One Day Left

Well, there’s only one day left, but I finally broke. I ate something that wasn’t local on a day where I wasn’t allowed to. But it was so tempting though. I was just minding my business, doing my thing, making them scrambled eggs, when all of a sudden this stir-fry appears out of nowhere, and a piece of tofu jumps up and attacks me. I was forced to eat that one piece of tofu so I wouldn’t die. Yeah that isn’t true. Really all that happened was that I was cooking scrambled eggs, and the stir-fry sitting beside me looked so good I had to eat a piece of tofu. Oh well, it was a piece of tofu, not veru harmful to the environment anyways.

No Food

So nothing’s really that different from when I made my last post. Well, I’ve forgotten to bring a lunch to school the past two days, so have been forced to starve before I could get home, but I think I’ll remember to eat for the last few days. This is the last stretch, and I am really looking forward to being able to eat non local foods again.  

Maple

So I have learned of one of the greatest locally made food substitutes ever made. Let me introduce to you: granulated maple sugar. This is a sugar with larger grains than regular sugar, and it is produced after maple sap has been boiled down to make maple syrup. A small container of it is pretty expensive, but you don’t really need to use much if you want to use it as a sweetener. This type of sugar is about twice as sweet as regular sugar, and adds amazing flavour. So far, I have used this sugar to put on apple slices, as it creates an amazing, and entirely local, snack. Well, that’s all for today folks, until next time.

Popped

So another two days, another two dollars. Actually, I have no idea what in the slightest this has to do with eating locally. Anyways, I made a rather interesting discovery today. Not a discovery really, but I remembered something really awesome; I had local popcorn in the cupboard. Now, it’s not the type of popcorn you would expect to buy at a grocery store. This type of popcorn is completely local, and instead of being popped in a bag of kernels or in a popcorn machine, it is popped right on the cob inside of a paper bag in a microwave. After remembering I had this popcorn, I was super excited to try it, and I followed the instructions and put it in the microwave. Things didn’t go as well as I had planned. After the full time had elapsed, only about a third or less of the kernels were popped, so I put it in for more time until just over half were popped. All in all, I ended up with about half the kernels being unpoppped, and of the ones that were popped, a lot had a slight burnt taste to them. So, it was great being able to eat another local snack, and try something fairly unique, but if you are thinking of getting popcorn like this, I would advise against it, as it really isn’t popcorn that you will be used to.

Somewhat Bland?

Aaaaand, it’s been another two days, and I’m still alive. Maybe it was due in part to the fact that I was actually able to eat bread the past two days. Not only was I able to eat it, but it was quite good too. The bread itself is actually somewhat bland, so is not that exciting on its own, but once something is added to give it some flavour, such as churned honey, then it becomes one of the best locally made snacks available. Well, perhaps it’s one of the only locally made snacks that is available, but none the less, bread with honey is good, and the fact that it is completely local makes it so much better. 

Baked

Well now that the one day of the week where I could eat non local foods is over, it’s back onto the local diet for me. However, after going to the Farmer’s Market again to get more food, a discovery was made that I would be able to make bread from local flour. Hey, now I have less of a chance of dying, seeing that I can actually get all four of the food groups now. So yeah, my mom made me bread, and I’m actually looking forward to this week, as I have a fresh bunch of apples, as well as more eggs, and especially, the bread that I will be surviving on.

Heaven

So, it’s been nearly a week, and even though this isn’t really such a long time, it feels like forever. But wait, today wasn’t just one of my normal local food eating days. No, quite the opposite in fact. Today was the one day per week when I was able to eat non local foods. Oh, how much I missed eating bread and chocolate, and everything else required for a human to survive it felt like I had died and gone to heaven. Oh wait, a sudden realization, no it couldn’t be. Yes, it must be, the rapture was today! I understand now, I was raptured and that’s the reason why everything was so good. Well, now that I’ve figured that out, I’m going to go see what else heaven has to offer in its all inclusive buffet.

Disclaimer: I'm not actually dead.