Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

Doing falafel this meatless Monday: Most of a bag of chickpeas, 2 onions, one whole bolting parsley plant leaving out really coarse stems but using most of them, 2 T cumin, 1 T coriander, 1 t salt, hot pepper flakes 1/2 t soda, 2 T flour, 2 cloves garlic. Run through food processor (with no electric you could try a meat grinder). (adapted from Joy of Cooking). I soaked the chick peas 3 or 4 days in the frig. Awoke and drowned a bunch of little worms!

Winn-Dixie is getting its dried legumes from an unclean source! They used to say on the package that "This produce is grown in Mother Earth's good soil. If some dirt gets on the beans please wash it off...." I wrote them to point out that Mother E wraps her legumes in nice clean PODS and the dirt was getting on the beans in their careless factory, NOT the fields. They have changed their apology but their beans are still dirty and/or wormy. Is Kroeger any cleaner?

Well, I already do most of this, but...Dig up more lawn! Get a rain barrel! Ohhhhh, that shower thing's going to be tough.

Pledge from Matt M (Part 3):
29: I am going to send my $10 to SOS today. There is also a Chewacla Creek group that I am going to contact.

40: I pledge to have no children for at least a year. New people take up a lot of water.

Pledge from Matt M: (Part1)

I can do nos. 3, 4, 24, 29, and 40 from the list. We do a lot of that stuff anyway, but I'll be specific.

3: I can do this. No problem. An electric toothbrush helps with this, too, although using electricity for the brush = burning coal. One way or another, I won't run the water.

4: I usually do that anyway, but I'll shave only once a week for the next 40 days.

The second meatless Monday is passing easily enough, since I didn't forget it! Last summer's frozen blueberries and oatmeal; Last summer's green chilies and cheese burritos, split pea soup. Saturated with protein but no meat.

Used the last of my rain barrel water today. I need to get more, or do more successful raindancing.