I love it! My kids said the something along the same line yesterday--"sometimes we just want to eat junk food and you won't buy anything, you always have to make it!"
I remember a similar fit several years ago from ME. We were at the check out line and I looked in the cart my (wiser) wife had filled, at all the bulk bags and vegetables and exclaimed "There's no FOOD in here!".
Of course what I meant is that there was that there was very little to just reach in an eat-no convenience food. What I was doing was looking at a pile of lumber and appliances and saying "There's no house there!"
I laughed out loud at this one. Take heart. That was my daughter's reaction (more or less) when I served her homemade macaroni and cheese. Somewhere along a very short line it became her favorite thing and something she bragged to her friends about.
Melissa, I hate to say it, but I think our daughter would eat junk for 24/7 if she could. The food scientists know how to make it taste good.
Late Bloomer, we do make a lot of great food in our house, and our daughter is always trying to order a la carte. Go figure...
Amanda, I'm sure you know whereof you speak.
Rob, I think we all have those junk food jags. Sometimes after eating healthy day-in-day-out, all you want to eat is a bag of chips, a big fat hot dog, some chili cheese fries...
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, one mile from the White House.
Dark Days Challenge
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What's in your turkey? We killed and butchered more than 80 birds on the farm of Mike and Michelle Klein in Prince George's County. Thankfully, Michelle did the gutting. Unfortunately, Mike bought his turkey chicks earlier than usual and they did not stop growing. Our prize for helping was a carcass that weighed nearly 40 pounds. It barely fit in the oven. Here, Mike is subjecting a slaughtered bird to the "magic fingers," a machine with a nubby, rotating barrel that removes most of the feathers.
Manifesto
Enough of food fads! Enough of food porn! Enough of celebrity chefs (except Mario Batali)! It's time to take back control of the food we eat and the pace of our own lives. Things should grow and cook in their own time. Reject fast food! Reject waiting lists at over-hyped, outrageously expensive restaurants! Reject food out of season! Sit, eat drink. Enjoy good food made by caring hands. Enjoy food eaten slowly, in good company.
Things We Embrace
Dutch ovens & iron skillets. Real butchers. Our molcajetes. Vegetable gardening. Walking to the grocery store. Sunday suppers. Our farm subscription. Composting. Naturally grown food. Self-reliance. Teaching children to appreciate food. Farmer's markets. Urban agriculture. Inexpensive ethnic restaurants. Neighborhood restaurants. Our charcoal rotisserie. Fermentation. Brassicas. Root vegetables. The public library. Used books. Our copy of Patience Gray's Honey from a Weed. John Thorne's newsletter, Simple Cooking.
Things We Try to Avoid
Saturday at Whole Foods. Spending time in the suburbs. Driving on the Beltway. Chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Black plastic. Ornamental plants (except roses). Lawns. Waiting for a table at a restaurant. Expensive restaurants. Buying wine at a restaurant. Chain restaurants. Fussy, overly designed food. Fast food. Processed food. Packaged food (except Crystal Light--what I'm not entitled to one little vice?). Asparagus in January. Styrofoam. Strip malls. Network television (except CBS Sunday Morning). Buying new books. Eating standing up. Eating while walking. Eating in the car. Cell phones.
Composting can help save the planet. Did you know that 25 percent of everything we send to the landfill consists of kitchen scraps that could be composted instead and returned to the soil? Modern agriculture is ruining our soil legacy. Another reason to eat organically: Organic farms feed the soil, rather than killing it with chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Even if you live in the city--even if you live in an apartment--you can compost. Try building your own worm bin!
A reporter for the Washington Post in a previous life, Ed Bruske now tends his "urban farm" about a mile from the White House in the District of Columbia. Ed believes in self-reliance, growing food close to home and political freedom for the residents of the District of Columbia.
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I love it! My kids said the something along the same line yesterday--"sometimes we just want to eat junk food and you won't buy anything, you always have to make it!"
Too funny!! I go through the same thing with my middle child - never seems to like anything I make.
Seems hard to imagine in your house though - your meals looks and sound delish!!
I remember a similar fit several years ago from ME. We were at the check out line and I looked in the cart my (wiser) wife had filled, at all the bulk bags and vegetables and exclaimed "There's no FOOD in here!".
Of course what I meant is that there was that there was very little to just reach in an eat-no convenience food. What I was doing was looking at a pile of lumber and appliances and saying "There's no house there!"
My how I have grown!
-Rob
I laughed out loud at this one. Take heart. That was my daughter's reaction (more or less) when I served her homemade macaroni and cheese. Somewhere along a very short line it became her favorite thing and something she bragged to her friends about.
That's hilarious!
Melissa, I hate to say it, but I think our daughter would eat junk for 24/7 if she could. The food scientists know how to make it taste good.
Late Bloomer, we do make a lot of great food in our house, and our daughter is always trying to order a la carte. Go figure...
Amanda, I'm sure you know whereof you speak.
Rob, I think we all have those junk food jags. Sometimes after eating healthy day-in-day-out, all you want to eat is a bag of chips, a big fat hot dog, some chili cheese fries...
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