Day 63: Spinach Bolani (is a Repeat--But Popeye Approves)

Spinach Bolani

Status: Bought from farmer's market

Satisfaction: 7. Usually amazing, but by itself rather dry.

Associated with: Popeye the Sailor

Okay, I confess criminal repetition--but really, a girl can't eat something different every single day! At any rate, without the extra sides to distract me, the bolani really stole the show for lunch today. And as Popeye the Sailor would say, "I yam what I yam!" Or, "I spinach what I spinach!" You can never have too much.

Day 39: Bolani and Assorted Dips (All You Harvest Moon Players Know What I'm Talking About)

Bolani and Assorted Dips

Status: Farmer's Market

Satisfaction: 10.

Associated with: Harvest Moon

I have a fatal obsession with this game. For those of you who haven't played it before and are thinking to yourselves, "It looks like a game where you'd freakin' farm all day or something"--you have no idea how right you are. And what's more, you have no way of possibly imagining just how addicting it can be to water corn and milk cows all day. So let me tell you: it's super addicting. Deathly addicting, really.

I also love farmer's markets. Okay, so I realize that the vendors at farmer's markets don't necessarily sit around all day sowing little tomato seeds and picking apples and stuff (my friend and I make it a weekly thing to buy from our regulars--the bolani man or the pita yogurt man), but let me have my romantic visions and I won't ask about yours. And really, who cares what I'm thinking as long as I'm supporting local farming and food, right?

(PS this is probably the first time in my life I've ever become a "regular" anywhere. So in addition to feeling like I'm rallying behind all my farmer folks and whatnot, I also feel like I'm in a really cheesy Hollywood film. Needless to say, it's kind of a nice feeling.)