Highlight & Lowlight

So I want to tell you about the highlight and the lowlight of my day yesterday.

Highlight:

Walk to the market: Free

Fresh, whole, mature coconut: 20 pesos (≈$0.50)

3 potatoes: 40 pesos (≈$1.00)

8 pieces of bread snacks: 40 pesos (≈$1.00)

6 pinkish-red roses: 120 pesos (≈$3.00, that's right, 50¢ each!)

Pedaled tricycle ride home by a guy who remembers me and knows where I live: 20 pesos (≈$0.50)

A happy wife: Priceless!

Lowlight:

I'm in the kitchen, preparing to make Thai burgers (see recipe). I soon realize we no longer had any peanuts. So I figured I'd just make "lemongrass-inspired" burgers. I cut some lemongrass, onion and green pepper really small. Then I search for my ground beef. But I can't find it in the fridge. I'm ready to ask Christina if she moved it into the freezer when I spot a bag of meat. But I quickly realized it was the ground pork I had also bought. Here's a quick synopsis of the thoughts that followed:

That's not what I want.
Wait a minute. I thought I made breakfast sausage last night with that pork.
Son of a gun! [That part was out loud!]
I grabbed the ground beef instead of pork when I made the sausage. [facepalm SMH]
That's why the "sausage" looked so dark when it was cooked.
Maybe that's why the breakfast casserole tasted a little different this time. Not just the spices.
And now I have no ground beef to make these burgers for supper.
Yeah, it's too much trouble to run out and buy some now.
I wonder if I could just use the ground pork to make these burgers?

Well, I sheepishly approached Christina and informed her of my mistake. And no, she said I should not use the pork in the burgers. So I'll have to buy more ground beef today so I can make the burgers tonight. Last night I made the breakfast sausage patties and put them in the freezer so they are ready for another day.

And yes, this morning we again ate the breakfast casserole with the "sausage" in it. It's just not the same, but it's not too bad. Although I will never intentionally do that again.