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Thankfully, I've never been starving, but thinking about
this axiom has helped me look at things in a different light.
During the summer, my garden produced dozens of beautiful
turnips, beets, carrots, scallions and tomatillos, plus plenty of dark leafy
greens (kale, mustard, chard, etc.), lettuces, broccoli and other vegetables. I never took this bounty for granted, but I probably wasn't as grateful as I could have been.
Now, as the growing season concludes, a small, ugly turnip
or beet that I pull from the ground is a prized possession. The other day, when
I harvested my last three carrots, I felt a tinge of sadness knowing that
winter is on the horizon. Yet, this was countered by the knowledge that I will
savor every bite of these three carrots, something that I may not have been wont to do
while eating summer's seemingly endless supply.
"It's not stale bread if you are starving."
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1 comment:
You are so right about this. And, it goes to your post awhile back about the needless waste that is tolerated when it comes to our food. Last night we had turnips, but only three. Not so many, really, but with a short soak in cold water, the greens were revivable. So we steamed them to go along with the roasted roots and enjoyed something savory and complete. In the past, perhaps we would have discarded them.
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