Virtues of Humanity....

It seems to me that society has lost sight of what humanity really is. Sadly, the Government controlling our nation has completely and totally lost sight of humanity. In fact, I don't even think they're humans. They must be something else.

I'm not going to name any names, but I have a couple of people in my life that work for CERTAIN Government agencies. Two different ones to be exact. One of them, has been working for nearly 20 years and has recently gotten their company vehicle taken away (to cut costs). This angers me. It angers me because on the flip side, you have another agency that goes above and beyond to NOT CUT COSTS. It's the little things that matter here. Plane tickets, hotel rooms, fancy dinners....all on the struggling Government dime. What a joke. Can we only wish for responsible players? Are there too many ins and outs to comprehend? Here's an idea. How about getting everyone on the same page and start saving money in the areas that make a difference instead of where it hurts people?

Thank you.

Venison....and a grass-fed diet!

I mentioned before that our good friends gave us a bag of venison from one of their hunts. Did I mention how delightful it's been to have such fresh, lean, natural meat on hand? I would eat venison every night if I could. All of this, but I'm not a hunter. I doubt I could ever do it. I'm seriously considering it, though. We're running low on meat and I even resorted to buying hamburger from the grocery store. We don't have fresh, local, grass-fed options out here either. Yet.

UPDATE: I will never, ever buy ground beef from an unknown source again. After watching Michael Pollan on Oprah the other day, I am now informed that the hamburger on the shelves in grocery stores is meat from 1000-5000 different cows. I had no idea. Talk about not knowing where your meat comes from.

This brings me to my next issue. My husband and I are working on a business plan (it's looking really good, so far) to bring grass-fed meats to our local community. After reading articles like THIS I am reminded how important it is for us to know where our foods are coming from. More on this topic later as our business plan comes together.

I got some organic sweet potatoes (they were little, like fingerlings) in my Bountiful Basket last week. I peeled and chopped them into chunks. Into the slow-cooker they went. Along with a turnip, jalapeno, gray squash, celery, onion and pan-seared, marinated venison. A little barley, and voila! It was delicious and I plan on doing it again. None of my recipes ever turn out the same. Just improved from the time before.