Monthly Archives: May 2010
The Pie Goes Viral (or, “The Southern Urban Forager, Part the Second”)
We now speak of it reverently in hushed tones as The Pie. The Pie is the boss of me, and I do not worship alone. Continue reading
Filed under Community and Citizenship, Feasting, Foraging
Strawberry Fields Forever
Good strawberry growing advice sometimes sounds a little bloody and violent: “Kill the mother.” “Pinch the babies.” Continue reading
Filed under Feasting, Gardening, Putting Up
Poke Sallet Granny (or, “The Southern Urban Forager”)
There’s no fool like a southern fool waxing nostalgic for her dead granny’s weird cooking. Continue reading
Meat
We modern carnivores don’t want to see, don’t want to know about that moment when a creature’s throat is cut, or when a body shudders in death throes, or when the eyes cloud over. We don’t want to know about plucking or flaying or bleeding out or viscera. What we want to know is cellophane-wrapped protein that is completely disconnected from its life source — cold and bloodless with no resemblance to an actual animal. Continue reading
Filed under Feasting, Flockkeeping, Making things
