I guess that I've been pickier about my food for awhile now. Ever since China where I was eating fresh, yummy food every day. I'm trying really hard to know where my food comes from and what stuff has been put in it. Many will argue that the advancements we've made in agriculture make things easier and better for both us, the consumers and the farmers but I would have to disagree. I'm scared when I look at a label and don't know what half the ingredients are. No, high fructose corn syrup isn't bad for you in moderation but man, do they ever sneak it into things that you don't expect. So, I'm trying to be as self-sufficient as possible considering I'm living in an apartment. There are the window boxes full of herbs, the garden that was just planted, and now my desire to make tortillas from scratch. It really wasn't that difficult, probably because Sister has a Kitchenaid mixer and though, I didn't get the recipe quite right (the tortillas were more like pie crust.... too much shortening) I'm very much encouraged to try again.
Also, I've been wanting to try my hand at canning too. I remember having a lot of fun canning mountains of produce as a child. I'm sure that my mother has rather different memories but it was fun for me and that's all that matters ;-) I really do prefer homemade jams but buying at the Farmer's Market just isn't possible on my $50 a week budget. So Sister advertised for free berries, rhubarb and produce in Freecycle.com and now we have rhubarb! I picked it yesterday, bought some strawberries that were on sale and voila! We now have lots of strawberry-rhubarb jam! Haven't tasted it yet but I'm sure that it's fantastical :-)
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