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Margaret Hochla
El Reno, Oklahoma
I have been married for 27 years to Victor and have 4 children. The two girls and two boys range in age from 25-10 years. We are pleased to still have one grandparent from each side of the family ... More about Margaret
Sareen Dunleavy-Keenan
Minneapolis, Minnesota
I live in Minneapolis, in 1.5 story craftsman bungalow with beautiful woodwork, but a tiny lot. Sharing this space is my husband Brendan, 'baby' (5/07) and 'new baby' who is expected to join the fold in August. More about Sareen
Gina Keenan-Klages
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
My name is Gina, and my husband's name is Patrick. We have three children, ranging in ages from 1 to 5 years. Our household also includes my mother, who is living with us from September to May. More about Gina
Donna McClurkan
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Early January may seem an inauspicious time to begin an "eat local" project in Southwest Michigan. As if to underscore that point, nearly a foot of snow fell in Kalamazoo on January 3. More about Donna
Cher Stuewe-Portnoff
St Louis, Missouri
My first father-in-law taught me to garden in the mid-1960s. Over the next few years, with a family of five to feed, I read everything I could find about nutrition ... More about Cher
Vera Schabicki
Ashland, Mississippi
Four years ago my five children, one husband, two dogs, one cat and I moved to the rural South from a large northern California city. We went from .12 acres to a rambling 57 acres. More about Vera
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Hoarding
Posted at 2:30 PM on July 5, 2008 by Sareen Dunleavy Keenan
Do you find yourself walking by a good deal and just feeling like you need to fill your cart with whatever is on offer? I do. If I also have a coupon, forget it. We will be eating that item from here until December if we have to. I am was a hoarder. I say was because I have been so much better since becoming a locavore. I didn't go to the grocery store, I didn't see those loss leaders, I didn't even have coupons.
But, personalities being what they are, I guess getting rid of my hoarding ways for good just wasn't meant to be that easy. Sure, I can resist buying 15 boxes of sugar cereal when my family doesn't eat one, but when I see that "made in Minnesota" sticker, I go CRAZY.
Apparently I remember all to well what winter was like with the parsnips and the turnips. I guess I have been waiting for spring but now I fear the bounty of summer. Our fridge had so many options this week including zucchini, strawberries, turnips, radishes, spinach, baby bok choy, lettuce, onions... I mean the local gardens must have exploded with wonderful food, and I don't expect the variety to drop for at least 8 weeks. I just could not show moderation at the market or the produce store. I had to get all of those veggies. Now, I need to eat like a crazy person so that the food doesn't go to waste. How silly.
Because this is all local and produce being as time sensitive as it is, I need to find a way to resist the stickers and labels and learn the same discipline that has kept the processed foods out of my cart. I need to not hoard things. Either that or try to find a way to find the time to freeze and/or can it. I will put Brendan on the task. While he is boiling the wort for brewing, he could also put together a ragu to be canned... perhaps.
I remain optimistic that two babies won't get in the way of the good work we have done with eating and preserving whole foods... will they?! *grin* Four weeks to go until new baby!