Nothing much going on. Went out to do chores in the afternoon, stayed in rest of day. Continued to enjoy Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. It's remarkable--and demoralizing--how our food has changed in my lifetime, thanks to Corporate America and its insatiable appitite for profits. Everybody can tell the difference between sweet, juicy, homegrown tomatoes and the hard red balls sold in the supermarket, but, as Kingsolving points out, this difference is evident in a lot of other vegetables, too. I think it's even relevant to desserts. I don't make cakes often, but when I do, they're from scratch; same with pies and various other desserts: apple crisp, rice and bread puddings, and so on. It's sad to realize that some children have never tasted "real veggies," homemade baked goods, or hamburgers that aren't flat, dry, "pre-formed" disks.
Wider: From today's NYTIMES, in an article about U.S. aid to Gaza. Here it's explained that the present administration, like the last, will funnel the dough through other than governmental organizations:
"The United States considers Hamas a terrorist organization, and the Bush administration refused to have any formal dealings with the group."
This must belong in the Beyond Belief Department. Doesn't our entire imperialist rationale rest on instilling democracy and free elections in other countries (whether they want it or not)? Wasn't Hamas democratically elected? Doesn't the sun come up in the...
Oh, quit being such a nit-picker, Mimi.