September 27, 2012
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Halfway! Day 15
Soak a bunch of beans, cook a bunch of rice, put it into Tupperware and eat it until it is gone. It has become pretty familiar now (HALF WAY HOME!). When I am lazy, I will eat cold beans with spreadable cheese and make a rice smoothie. When I have the energy, I have a whole list of ideas that I can make.
Most recent success story: ginger. I am pretty sure anything with fresh ginger is pretty great, but ginger, green onions, an egg, peas, rice, and soy sauce: yum. Not bragging; but I haven’t under or overcooked the beans or rice in quite a while. I take pride in this. Unexpected want: bubble gum. I don’t even chew it often, but I have been craving bubble gum lately. Something to just chew that is easy and flavorful and I can have RIGHT NOW.
My difficulty with the rice and beans experiment is not the lack of variety, or even getting tired of it: what makes it hard is time and motivation. When I put limits on myself (only food with rice and beans), it is harder to put together a tasty meal. Can it be done? Yes. Will I do it? About 40% of the time.
Time + Resources + Motivation + Creativity = Tasty Meal. How often do those four things line up for someone in poverty?
