Dear friends at More than Gourmet,
I'm getting ready to order again, but I have a funny wee story and a recommendation. I was very excited when my order arrived, and immediately unpacked it (1 large tub and 4 little tubs). I was eager to read all the directions and recipes you included. So I gently removed each tub, large and small, from its colorful cardboard casing, stacked and flattened the cardboard into a convenient pile, poured myself a glass of wine, and read every word.
About a week later, when I was making a lovely shrimp, leek, and bean stew (a recent NYT recipe that I can strongly recommend), I looked in my stack of little MTG tubs for the seafood stock. And lo, though I still had 4 little tubs: I couldn't find the seafood stock! Turns out that, if you remove the cardboard casing from the little tubs, you will not be able to distinguish one stock from another. Crisis in the kitchen! Dinnertime looming! Should I just use water?
Instead, I extended my dinner deadline, read each ingredient list, looked at the stocks' colors, and guessed.
And I guessed correctly, whew, and my stew was a great success, and your seafood stock is delicious. Thank you.
But it would be lovely if you could figure out an inexpensive way to actually label each little tub as to its contents (a little sticker on the tub with "S" for seafood, etc., would work). I'm guessing I'm not the only one in need of this.
And now, of course, my personal dilemma continues. I have 3 remaining small tubs, unmarked. I'm guessing the redder one is the vegetable stock, because the ingredient list says it contains tomato), but I'm never going to be able to tell my two remaining small tubs of meat stock apart until I actually open them. I will dare, and all will be well; but it would be nice to know. And that knowledge would actually help me learn what I want to order in the future. Just thinking out loud!
Yours,
Jeff
1.5OZ
