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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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Author Archives: Trace
Is that your baby?
Two weeks ago Kristin and I welcomed Tennessee Lynn into our lives. It was a long wait, but it was all worth it:
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Time gets away
There are lists and then there are lists of lists and piles of those lists of lists. One item is crossed off while three others are added. As we enter week 39 of pregnancy, I am somewhat relieved that we … Continue reading
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Return of the Snapshot
Kristin and I went to Wilmington last weekend to see friends and have a baby party. We stayed with Kristin’s parents, and during the stay I was able to look through a couple hundred old photos (out of thousands) of … Continue reading
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Up the bees
A bit of early spring weather has flowers popping up all over the yard. The purple crocuses are moving into their fifth week up and about, while the daffodils are threatening to pop. All over town there are signs of … Continue reading
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Tree planting
Kate and Keith gave us an apple tree that was left over from last year’s workshops. It sat on the porch for a bit, waiting for a nice day for a planting. We also had a few fig trees in … Continue reading
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Out with it
2011 came with some pretty high expectations. We were going to build our straw-bale house, expand the garden, think about having a kid. With the implosion of goal number one and the realization that we were becoming outcasts on our … Continue reading
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Lard pie crust
We have a lot of rendered lard in the freezer,and by “a lot” I mean quarts and quarts and quarts of it. I have used the lard a few times in biscuits, but it just doesn’t seem to go away … Continue reading
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The urban wheelbarrow
So here we are here, back to the city, back to the highway noise and police sirens and curbside trash pickup. What do we do now? For starters, how about dig up a piece of the yard for the new … Continue reading
Posted in Durham, food sources, house
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Baby Ginger
Last Winter I went to a ginger growing workshop presented by Debbie Roos from the Chatham County Extension. At the end of the workshop, everyone was handed a paper bag full of ginger seed pieces. After a few months of … Continue reading
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Intro to Documentary Studies
For the last nine Saturdays I have attended my second class at the Center for Documentary Studies here in Durham. The class is one of only two required courses in the certificate program. It is titled, appropriately, Introductory Seminar in … Continue reading
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