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Cricket Bread – Trace Ramsey
What is Cricket Bread?
Bread made from crickets is a survival food in many places, a staple in others and a disgusting concoction in the "civilized" world. The discussion presented here details how I jump in between each of those cultures, destroying certain pieces as needed.
This is also a discussion about starting a farm, the do-it-yourself lifestyle, being an anarchist and how the interactions I engage in promote community, friendship and mutual aid.
I am a small drip of New Blood in the Old Body...
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Young Farmers in NC
“It was over a long time ago! It’s over, okay? Go home! Your cage is clean.”
Monthly Archives: August 2007
Visit to Black River Organic Farm
Ivanhoe, NC, population 311, doesn’t have much of a downtown scene or a place to get an organic fair trade hot chocolate or even one of those traffic light things, but it does have Black River Organic Farm. The … Continue reading
Posted in food sources, foodshed, foraging
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Sourdough pancakes
One of the first things I did when I started this project was bike down to Stoneground Bakery to ask for a bit of sourdough starter. Their starter has been alive for at least a year and has acquired what … Continue reading
Posted in fermentation, recipes
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Scottish Ale growlers and Duplin County wine
I am hooked on Duplin Burgundy wine. It’s weird. I like warm red wine, not ice cold sort-of pink wine. After an initial encounter with Duplin’s Scuppernong wine, I was confident that my store bought alcohol days were over. Seeing … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, food sources, foodshed
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Meat holiday
When I was vegan, I twice took what folks might call a “meat holiday”. Both occasions involved my grandparents and a meal prepared by them. My grandparents were always deniers and misunderstanders of my vegan diet, and would only prepare … Continue reading
Posted in biographical, food sources
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Spaghetti squash garbage plate
I am originally from Western New York, specifically from the small town of Elba located half way in between Buffalo and Rochester. During college, trips to Rochester usually consisted of either a trip to the mall, a trip to the … Continue reading
Posted in food sources, recipes
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Making sauerkraut
Fermentation is something that I only recently began to appreciate and learn about. Since picking up the books Wild Fermentation and Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning, I have been taking on fermentation projects a few times a week. The … Continue reading
Posted in fermentation, food preservation, recipes
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Cabbage stars
I was trimming red cabbage today at work. It brought back a billion memories of a process that I was part of for five summers in the eighties and early nineties, a process I never really had a need to … Continue reading
Posted in biographical, food sources
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