LIving in a quaint little college town is wonderful. But there are advantages and disadvantages as there is every where.
Advantages are getting out of the house for a glass of wine with a friend at a local bar and having the Swinging Gates from Colgate pop in for a spur of the moment practice. Darn. No camera on hand for that. But there they stood in a half moon circle in Nichols and Beal one snowy cold night. 12 of more lovely young beautiful girls most of them dressed to the nines in perfect acappella harmony. Another adavantage is being able to go to Colgate for art shows and music concerts which are only 7 miles down the road. I don't have to drive 5 hours to New York City to get a little culture. Hamilton has a fine mix of culture right here.
One disadvantage though is grocery shopping! I popped in to the local Grand Union for jar of sun roasted tomatoes and they wanted $6.99 for a four ounce jar! There probably wasn't one tomato in the jar! Who ever prices these products should be arrested! So I bought my own vine ripened tomatoes and slow roasted them in the oven. Just slice the tomatoes. Toss them in extra virgin olive oil. Salt and Pepper them and put them in the oven at 200 degrees for 4 hours.
Homework lesson for this summer's tomatoes is to sun dry my own. I'm also gonna look into buying a Food Dehydrator.
Another expensive products around town in the health food stores and coffee houses are these bottled green tea and organic juices. Sure they are good for you but spending 3 dollars on one 24 fluid ounce bottle is ridiculas Give it up!
And the thought of all these glass and plastic bottle in landfills just turns my stomach! Not every state recycles!
I learned that visiting family in Ocean City Maryland where beaches and beers go well together.
So pretty much everyday I make two pots of tea. A pot of regular Liptons black tea. And a pot of green tea.
I'm not big on the taste of green tea but it sure does taste good with a shot or two of Northlands Pomegranate Cranberry all natural no sugar added! In the summer I'll make a whole pitcher of it. My tall tea pot holds about 5 cups of water so I use about 3 tea bags. Then after seeping when ever I get thirsty I just grab a glass of ice. Pour about 3/4's of the glass with green and top it off with a good antioxidant juice! Lots cheaper than buying a case of individual bottles thats for sure!
Oh and watching one of the Food Network shows I realized there were two kitchen utensils that I didn't have in my ten year kitchen! A hand held parmesan cheese grater and a fruit juicer thing! How did I live with out these!
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