One of the ways Jupiter in Sadge is manifesting around here is the food. I am learning to cook Asian. And I can thank Kathy, the boy-girl for this, who got me accustomed to eating Thai and now I have cook it. Or learn to cook it, that is and I am slow. The Solider called a few weeks ago.

“What are you doing, P?”

“Eating stir fry.”

“Stir fry? What are you doing eating stir fry?” he laughed. “Italians don’t eat stir fry!”

“Sure they do. They eat Italian stir fry. That’s what I’m having. It’s Italian if you fry the stuff in olive oil! With garlic. You know. Some vegetables…. I have broccoli, some squash, onion, mushrooms, tons of garlic… some other stuff.”

He laughed.

“And then if you throw some pepperoni in there and then sear the whole thing with parmesan cheese… you know. So it’s sort of crusty, well that’s definitely Italian. It’s Italian, Asian style.”

“Okay, P. You’re the boss.”

“Yeah. Well this food is good. If you were here, I bet you’d like it and it is Italian, but I am going to learn to cook Asian food too. I am moving in that direction. It’s on my list of things to do and this me beginning that…”

So now it’s a few weeks later. I have some sesame oil. I have some soy sauce. I am getting the hang of this, but today I did what I knew I was going to have to do… I stepped foot in one of the huge Asian grocery stores around here and boy am I glad I did!

For one thing, they have garlic there like you would not believe. They sell pint sized containers (and quart-sized bags) of garlic cloves, cleaned and peeled. And they’re cheap! A pint of garlic cloves for $1.13. I had to laugh. See what’s out there? And right under my nose.

The rest of the produce was terrific looking. And what is a specialty in the regular grocery is normal in this store so everything is very cheap and plentiful and maybe you can imagine my feeling standing there looking at this. Pure glee. It’s like a whole new land and here I am, less than a mile from my house!

So this is my progress report. With Jupiter in Sagittarius are you doing anything to expand your sphere? What?