Whats on your plate?

[BenG]

Earlier, grilled oysters, shrimp and grits, collard greens, fried green tomatoes, carrots, hoecakes, green beans, fried pickles, iced tea and bread pudding with brandy sauce.

I seem to remember a couple of BBQ ribs too.

[SameOldStory]

Ben. I'm just guessing now. But I don't think that you're Japanese.

Grilled pork chops with green beens, for me.

[BenG]

We went to Paula Deen's Buffet at the casino for my birthday.

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by BenG

We went to Paula Deen's Buffet at the casino for my birthday.

Darn it, and here I thought you cooked all that! I was about to blackmail your address out of you and come eat the leftovers!

[SolRaven]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Darn it, and here I thought you cooked all that! I was about to blackmail your address out of you and come eat the leftovers!

Me too!

[desertblues]

Cracker with cheese; should last me through the day; another 3 kilo to loose

[SolRaven]

Grilled flank steak, grilled asparagus and grilled red peppers. Mmm... mmm! I'm in awe at how well that grill cooks. I am surprised that there's that much of a difference.

[bjones6416]

My weekly vegetable delivery was today, so for lunch I sauteed some collard greens, ruby swiss chard, and Vidalia green onions in olive oil. Very fresh and good. I ate some raw carrots with it for some crunch!

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

My weekly vegetable delivery was today, so for lunch I sauteed some collard greens, ruby swiss chard, and Vidalia green onions in olive oil. Very fresh and good. I ate some raw carrots with it for some crunch!

YUM! I would have put a little redwine vinegar on it, and chopped up a bit of bacon.

I just had SOS, hashbrowns and farm fresh eggs!

[bjones6416]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I just had SOS, hashbrowns and farm fresh eggs!

YUM right back at you! I've become such a princess about eggs -- I really don't like grocery store eggs very much any more...

[SolRaven]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

My weekly vegetable delivery was today, so for lunch I sauteed some collard greens, ruby swiss chard, and Vidalia green onions in olive oil. Very fresh and good. I ate some raw carrots with it for some crunch!

That looks delicious! Just last night, while my SO and I were eating dinner, there was a bowl of Roma tomatoes on the table and I told him that I was probably going to toss them because they had no flavor. He commented how Romas are usually full of flavor; I agreed. Then he said he doesn't trust produce anymore. He would rather that I spend twice as much buying organic than to risk eating a genetically modified salmon tomato.



How do you like having the delivery service and do you find the cost vs. what you used to spend?

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

YUM right back at you! I've become such a princess about eggs -- I really don't like grocery store eggs very much any more...

the difference in the eggs both visually and taste is just so completely overwhelming! I was really planning on getting chickens this year, but my friend has kept me extremely well supplied with eggs. however, the next part is that I am planning on a HUGE garden this year to see how far I can get with self sustainment. having chickens in a vegie garden does wonders for keeping bugs down.

Originally Posted by SolRaven

That looks delicious! Just last night, while my SO and I were eating dinner, there was a bowl of Roma tomatoes on the table and I told him that I was probably going to toss them because they had no flavor. He commented how Romas are usually full of flavor; I agreed. Then he said he doesn't trust produce anymore. He would rather that I spend twice as much buying organic than to risk eating a genetically modified salmon tomato.



How do you like having the delivery service and do you find the cost vs. what you used to spend?

when I did it I think I spent a little more, but I was making certain I ate everything that came. I also think I ate more fresh produce than I normally would have. also as many have noted, the difference between truly fresh and organic food vs. mass produced goods is ginormous!

[bjones6416]

Originally Posted by SolRaven

That looks delicious! Just last night, while my SO and I were eating dinner, there was a bowl of Roma tomatoes on the table and I told him that I was probably going to toss them because they had no flavor. He commented how Romas are usually full of flavor; I agreed. Then he said he doesn't trust produce anymore. He would rather that I spend twice as much buying organic than to risk eating a genetically modified salmon tomato.



How do you like having the delivery service and do you find the cost vs. what you used to spend?

I am SO happy with this CSA. I joined another one a couple of years ago, but it didn't meet my expectations. This one has already surpassed my expectations, and it's barely spring. Think of when tomatoes and squash come in -- joy! This is the one I'm in:

http://www.farm2uonline.com/bluebird/index.cfm

I pay a $25 fee for 6 months, then order as needed. I don't have to pay up front, so I usually just pay weekly, $15 for a quarter share. That's meant for one person, but it's quite a bit of food, even now. And it's a multi-farm CSA so I get a good selection. I highly recommend it if you have one near you! Did I spend $15 a week before on fresh veggies? No, probably not, but I spent that same amount on non-fresh, less nutritional stuff. It challenges me to try new things, too. And the pick-up point is at the Dept of Natural Resources office about 10 minutes from my house.

[SameOldStory]

Originally Posted by desertblues

Cracker with cheese; should last me through the day; another 3 kilo to loose

I do hope that you're not going anorexic on us!

I worked with a stunning girl who started dieting and running to loose a little weight. She just wouldn't stop though.

It's one thing to look at someone like that and shake you head. But it's VERY sad to see someone that you know go down that path.

[SameOldStory]

This may belong on the Rant thread, but I'll do it here where there are people who could sympathize.

When I was a boy in the '50s & '60s, I'd eat a juicy tomato as I watched TV. Just loved them.

The tomatoes in the stores are developed to be machine picked. My childhood tomatoes could never have been machine picked.

I've noticed NO improvement in the so called "organic" tomatoes either. They're all thicked walled with thickened inner partitions. Lord knows what kind are bread bred for tomato juice (which, strangely, I hate).

Everything that I've tried to grow, dies, and there's no hope left in me for a good tomato.