Not wanting "organic" bread

[shootingstar]

I don't think the comment about fruit loops was directed at this thread, but more at shooting star being glared at by the phillipino woman after telling her that organic bread was healthy.

Folks like Oakleaf, GLC, others here on TE etc. should be commended for cultivating their own food gardens, etc. When I first met my partner, who just was in the process of selling his farm, I didn't quite understand his dedication to shop local, visit farmers' markets at home and on trips..but realizing quickly just how much physical labour and time is required to raise one's own food (plants, animals, etc.), I've become a shopper that is more alert, not necessarily "pure" in my food buying habits since I still would like to eat bananas, mangoes and other whole foods that can't be grown in our climate.

My comment to the Filipino woman was quite impulsive and off-the cuff. It was probably the first time I ever said anything to anyone in a food store lineup about their purchases/desires. Otherwise I just look at people's shopping carts and baskets out of curiosity --non-plussed, bored, appalled or amazed, depending on what is in there.

Can I be allowed to be human and have contradictions? After all, I was lining up to buy my chocolate biscotti and a loaf of rosemary olive oil bread from same bakery? I have no guilt, at least the bakery makes their own biscotti which is more delicate and lighter tasting than other biscotti at other places.

Will I serve soft drinks at my home? If you visit our home, most likely not. Neither he nor I like soft drinks hence, we don't stock up on the stuff. We have limited space at home. But we have juice, wine, etc.

Catriona: I forgot about the colonial French influence on the Vietnamese baguette sandwiches. Now if they served real meat slices, instead of the over-processed meat in those sandwiches, I would eat the stuff more often. To me, the Asian-style processed meat tastes even more artifical and gross than some of the European style processed meat (ie. baloney, etc.).