Foraging for Food

Finding edible gluten free products that don't make you weep at the cost seems impossible. It doesn't really make sense to me since I can't imagine soy, millet or rice costs that much more than wheat. Heck, soy is subsidized by the government. Shouldn't that make it cheaper? Is the effort it takes to think outside of wheat what is doubling or tripling the cost of flour mix? It seems wrong. I keep looking for a farmer's market or natural food store to have bulk GF (Gluten Free) flour mix or even just products that I can afford on our income. The problem with these venues is they keep upping the ante. They can't just have gluten free products. They have to be organic and dairy free and nut free and vegitarian and vegan and every other possible thing free. STOP! I just want it to be gluten free. How hard can that be. The best I have found so far has not been a specialty store or even a very health conscious seeming store. It has been a local chain called Macey's. I was suprised how this 3 store mainstream grocery chain had such a great selection and even some items that were priced almost the same as regular food. It makes me happy. I actually could affort chocolate chip cookies. They felt like sand going down but they tasted all the same and that is all that mattered.

Today I am trying out a new farmer's market in the hopes of finding some local suppliers but I don't have high hopes. I would really love to be a locavore http://www.locavorenetwork.com but they are making it hard on me. Cross your fingers this will be the day.

6/17 Scheduled run 1.5 miles

I think I am going to have to run in the rain. I don't want to but I think I must. All this rain and cool weather makes me seriously doubt global warming is real. It certainly isn't real here. And what's with the rain in the desert anyway. I could have gotten this weather staying in Illinois.