Originally Posted by
squark
idk, I eat what I eat. Sometimes when I'm out working in my garden, my diet just consists of whatever I happen to pick and eat raw. . . tomatoes, okra, zucchini, cucumbers, or whenever I pick a watermelon, cantaloupe or honeydew, corn etc. if I pick a lot then I don't eat much else. I recently got a new smoker/grill, so I smoked a brisket, and had that for dinner with wine and a spinach salad. Smoked brisket is very nice, it turned out great if I do say so myself. Smoked with hickory and very flavorful. I generally make my own wine but this was store-bought. I have some years many blackberries, other years plums growing wild on my property (I have 10 acres) and they usually don't overlap. A good blackberry year is often a bad plum year and vv. Got lots of peaches this year, but just ate them as I only have one peach tree, rather than making wine. There wouldn't have been enough, and I'd rather just eat fresh peaches anyway. My persimmon wine eh, I'm going to experiment more with different yeasts, as I'm not satisfied yet and it's really more of cider material than wine material. Blackberries though make excellent wine.
My chickens have just started laying. I got some chicks this year, and they are just now getting to laying age, and so far only one has started laying. I typically free-range them, but will probably keep them cooped up for a little while as they start laying to make sure they lay in the nests and not out in the bushes somewhere. I currently have people living with me, but when I'm by myself I am good on one large meal a day, around 10am. I typically get up around 6 or a little before, so that's mid-morning. Steak and eggs and salad, maybe some other veggies will easily hold me through a day. I don't eat much bread because I can't eat wheat/rye/barley anything with gluten. I tend to use masa harina for bread sorts of things. Sometimes I eat it plain with milk and honey as a kind of gruel. And I generally have tortillas around for soft tacos or quesadillas. I have quite a few pecan trees, so those are always available, and I also like almonds and walnuts for snacks. I also really like dried fruits, particularly apricots and dates. And cheeses of all sorts. I usually prefer tea over coffee, and drink plain unsweetened iced tea throughout the day or hot black tea with milk and honey. On weekends I might sleep in and make myself a latte with brunch instead.