Imagine a Neanderthal family in a typical U.S. grocery store! Throw down those stone tools and just dig in, but what's with the metal cylinders with the pictures on them? I remember being a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya where I pretty much lived on school-hen eggs, fresh farm milk (part of my salary), beans, corn, collard greens, potatoes, white flour, corn meal, tropical fruits, and well, splurge...Cadbury chocolate bars! I had all I needed. I made my own bread and taught others and they taught me how to cook ugali, githeri, and sukuma weeki, and roast goat and stew lamb. I was totally happy with my basic but diverse enough diet and even figured out how to make all kinds of the junk that I ate in the USA like pizza and chocolate chip cookies. Made my own cheese, found a store with yeast, ...(of course now you can anything in Nairobi, but I was living way out in the sticks). When I returned to the USA I was overwhelmed by the choices and the quantity - way too much. Still, I'd be sad to see food choices and cultural diversity in food prep get too simple, and I don't think they will given that we can all grow and trade. Save your seeds and enhance your soil. Send us some chicken manure, Nate - ha ha.
Thanks for your thoughts and energy to share them! Happy Thanksgiving, Nate. We are staying home, cooking fairly low on the food chain including from our garden, and enjoying a warm northern Florida day. Went canoeing on the lake. Best wishes, Dusti & Tony
Imagine a Neanderthal family in a typical U.S. grocery store! Throw down those stone tools and just dig in, but what's with the metal cylinders with the pictures on them? I remember being a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya where I pretty much lived on school-hen eggs, fresh farm milk (part of my salary), beans, corn, collard greens, potatoes, white flour, corn meal, tropical fruits, and well, splurge...Cadbury chocolate bars! I had all I needed. I made my own bread and taught others and they taught me how to cook ugali, githeri, and sukuma weeki, and roast goat and stew lamb. I was totally happy with my basic but diverse enough diet and even figured out how to make all kinds of the junk that I ate in the USA like pizza and chocolate chip cookies. Made my own cheese, found a store with yeast, ...(of course now you can anything in Nairobi, but I was living way out in the sticks). When I returned to the USA I was overwhelmed by the choices and the quantity - way too much. Still, I'd be sad to see food choices and cultural diversity in food prep get too simple, and I don't think they will given that we can all grow and trade. Save your seeds and enhance your soil. Send us some chicken manure, Nate - ha ha.
Thanks for your thoughts and energy to share them! Happy Thanksgiving, Nate. We are staying home, cooking fairly low on the food chain including from our garden, and enjoying a warm northern Florida day. Went canoeing on the lake. Best wishes, Dusti & Tony