I wonder if I could brown bag my lunch for five days in a row? I wonder if I could brown bag (Gulp) a decent lunch for five days in a row? Not very glamorous I know but Sara Dickerman wrote an article, Can It, in Slate on the new "fad" of canning food. (I know what the hell huh. I hate it when stuff I think is cool is actually cool.) It raises this question for me.
But don't be fooled: Along with independence there is plenty of self-congratulation. These culinary trophies are emblematic of a project-based food relationship that we urban food junkies are prone to indulge these days: athletic all-weekend bouts of cheesemaking, or bacon curing, or jam and pickle making are so much more bloggable and boastworthy than making a decent brown-bag lunch five days in a row...
Ouch. That cuts deep. I honestly may have met my match with this challenge. I don't think I can go BB all the way. I can pile garbage and butcher meat and run around in a loin clothe through the wild woods with a sinew-backed longbow but pack my own lunch to work every day? It's a bit terrifying. We'll see come Monday.
We better get some groceries this weekend then? Does walmart food make decent lunches?
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