My food woes continue unabated. There's no way I've managed my 5 a day since I got here which is a bit distressing. It's just as well I have so many vitamins or I would have got scurvy by now. I haven't really got into the swing of cooking yet. I do most of my shopping at the nearest supermarket which I can walk to (so I can get receipts for work), but then have to get a taxi back so I haven't been getting fresh food everyday. There are shops near me selling vegetables (I never see much fruit) but they are things that I have no idea how to cook and I am scared to buy too much again and then end up throwing it all out, like the cauliflower incident. Also I found out that anything that I can't peel needs to be soaked in iodine for half and hour before cooking it - even if you boil it. So the cauliflower curry in the freezer is definitely going out now. And I need to buy some iodine.
Instead, mortifyingly, I have been eating boil in the bag meals if I'm not out for dinner. I had a nice Tarka Dahl earlier. I also have a large collection of miniature tins of fruit to up my nutrient levels. I've just had a fruit cocktail which was 14% aloe vera. I never knew this was an edible item!