General Discussion

Holy Week, to be exact, or Great and Holy Week as my Coptic brothers and sisters put it, so food for the most part has been cheap---beans, pasta, eggs, cheese. After that, I have a freezer full of meat, and we tend to eat seasonal, fresh, and local for the most part.

On that note, we were ecstatic to hear that our local farm stand, which closed last fall due to the sale of the farm, has opened for business as of this past Monday. I didn't go then because I knew it would be crazy, but I do plan to go tomorrow and load up for next week, which, in Orthodox parlance is Bright Week, when fasting is actually forbidden. We all tend to go a little crazy that week, with resulting indigestion after 6 weeks of fasting, but fresh local veggies should help.