tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050818856871730000.post2634965605992796553..comments2023-10-19T02:19:21.597-07:00Comments on Cousin Yellowstone's Recital of Recyclables: An update on my New Year's resolutions and other efforts to be greenerCousin Yellowstonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15738922942945629088noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050818856871730000.post-52996809472731853542009-01-31T13:19:00.000-08:002009-01-31T13:19:00.000-08:00Danielle, thanks for all the suggestions. They're ...Danielle, thanks for all the suggestions. They're all good, but the one that really made a light bulb appear above my head is the suggestion to buy flour from a local farm. I can't see myself doing much baking as long as I live in my current home, because the kitchen is so inadequate. However, reading your suggestion made me think about a farmer at the farmer's market who is as anti-plastic as you and me. I suspect he could use some extra income to compensate for the customers he's lost by refusing to hand out plastic bags with the produce he sells at the farmer's market, and baking bread might be a way for him to combine earning money with campaigning against plastic. When the farmer's market reopens, I'll suggest to him that he consider baking and selling bread.<BR/><BR/>If I do buy intact loaves from the farmer, one thing I definitely need to do is improve my bread slicing skills. When I've tried slicing bread before, my clumsy efforts have resulted in slices too thick for the toaster. I wish I understood how I can be competent in other areas of manual dexterity while being such a loser in the kitchen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050818856871730000.post-741832839140619112009-01-30T22:32:00.000-08:002009-01-30T22:32:00.000-08:00I know, I know. I definitely have it easy in a lot...I know, I know. I definitely have it easy in a lot of ways. Win-Co has been an excellent resource for me, as has having a co-op nearby. <BR/><BR/>I read about this thing called "community cooking." A bunch of people team up and "power cook" on the weekends or something, and then taking servings home to freeze or whatever. The benefit to this is that you can buy items in much larger quantities, and thus reduce packaging. <BR/><BR/>There are also CSAs that you can consider. <BR/><BR/>Lastly, have you looked around for farms that you can buy from directly? Could be that you could buy flour directly from them and bake your own bread. You just don't understand how cooking-impaired I am: if I can do it, anyone can.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210396811492959083noreply@blogger.com