Saturday, January 3

I went to the American Base today with Rozetta to shop the BX (yes, it is a "B" here) and commisary (her husband is US Army). I've never been shopping on a base even in the US, so it was a new experience all around. I had to show my passport at 3 different gates walking in (they only allow taxis up to the entrance gate, not on base), and then at the front door to the commisary again. But I did find some treasures to bring home, including brown sugar, Mrs. Butterworth's syrup, Spagetti-Oh's ravioli (Lacey's favorite), fruit roll-ups and yogos, frozen blueberries, sausage, non-cured turkey breast slices, Nerds candy ropes, gallon Ziploc freezer bags, the list goes on.

I felt like I was cheating and was glad that I don't have easy access to the freezer full of convenience foods (they do have Pillsbury toaster strudels though...) and many of the other usual things we eat. Doesn't seem very Turkish to me. But I wasn't really complaining when we sat down to smoked sausage and rice pilaf for dinner, nor will I complain when we cook up the breakfast sausage in the freezer and have biscuits and gravy! :-)

Oh, and complimentary Millstone hazelnut coffee to sip. Rozetta said they offer that in the commisaries in the states she's been to, but that the coffee pot is always empty.