Makin Groceries
Prarie Belt canned smoked sausage
No, I didn't buy any of this! I just love the can. And it's a fairly honest product; not a high end gourmet treat, but then it doesn't pretend to be anything more than what it is.
While Robea and I were makin groceries out in da parish yesterday, we got into reading all the labels on the cans and just looking at all the stuff on the shelves, not just the stuff that we were going to buy. It's amazing really, there seems to be such a variety in American grocery stores; there is a lot of stuff, but so much of it is crap!
How did we get so far away from what is real food? So much of the stuff is just weird! Many of the "convenience meal" type things are simply inedible; most of the frozen meals are laughable and a lot of the new microwave products are hideous. The people who design these products try to come up with something simple to make, but it all ends up like pretend food; more like a representation of a meal. "Home cooked taste"? Not in Casa Durlx! It's no wonder that most groceries are installing kitchens and doing take out meals. This instant stuff sucks, and I think it's even worse than it has to be; it could be done better.
The other thing I noticed yesterday, (oh, we were in the store for 2 hours...) was how so much of the packaging promised some kind of health benefit. For instance, graham crackers...A Good Source Of Calcium! And the whole reduced fat, low fat, no fat thing; again, another group of products that pretend to be something, but are not. With all these "healthy" products, you would think the nations health would be better, but that's not true either. (BTW, most "health food" stores are also filled with tons of this kind of ersatz crap as well.)
We've bought into this ridiculous cycle of imitation food that is supposed to be good for us, and it's anything but. Where did we go so wrong? Why do we buy and eat these things? I think I know, but I'll get to that in a future journal entry.
A Fond Farewell
Micheal, Sammy, Wiley, Nina, durlx, and Robea
Our street is empty. The last of our visitors hit the road today. Nina headed out this afternoon for Indiana and eventually back to St. Louis. She'll be back later this year. Wiley headed down to Venice, LA for a few days. He'll be stopping back this way by the end of the week. It's been nice to walk out of the house with a cup of tea in the ayem and sit and talk with everyone. We're gonna miss em.
In the picture above, you may notice that Sammy is wearing a mask. He had just gotten up and decided that he was not ready to face the camera. I'm thinking of making some flyers up with this picture of him, sort of a reward poster... Have you seen this man? Call... and posting them all over the neighborhood...
hehe, evil grin...
Prarie Belt canned smoked sausage
No, I didn't buy any of this! I just love the can. And it's a fairly honest product; not a high end gourmet treat, but then it doesn't pretend to be anything more than what it is.
While Robea and I were makin groceries out in da parish yesterday, we got into reading all the labels on the cans and just looking at all the stuff on the shelves, not just the stuff that we were going to buy. It's amazing really, there seems to be such a variety in American grocery stores; there is a lot of stuff, but so much of it is crap!
How did we get so far away from what is real food? So much of the stuff is just weird! Many of the "convenience meal" type things are simply inedible; most of the frozen meals are laughable and a lot of the new microwave products are hideous. The people who design these products try to come up with something simple to make, but it all ends up like pretend food; more like a representation of a meal. "Home cooked taste"? Not in Casa Durlx! It's no wonder that most groceries are installing kitchens and doing take out meals. This instant stuff sucks, and I think it's even worse than it has to be; it could be done better.
The other thing I noticed yesterday, (oh, we were in the store for 2 hours...) was how so much of the packaging promised some kind of health benefit. For instance, graham crackers...A Good Source Of Calcium! And the whole reduced fat, low fat, no fat thing; again, another group of products that pretend to be something, but are not. With all these "healthy" products, you would think the nations health would be better, but that's not true either. (BTW, most "health food" stores are also filled with tons of this kind of ersatz crap as well.)
We've bought into this ridiculous cycle of imitation food that is supposed to be good for us, and it's anything but. Where did we go so wrong? Why do we buy and eat these things? I think I know, but I'll get to that in a future journal entry.
A Fond Farewell
Micheal, Sammy, Wiley, Nina, durlx, and Robea
Our street is empty. The last of our visitors hit the road today. Nina headed out this afternoon for Indiana and eventually back to St. Louis. She'll be back later this year. Wiley headed down to Venice, LA for a few days. He'll be stopping back this way by the end of the week. It's been nice to walk out of the house with a cup of tea in the ayem and sit and talk with everyone. We're gonna miss em.
In the picture above, you may notice that Sammy is wearing a mask. He had just gotten up and decided that he was not ready to face the camera. I'm thinking of making some flyers up with this picture of him, sort of a reward poster... Have you seen this man? Call... and posting them all over the neighborhood...
hehe, evil grin...
posted by durlx at 2/21/2002 09:46:00 PM
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