tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341724020764467697.post641312328141674143..comments2023-10-31T04:36:17.426-07:00Comments on Alluvial: Lessons Learned: Dietary ImprovementRuby Apollinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597627449919946143noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341724020764467697.post-23671774513925710872009-03-06T09:14:00.000-08:002009-03-06T09:14:00.000-08:00Food is so fun to talk about. Eric, I'd like to sa...Food is so fun to talk about. <BR/><BR/>Eric, I'd like to say that my not owning a car is out of some deep commitment to ecological principles and whatnot but the fact is 1) I'm a horrible driver, too easily distracted and 2) car go too fast for Ruby to try to compensate for her poor sense of direction. Getting lost walking is fine and sort of fun; getting lost driving is weird and happens to quickly to be fun.<BR/><BR/>I do get groceries delivered on occasion but am trying to avoid doing so to save cash. Plus, I feel sort of embarrassed that a relatively young and healthy person descended from sturdy Eastern European stock like myself can't act as her own pack mule from time to time.Ruby Apollinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597627449919946143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341724020764467697.post-63709733489296236702009-03-05T11:00:00.000-08:002009-03-05T11:00:00.000-08:00I have nothing to offer that I didn't already say ...I have nothing to offer that I didn't already say in my LJ-version reply, but I love reading the comments over here and just needed to pop on, offer up a willy-nilly wave of the hand and say, "Carry on." (Ha! Carry on. Get it?)Nodressrehearsalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16231287075280455381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341724020764467697.post-24679168363056636322009-03-05T07:54:00.000-08:002009-03-05T07:54:00.000-08:00Mangoes are difficult. Personally, I like them dri...Mangoes are difficult. Personally, I like them dried, Philistine though I may be.<BR/><BR/>Groceries <I>are</I> heavy, but congratulations on not owning an automobile. The products of Mr. Ford and his ilk have robbed me of many thousands of dollars in my long life, and damaged my ecological karma beyond repair.<BR/><BR/>Have you looked into delivery? Safeway and some other stores offer this. I wouldn't like it for things I want to pick out carefully, like apples, but it might be nice for your monthly supply of sauerkraut and bison burgers. <I>Jah</I>.<BR/><BR/>I'm hungry.Eric Lesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08733135624320355082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341724020764467697.post-67663478141525167452009-03-04T19:41:00.000-08:002009-03-04T19:41:00.000-08:00It's all interesting, Ruby. I just don't have time...It's <EM>all</EM> interesting, Ruby. I just don't have time to treat the whole thing with the thoroughness it deserves...<BR/><BR/>The huge-bunches-of-herbs thing? - that's something I've been quietly bristling about for years. It's the same here, and in the UK. You buy a bunch of (say) rosemary for a particular recipe, and you're pretty much stuck using it on every meal for a week. I can see why the Scarborough Fair Marketing Board approves of this, but I'm not so sure why our friends the supermarkets are so keen to play along.vethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13376500106064052491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341724020764467697.post-48595623315962004442009-03-04T17:29:00.000-08:002009-03-04T17:29:00.000-08:00I'm pleased you found at least one (1) thing inter...I'm pleased you found at least one (1) thing interesting, vet.<BR/><BR/>Oh, mangoes. I don't like the texture and they're too sweet. It's possible I had a bad mango experience, but in general, I favor non-tropical fruits--berries and apples--although I guess oranges might properly be considered tropical, now that I think about it.<BR/><BR/>Hm.Ruby Apollinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597627449919946143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341724020764467697.post-73194911790783391442009-03-04T13:21:00.000-08:002009-03-04T13:21:00.000-08:00The wonderful thing about blogs is, you learn some...The wonderful thing about blogs is, you learn something <EM>interesting</EM> every day.<BR/><BR/>Whatever do you have against mangoes? Once you've got through the hard part, which is cutting it up, it's delicious.vethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13376500106064052491noreply@blogger.com