Comments on: the song went on forever http://mauraweb.com/blog/2007/02/01/the-song-went-on-forever/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:43:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: maura http://mauraweb.com/blog/2007/02/01/the-song-went-on-forever/#comment-1442 maura Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:41:08 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=132#comment-1442 Wow, Betsy, we are jealous -- was the lunch good? We bought spinach AND arugula today, PollanWaters be damned! Mmmm, peanuts, we do eat a lot of peanuts, mostly in butter form. Probably a jar a week (not even just Gus!). I wish we could grow some stuff too, but I am too lazy to deal with trying to windowsill garden. I loooooove radishes, yum. Re: shopping and cooking, you know, me too! We used to all shop together because I had some idea that since we never take Gus on errands he could go on this ONE errand a week with us, plus since he eats the food too I wanted him to be connected with his means of consumption (har, such a used-to-be-an-anthropologist thing to say!). BUT then he started hating going to the coop and being a real ass while we were there, so now it seems easier to have J go by himself. Which means I never get to see whatever new products the hippies are pushing, which is kind of a drag. Wow, Betsy, we are jealous — was the lunch good? We bought spinach AND arugula today, PollanWaters be damned!

Mmmm, peanuts, we do eat a lot of peanuts, mostly in butter form. Probably a jar a week (not even just Gus!). I wish we could grow some stuff too, but I am too lazy to deal with trying to windowsill garden. I loooooove radishes, yum.

Re: shopping and cooking, you know, me too! We used to all shop together because I had some idea that since we never take Gus on errands he could go on this ONE errand a week with us, plus since he eats the food too I wanted him to be connected with his means of consumption (har, such a used-to-be-an-anthropologist thing to say!). BUT then he started hating going to the coop and being a real ass while we were there, so now it seems easier to have J go by himself. Which means I never get to see whatever new products the hippies are pushing, which is kind of a drag.

]]> By: Anne http://mauraweb.com/blog/2007/02/01/the-song-went-on-forever/#comment-1440 Anne Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:48:44 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=132#comment-1440 p.s. I am probably the least-qualified person to comment on this. I do about 2% of the shopping and cooking, plus this baby has complete control over my appetite. But I can't pass up an opportunity to comment! p.s. I am probably the least-qualified person to comment on this. I do about 2% of the shopping and cooking, plus this baby has complete control over my appetite. But I can’t pass up an opportunity to comment!

]]> By: Anne http://mauraweb.com/blog/2007/02/01/the-song-went-on-forever/#comment-1438 Anne Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:59:01 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=132#comment-1438 Eew, that feather thing makes me never want to eat anything again. We pick our own blueberries, corn, strawberries--but only in season, and we eat a more varied diet than that. Plus some of what they grow here isn't edible--cotton is not too tasty! Some people sell collards and cabbage out of their yards. The wheat obviously has to go elsewhere, and I don't know what they do with winter wheat (is it for animals?) Peanuts, mmm, but you can't eat peanuts all day long. Well you could try. We get Edward's ham because it's tasty, but it's nice to be so close I don't have to order by mail. I suppose we could start hunting deer and turkey... OTOH, strawberries out of season taste like celery. Ditto store-bought tomatoes. And we grew radishes once, wow, I had no idea they were supposed to taste that good! No wonder Rapunzel's pregnant mom was so covetous! People worry too much. Face it, we leave a footprint. Farming is a nasty business--they use pesticides galore, sludge, dangerous machinery, etc. But your little footprint is smaller (literally, Miss Smale Feet!) than any farm's, just as your driving a car is a speck in the air compared to airlines. So we could be like Gus or Alexander (he only ate peas for dinner last night), or stop feeling bad and just eat, dammit. Marshmallows don't grow on trees, not even far away. Eew, that feather thing makes me never want to eat anything again.

We pick our own blueberries, corn, strawberries–but only in season, and we eat a more varied diet than that. Plus some of what they grow here isn’t edible–cotton is not too tasty! Some people sell collards and cabbage out of their yards. The wheat obviously has to go elsewhere, and I don’t know what they do with winter wheat (is it for animals?) Peanuts, mmm, but you can’t eat peanuts all day long. Well you could try. We get Edward’s ham because it’s tasty, but it’s nice to be so close I don’t have to order by mail. I suppose we could start hunting deer and turkey…

OTOH, strawberries out of season taste like celery. Ditto store-bought tomatoes. And we grew radishes once, wow, I had no idea they were supposed to taste that good! No wonder Rapunzel’s pregnant mom was so covetous!

People worry too much. Face it, we leave a footprint. Farming is a nasty business–they use pesticides galore, sludge, dangerous machinery, etc. But your little footprint is smaller (literally, Miss Smale Feet!) than any farm’s, just as your driving a car is a speck in the air compared to airlines.

So we could be like Gus or Alexander (he only ate peas for dinner last night), or stop feeling bad and just eat, dammit. Marshmallows don’t grow on trees, not even far away.

]]> By: betsy http://mauraweb.com/blog/2007/02/01/the-song-went-on-forever/#comment-1437 betsy Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:23:36 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=132#comment-1437 produce from Cali sounds nice--mmm, sunny California. here we try buying green beans or broccoli and they come from Kenya. cilantro, parsley from Israel. it's messed up. I guess we're supposed to be eating only potatoes through the long dark winter. Betsy ps: Alice Waters made me lunch once. produce from Cali sounds nice–mmm, sunny California. here we try buying green beans or broccoli and they come from Kenya. cilantro, parsley from Israel. it’s messed up. I guess we’re supposed to be eating only potatoes through the long dark winter.

Betsy

ps: Alice Waters made me lunch once.

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