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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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Monthly Archives: September 2007
The new foraging season
It’s officially fall… It is that time of year. Plants are starting to die out in my flower beds. I pulled out the calendula carcasses; the irises and sunflowers are long gone, the mint is disappearing and the … Continue reading
Posted in foraging
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Elba Onion Festival
Elba, NY, population 670 in town, maybe another 600 in the village. A small town by anyone’s measure and the place where I spent my first few school years and every summer until I was 21. I lived in … Continue reading
Posted in biographical
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Assignment: Apple Sauce
Dear Reader – I have an assignment for you and me. We are going to enter the mainstream food waste river, together. We are going to pick a grocery store in our neighborhood, we are going to approach the … Continue reading
Posted in recipes, scavenging
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Jujube fruit and random visits
Wednesday morning is usually when I expect a “random” visit from Belle and John Shisko, an older farming couple who bring me various things like kale, garlic and jalapeno peppers to sell at the store. Originally from Brooklyn, they bought … Continue reading
Posted in food sources, foodshed
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Kudzu blossom jelly
I’ll just say it; kudzu sucks. If you have ever had to pull it out of a field or garden then you know what I mean. Kudzu (Pueraria montana) is the vine that ate the South, and it is really … Continue reading
Posted in food sources, foraging, recipes
5 Comments
Free bin
I have been dipping into the free bin at work quite a bit lately, mostly out of habit. I have also been going through the trash can and the compost buckets as well. In the past, I relied on the … Continue reading
Posted in food sources, scavenging
4 Comments
