By H A R I N I
When I was on my
bed, I heard my dad call my name, “Harini, Harini, it’s time to go to Shaws,
the grocery shop! I staggered across my bed and dragged myself to the bathroom,
brushed my teeth, get dressed, comb my hair, eat breakfast and got in the car!
We drove to Shaws and
the place was like sixty sardines all in one sardine can, literally the place
was packed with people! We couldn’t even find a shopping cart. Luckily, a staff
working at Shaws dropped off a cart and off we went to shopping!
The first thing that
spotted my eyes were baby spinach as I picked the item up I noticed the
expiration date, I asked my mom what it was and she told me that an expiration
date was something that the edible items should be consumed before that specific date, if not it should
be thrown out.
As we walked along I saw lunchables,
I grabbed four lunchables and two of the Nacho Cheese Dip and Salsa and two of
the Turkey and Cheddar Cracker Stackers. I went along to the next item which
was eggs and I kept a look for the expiry date and I noticed it got enough date
to expire.
Then we went to grab the milk and I saw
that it had the word pasteurized. I asked my mom what pasteurized means and she
said that it is named after Louis Pasture whose discovery is that fermentation
is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization. It is
the heat treatment in making the product safe for consumption and improving its
keeping quality. If we don’t get the pasteurized milk it can have lots of
bacteria that can be harmful or even poisonous for health!
I walked along to grab
the salt and my mom told me to make sure that it was iodized, I asked her what
that means and she told me to look it up on google. I looked it up and iodine is
a deficiency that also causes thyroid gland problems. In many countries, iodine deficiency
is a major public health problem that can be cheaply addressed by purposely
adding small amounts of iodine to the sodium chloride salt.
We walked to the cash
register and my dad got out the “plastic money “, which is a term that is used
predominantly in reference to the hard plastic cards we use everyday in
place of actual bank notes. They can come in many different forms such as cash
cards, credit cards, debit cards, pre-paid cash cards and store cards. We paid
the money and said thanks Amanda, the cashier and we reached home safely.
By Harini, Grade IV
