The best drink on earthEverywhere you look there’s Bio here, Bio there. Last year, Germans doled out more than 4 Billion Euro for ecologically produced groceries. Apparently that’s 15% more dough than in 2004 (source: deutschperfekt 9/06). Germany is Bio Bananas.
Back in the States, Bio foods are called organic foods. Yet similarly in the States, it was just awhile back that organic foods were only found in specialty markets. It wasn’t until 1998 that the first of many ‘Bio-Supermarkets’ opened in Germany. Organic just seemed to come out of nowhere. Aren’t all foods from living organisms, what’s with the name? But now there’s a distinction between those foods that use fertilizers or pesticides that are strictly of animal or vegetable origin and those that don’t. But I’m not sure if that’s a universal definition. Bio is still a vague label to me.
I remember back in 2000, my first encounter with an organic supermarket of unusual size was in Charlottesville, Virginia called, Whole Foods. I decided to try my hand at organic bacon and was sorely disappointed. That down-home, vein-clogging euphoria just wasn’t there despite the ever presence in the grease factor. Bacon needs nitrates, salts, sugar, and spices. Organic bacon ought to be sacrilegious. Which brings me to my point. Why do we even need unhealthy foods to be healthy with organic production?
This goes for cookies or crackers. The very nature of a cookie is a splurge and indulgence. It’s a waste of good wholesome organic spelt, wheat, cane sugar. Organic junk food will never compete in flavor against their enriched flour, partially hydrogenated oil, corn syrup counterparts. Why torture ourselves with a wholegrain, lightly sweetened cardboard cut-out of a cookie? The aftertaste of these Organic Wholegrain Chocolate Biscuits is like soggy Grapenuts cereal. And there was no hint of chocolate to be found in not one cookie, yet those brown specks are chocolate, right? Uh huh, they are good for you because really -you CAN eat just one.
Yeah sure I could just avoid these yumyum impostors and go straight for a Girlscout Thin Mint or Samoas (if only they had these here:’(). But I’m easily seduced by the very thought that I could have my cake and eat it too. There are some things that can’t be compromised. So better take the stairs with a Little Debbie in hand instead scowling over a bag of bio-Gebäck.
But sometimes I hit gold, like with these tasty spelt crackers with bear’s garlic and Parmesan. It’s not a Trisket, but it will pass. My all-time favorite drink above any is Bionade (pronounced Bio-nah-da, not like Koolaid, Lemonade, or Gatorade), just slightly beating out an ice cold IBC Creme Soda, it’s that good.
Maybe you can tell that I’ve got American food on my mind. Just one month left until The Gorge (Krispy Kreme and Smelly Belly, oooh). Don’t get me wrong I use my fair share of organic vegetables and fruits because they taste better. I especially like using the organic powdered broth and sauce starters. They contain no MSG or E numbers. However, I don’t see myself as a Bio/Organic consumer elitist especially when I don’t even know what these trendy names really mean.
I know what it is. Your having Thanksgiving pains. Your thinking about all the food that’ll be served here tomorrow and it’s making your tastebuds a little homesick.
It’s either that or you have a bad case of the munchies! LOL
@ Maribeth: Hehe, I think you’re right I’ve got the munchies. :jittery:
props to you for making a turkey dinner! i’m am soooo full, and i told myself i wouldnt. but how could i pass on homemade bread stuffing, not hte stuff from a box but actual slices of bread cooked in the turkey?
now that organic is the thing (even supertarget is carrying organic produce), the next big trend here is non-genetically engineered foods. about 75% of our soybeans and some % of our wheat are modified to resist harsh temps or whatever.
global pessimists fear a pandemic allergy or destroyed crop and people starving. fine, i’ll just stick to my potted meat. :tongue1: but wait, what will the pigs eat?…
i personally love organic cookies, but not the thin ones you show above. the big, thick moist ones, usually with the same amount of sugar from fig or date paste. yum. and the baked cheetos, i can eat half the bag like usual, but with only half the worries
have a great weekend. i’m grateful to have you as a friend too. cheers!
ps – im def going camping, just not sure which day(s). paul and the doggies are a maybe. are dogs allowed?
Those food cravings can sure be hard to handle…and to resist
i likeee the new layout :thumbup: color scheme to go with winter?
Hey, I step away from reading blogs for a week and you have this nice new template and a bunch of posts. I’ll have to catch up on the rest when I have a minute. The world of blogs waits for no one!
Regarding organic/bio foods though, here in California we’re very organic-crazy. Organic-certified food is supposed to be grown free of any chemicals, whether it be pesticides, growth hormones, or the like.