tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post1889761780151471183..comments2024-01-11T04:31:58.232-08:00Comments on oxymoronredundancyparadoxtrap: The 4 year old speaksBenjamin Adyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-25934657165800342772008-04-29T07:02:00.000-07:002008-04-29T07:02:00.000-07:00Awesome. And inspiring. :)Awesome. And inspiring. :)David Hensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12337652985240550352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-52668384095074316732008-04-28T18:41:00.000-07:002008-04-28T18:41:00.000-07:00Wow - that's some serious food! I've heard of the ...Wow - that's some serious food! I've heard of the concept, but never investigated the practicalities.<BR/><BR/>When I was studying a couple of years ago, the college had an arrangement with a local bakery that we would pick up their left-over bread a couple of times a week and distribute it amongst the student community, so we never bought bread for a couple of years.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-50762450130783691282008-04-21T22:07:00.000-07:002008-04-21T22:07:00.000-07:00that naked juice has made me fat!that naked juice has made me fat!Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057559601219863112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-31781597632843464932008-04-21T18:29:00.000-07:002008-04-21T18:29:00.000-07:00Byron, It varies. I guess it probably ranges betw...Byron,<BR/><BR/> It varies. I guess it probably ranges between ... 30 and 60%? Something like that.<BR/><BR/> There's a local food bank that is only open on Saturday. So if for some reason we can't get down there on a Saturday, then that means more dumpstering the following week.<BR/><BR/> I mean it goes in cycles. We never, for instance, buy bread. All bread is from food bank or dumpstering. We dumpstered 2 50 pound bags of organic flour like 2 years ago, and it's only just now running out (Try using 100 pounds of flour sometime). We have 2 frozen turkeys in our freezer--one from food bank, one dumpstered, both just before or after Thanksgiving (That's last November), but hey, they've been totally frozen, and are doubtless still fine.<BR/><BR/> Here's to the alternative economy. Tonite we are eating a beautiful pot roast and beautiful artichokes, steamed, all dumpstered yesterday (note--the pot roast was of course lovingly and carefully wrapped in it's own little package by the butcher, with expiration date yesterday. And it's really cold out here right now--it was fine. But on hot days in summer you have to be more careful =), and potatoes, from the food bank, with store bought butter and spices, excepting the rosemary, which grows like a weed everywhere here, and we walk outside and pick some.<BR/><BR/> I even dumpstered a 5 pack of beer once. One bottle had broken, so they tossed the whole six pack. That doesn't happen very often =)<BR/><BR/> One of the kewl things about dumpstering is you never know what you might find. Sometimes we find lamb, which is *really* expensive here compared to other meats. They throw out the most perfectly okay produce. Yesterday a perfectly beautiful bunch of bananas, and 2 beautiful apples, and a beautiful honeydew melon, and the artichokes. <BR/><BR/> One time I dumpstered a huge bag of pistachios (which are *really* pricy!) <BR/><BR/> There's a dumpster just south of downtown where all the naked juice trucks park, and they fill up the dumpster sometimes with just out of date naked juices--which are the most beautiful straight up fruit juice mixtures. We go down there and get 20 or 30 sometimes and stick them in the fridge--the come in individual bottles.Benjamin Adyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-23855972144267717962008-04-21T17:18:00.000-07:002008-04-21T17:18:00.000-07:00What proportion (roughly) of your food comes from ...What proportion (roughly) of your food comes from DD?byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-11889950326458180972008-04-21T10:48:00.000-07:002008-04-21T10:48:00.000-07:00LOVE it! SLOVE it! Ssam becca zach and marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357756258391876776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-20246145003790088672008-04-20T20:59:00.000-07:002008-04-20T20:59:00.000-07:00Arenda Thankyou. =)Byron ... I'm thinking ... 4 ...Arenda<BR/><BR/> Thankyou. =)<BR/><BR/>Byron<BR/><BR/> ... I'm thinking ... 4 years ish? but more over the last 2 years. I was trained by a super awesome couple we call B&P. They live in a VW Van from the 19... 40's or something, which they totally rebuilt themselves. You'd love them--they really rocked, even though I haven't seen either of them in something like 18 months.Benjamin Adyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-54392561960786403522008-04-20T20:41:00.000-07:002008-04-20T20:41:00.000-07:00Have you been diving for long?Have you been diving for long?byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-44047466685059886732008-04-20T19:44:00.000-07:002008-04-20T19:44:00.000-07:00hahahahaha! that is awesome!!!hahahahaha! that is awesome!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com