Food:
First I would like to talk about what I ate YESTERDAY because since I ate so much yesterday I didn't eat that much today- making today's menu rather boring. I don't think that I compensate for overeating one day by undereating the next, but I do find that after a day of major eating I am less hungry.
Yesterday I was in Boston visiting my sister at Northeastern University. For breakfast, I had the pleasure of dining in her freshman dining hall. I forgot how irresistible free, unlimited food can be- even if it isn't all that tasty. I had some pasta in cream sauce with chicken, popcorn chicken, a salad, and an apple. I also took a piece of pizza
but it was too disgusting to consume. Being in the dining hall reminded me of how terrible I am with self-control around so much food. I also think the atmosphere of the dining hall- rushed and crowded- makes for poor eating decision-making.
For lunch I stopped at a rest stop with my car of Colgaters and got two grilled chicken snack wraps from McDonalds and a large coffee. I generally HATE McDonalds but it was slim pickings at the rest stop and I was afraid of falling asleep at the wheel so I just wanted some energy.
When I got back to school, I ate an energy bar and
decided to call it a night with food because I had been treating my body like a wasteland all day. Yet the night was not over for me: some of my sorority sisters called to invite me over for a dinner of homemade mac and cheese. I could not resist and ended up gorging on delicious macaroni and cheese, Caesar salad, and red wine.
Macaroni and cheese is a special food for me. It was one of the staples of my diet both as a child and freshman year when my roommate and I would covet our late-night gossip sessions with easymac. It therefore has associations of home, friendship, and just general deliciousness. Red wine is also one of my favorite social drinks. I began drinking it in Florence when I studied there last Spring and it is one of those things that is best enjoyed with good food and good company.
In other food news, being in Boston this weekend made a variety of great foods available. One night I ate at a fairly expensive restaurant on Tremont with some friends and tried Barramundi- which is a type of fish. One thing that I love about my Blackberry is that I no longer need to feel uneducated when reading fancy menus- I simply wikipedia "Barramundi" and learn that it is a river fish, hermaphroditic, and an iconic table fish in Australia. I stayed on the other side of the globe for my dinner on Sunday night, meeting up with my good friend from home Allie to enjoy some amazing Thai food. Thai food might be my favorite cuisine ever- mostly because it employs peanuts in almost everything.
This is a barramundi:
I went to Price Chopper today and bought some foods that actually involve preparation because I want to learn to cook. I bought chicken, stir-fry things, shrimp, turkey, and ingredients for omelets- we will see how much of this stuff I utilize before it goes bad.
Farm:
The farm was COLD this week, but luckily my parents came up last weekend and brought me some warmer farm clothes. I spent the beginning of the morning with Mary-Charles and Amy collecting a variety of green leafy veggies and feeding the chickens. We got to witness some lovely morning chicken copulation and create laying areas for the hens. We then spent a lot of time doing non-harvesting-work, which shows how much of the farm labor is not always pulling food out of the ground. We carried some crates of food to the farms-shop upstairs and also spend a decent amount of time removing the black garbage-bag-like tarp from the fields. There are about 7 huge 4 foot wide and god-knows-how-long strips of black tarp which were used for the watermelons because watermelon generally does not grow in such a cold climate. The black tarp was put a little under the soil to help it retain heat and stay warm for the watermelons and was really frustrating to try and pull up.
I will write a LOT Thursday to make up for my lack of posting. I am on a diet/exercise routine which started today because I have formal on Saturday and need to fit in a dress, so hopefully my eating will stay healthy!
-Jenna
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