The hidden hippie within
When I was in high school, always dressed in khakis and a button-down collar like almost every other guy in the school, there lurked under the surface a thought that I would one day have a ponytail and earring. I kept that thought for about 20 years, then finally realized my place in the workforce was not going to think much of that. Now I couldn't have a ponytail even if I wanted it.
But this way of eating has brought back some thoughts of the seventies, when my mother was attempting to bring "hippie" food into a house that loved its meats. She made horrible dishes of bulgur (which we promptly labeled vulgar) and other grains and even made yogurt for a while - without the modern conveniences that make it easily now. Fortunately for all of us (I think - could be debatable), she moved on. The cooking she passed on to me is a passion for making fresh bread and rice krispie treats, and neither recipe is on our current diet.
However, I laughed when I saw this in my morning emails. This is from the Daily Pnut, which got it from the San Francisco Chronicle:
Hippies are all but extinct but we are all hippies (including millennials) now in regards to our diet: “Granola. Whole-wheat bread. Avocado. Yogurt. Honey. Tofu. Brown Rice. “Organic agriculture is now a more than $40 billion business. Most mainstream grocery stores carry whole wheat bread, organic fruits, even wheat germ and carob powder. Hummus and yogurt are childhood staples.”
But this way of eating has brought back some thoughts of the seventies, when my mother was attempting to bring "hippie" food into a house that loved its meats. She made horrible dishes of bulgur (which we promptly labeled vulgar) and other grains and even made yogurt for a while - without the modern conveniences that make it easily now. Fortunately for all of us (I think - could be debatable), she moved on. The cooking she passed on to me is a passion for making fresh bread and rice krispie treats, and neither recipe is on our current diet.
However, I laughed when I saw this in my morning emails. This is from the Daily Pnut, which got it from the San Francisco Chronicle:
Hippies are all but extinct but we are all hippies (including millennials) now in regards to our diet: “Granola. Whole-wheat bread. Avocado. Yogurt. Honey. Tofu. Brown Rice. “Organic agriculture is now a more than $40 billion business. Most mainstream grocery stores carry whole wheat bread, organic fruits, even wheat germ and carob powder. Hummus and yogurt are childhood staples.”
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