I just got back from a day and a half of hiking, tubing, and camping, and I had a lot of fun foraging fruit and berries. When I don't have access to all the usual delicious fruits at the supermarket, I am much more keen on spotting and munching any delicious thing I see as I am out and about. Yesterday and today I foraged a delicious diversity of fruits, including a "parking lot peach," (which isn't really a wild food, but I discovered an escaped Palisade peach sitting in the parking lot of Lucky's as I was heading out of town with my sweetie for our tubing and camping adventure and snatched it up), choke cherries and an apple at the park in Lyons, wild raspberries and rosehips along Left Hand Canyon, red currents outside of Estes Park, and wild strawberries, gooseberries, and more raspberries along a trail north of Weld. All in all a fun way to travel.
I've been getting hungry at work these past few days when I haven't had the time to prepare something and bring it with me. As I work in a grocery store, there are a lot of opportunities for temptation. I have recently turned to buying a loaf of Breadworks bread (which is locally baked, and made with Rocky Mountain Milling flour) and some local cheese (like MouCo's ColoRogue, or Haystack Mountain Chevre), and wolfing it down during my breaks. I don't feel like this is exactly what I was going for when I was planning my month, and feel like it upholds the letter more than the spirit of the "law" of the month, but when I'm hungry, and in a grocery store, it sure hits the spot. I guess partly that it's a quick situation, no preparation, not real difficulty, and no work on my end. Just pick it up, pay some money, and wolf it down. Not very intentional. But effective.
And I support local bakers and cheesemakers. And local bakeries and cheeseries are institutions that I feel good about supporting these days.
Well, it's getting late now, and tomorrow I must be up early to go work at Andrews Family Farm, where I have my CSA share. I look forward to the harvest, and the eating, and the sharing. Anyhow, thanks for reading, have a great night, and take care!
-Seth
I've been getting hungry at work these past few days when I haven't had the time to prepare something and bring it with me. As I work in a grocery store, there are a lot of opportunities for temptation. I have recently turned to buying a loaf of Breadworks bread (which is locally baked, and made with Rocky Mountain Milling flour) and some local cheese (like MouCo's ColoRogue, or Haystack Mountain Chevre), and wolfing it down during my breaks. I don't feel like this is exactly what I was going for when I was planning my month, and feel like it upholds the letter more than the spirit of the "law" of the month, but when I'm hungry, and in a grocery store, it sure hits the spot. I guess partly that it's a quick situation, no preparation, not real difficulty, and no work on my end. Just pick it up, pay some money, and wolf it down. Not very intentional. But effective.
And I support local bakers and cheesemakers. And local bakeries and cheeseries are institutions that I feel good about supporting these days.
Well, it's getting late now, and tomorrow I must be up early to go work at Andrews Family Farm, where I have my CSA share. I look forward to the harvest, and the eating, and the sharing. Anyhow, thanks for reading, have a great night, and take care!
-Seth
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