those extra cans of chickpeas Misfits sent in mistake need to be used. So I assembled the cast for the recipe
Will loves spices, and with a base of onions, garlic, chickpeas and mashed potatoes, you can go wild.
So then I opened the chickpea can and
Out came black beans. Oh. I've notified Misfits, complete with picture. It's not a problem, I can use them, but they need to know they've got a labeling issue.
So I opened another, and this turned out to be chickpeas. Which made terrific fritters, baked in the toaster oven, and I created some sort of sauce to go with it.
Grey poupon, kalamata olives, mayo and horseradish. I could also have used plain yogurt instead of mayo. Anyway it was pretty good.
The black beans I put with various spices into a quart of chicken broth I'd found in the freezer, and made a quick soup for supper with toasted seedy bread croutons.
Enough for more of all the same tomorrow.
It pays to be nimble around here.
And I thought since it's milder today, people might be interested in a bit of Freecycling.
It enlivens the day, finding the contents don't match the label.
ReplyDeleteThat's one way of putting it!
DeleteSurprise! Someone at the labeling factory was drunk or high that day, lol.
ReplyDeleteMaybe a Friday afternoon??
DeleteYou are nimble indeed. Quite remarkable really.
ReplyDeleteWhen you have Alice in Wonderland labeling you need to be!
DeleteBeing adaptable in the kitchen is so helpful. You did well!
ReplyDeleteWe are trying to limit trips to the store between major shopping expeditions. It is three weeks now and I have had to adapt recipes as the weeks went on. The hated grove shopping is later this week though.
I'm so happy to have deliveries, because I really don't like spending energy shopping in person, either.
DeleteMaybe that's why they sent you the beans by 'mistake' in the first place - perhaps they knew it was a labeling problem. Good thing you're flexible!
ReplyDeleteI doubt that. They refunded me for the mistaken delivery in minutes, and messaged me almost instantly when I reported the mislabeling. They sounded mortified at the slip up. When they know of mislabeling they notify the customer and slash the price. This integrity is why I like dealing with them.
DeleteI also have had good experience with Misfits when something goes wrong. I keep thinking I need to expand my food horizon but then just do what I do all over again. You keep finding new interests.
ReplyDeleteI have a low threshold for boredom, and I only have myself to please. That's much easier.
DeleteThat was quite the surprise! But you were adaptable, for sure.
ReplyDeleteSorting and downsizing...goodness! I did that for a solid year going through everything I owned. Obviously very slowly--lol! Feels freeing! I'll be doing more after I move as I unpack and reorganize, I'm sure. Somebody will love those threads.
Have a good week! :)
I've been winnowing for five years, to leave less for my son to deal with. It's freeing, as you say. I emptied my entire art studio for starters. Then my art books. It's hard to acknowledge there are things you won't do again or use again, but it's good.
DeleteYour recipes are always unusual, Boud, and I mean that in a sense of admiration. The mixup with the labeling was interesting, but black beans are versatile and you will surely put them to another delicious good use.
ReplyDeleteYes, it was in the same family of foods, at least.
DeleteLiving on a boat meant that cans would lose their labels quite readily (hundreds stored in the space under the floor when we set off on a voyage. Before the invention of spirit pens that made opening a can an entire mystery. At least you got bean/pea like alternatives. We could get peaches or rice pudding or meat chili.
ReplyDeleteThat would certainly be an interesting experience. No sense getting ready for soup and finding rice pudding!
DeletePS not surprised folks jumped when you posted the lovely metallic threads.
ReplyDeleteI was a bit surprised to be honest, they seemed a bit specialized. But no, they went fast.
DeleteWe are doing what we can to show our shine to the world. Thank you for showing yours! Aloha from Honolulu
ReplyDeleteYou too, Cloudia. Thank you for visiting.
DeleteI would have reacted by checking the label AGAIN after I'd opened the beans. That is a bit confusing, isn't it? Oh well, as you obviously know, black beans are delicious too. You could have made black bean burgers! But soup is good.
ReplyDeleteI did check again, because I have cans of black beans in the same cabinet. I think!
DeleteAll's well that ends well.
ReplyDeleteI haven't opened the other cans yet..
DeleteWhoops! That's kitchen adventure right there! It's great to hear that Misfits is an honorable company as well as an interesting and eco-minded one.
ReplyDeleteWe had a black bean-ish soup tonight as well. Definitely soup weather.
Chris from Boise
Misfits definitely walks the walk. I've dealt with them for years never problem
DeleteThat would have been quite a surprise to open that tin. Of course, you made lemonade... in a way.
ReplyDeleteI have two more cans to go, so we'll see. Lemonade may yet happen.
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