A Little Horse Sense....But in a Burger?

Well - this is an interesting development - horse and pork found in with the beef burgers...and God knows what else. It's funny, I stopped eating these things many years ago for these very reasons. However, since I left the meat industry it was supposed to have changed for the better.

So, this can be put down to something quite simple really - you cannot trust the food (nothing prepared especially) or the water (who knows what is in that!) and we all really should be growing, raising and preparing as much of our own foods as possible.

A few days ago I wrote an article called 'Cheap Food for Slaves' - this situation is exactly what I was referring to. Us poor working slobs, those at the lower end of the food chain - can eat what is left over after the cream has been picked clean.

This situation doesn't have to exist at all. If we trust ourselves, take the time and make any effort at all, we can eat like kings and queens each and every day. How? Well, set yourself up with a few seeds, get a few pots or some land, if you have a garden perhaps some ducks, a goose, some turkeys or a goat.

Or, share with a family member, a neighbor and so forth. Next, buy your fruit and vegetables local, in season, organic if you can and at your farmers market. When apples are a good price buy enough to make extra pots of jam (canning is so easy!). 

The only difficult part of any of this is getting over the resistance (it's a mindset) and some strange belief that food comes from a shop and not from our own hands. Another obstacle is this food won't taste as nice or it's too much trouble.

Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, it's so easy to make and can (in jars) jam that I am doing it nearly every other week with left over fruit. My left over veggies? Before they go off I make a big pot of stew and store any extras in the freezer.

All it takes is a little determination and you will exit the food grid that has been feeding us lies, rubbish and anything, but what it says on the label, apparently.

April

Lemon & Butter Scones - delightful with a cup of herbal tea...