Shopping Bag

First look at using a cloth shopping bag to shop for ingredients at the morning market seems easy enough: take bag, purchase items, chuck into bag...... think again...... today I learnt that:

1. Always buy the solid items first.... or you might end up with pureed tomatoes instead of whole ones.....
2. Should have more than one bag if planning to buy a number of items..... the bags are usually big and by the time you fill it up, it will probably weigh a couple of kg and strain your shoulder.....
3. Continuing from number 2, separate bags would also allow you to separate your ingredients to prevent cross contamination such as between tomatoes that would be eaten raw and potatoes which usually carry lots of dirt and microorganisms.....

On the bright side, now that the shopping is done, there will be yummy minestrone-like soup with alphabet pasta for lunch.... and possibly dinner ^^