Comments on: [Superstruct] The Hunt for Bread

By: ark2019

ark2019 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:50:47 +0000

Perhaps the cost of wholesale organic flour, yeast, honey, oats, etc maybe worth the prep time in financial savings and knowing what’s in your bread.

Love your wiki entry BTW.

By: Bether

Bether — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:35:52 +0000

I suspect you and I could probably have a really interesting conversation about food…hmm…we may need to engineer that one of these days.

By: irene

irene — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:18:35 +0000

I’ve found several brands at Safeway/Fred Meyer that have no HFCS. Several, in fact, proudly advertise it.

By: Audrey Eschright

Audrey Eschright — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:35:43 +0000

Also: “Sometimes I think food is too complicated and takes too long, but then I remember that, actually, since I don’t spend all day working towards my next meal, I’m doing pretty well.” could easily be a long, interesting conversation in itself. I’ve been pondering that a lot lately too.

By: Audrey Eschright

Audrey Eschright — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:33:33 +0000

Yeah, Dave’s was definitely more than I expected to spend on bread. You’re the second person to mention to me today that that’s the one they buy, so maybe I’ll give it a try at some point. I do frequently spend more to get foods I care about. Right now the biggest chunks of money seem to go toward dairy and wine, and meat every couple of weeks. I guess I need to make friends with dairy farmers and winemakers.

By: Bether

Bether — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:08:19 +0000

I suspect that my favorite bread (Dave’s) falls into the “too expensive for a staple food” category.

I don’t make nearly as much money as you do (I can pretty much guarantee that), but between my food snobbishness and Jeff’s (which is different), a lot of my budget goes towards things like ridiculously expensive foodstuffs. Dave’s bread, the ingredients for homemade granola (which isn’t actually cheaper than bulk manufactured stuff), tea, good ice cream, schmancy cheese…

I find it’s easier to get things like fruits and veggies, which we get mostly from the yards of Portland (including our own), either via friends, our impromptu hippie CSA, or wildcrafting. Since that makes up the bulk of my diet, it’s a good thing that it’s cheap or free. (Food Not Bombs has also historically been a great source for veggies.)

Sometimes I think food is too complicated and takes too long, but then I remember that, actually, since I don’t spend all day working towards my next meal, I’m doing pretty well.