Comments on: Just how much crude oil is in that ketchup??? http://dailyoilblog.com/just-how-much-crude-oil-is-in-that-ketchup/ Living in the carbon world Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:43:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Eileen http://dailyoilblog.com/just-how-much-crude-oil-is-in-that-ketchup/#comment-5 Eileen Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:59:17 +0000 http://dailyoilblog.com/just-how-much-crude-oil-is-in-that-ketchup/#comment-5 I still remember my mother talking about growing up in the 1930's, in the heartland of America, when all they had to eat all winter in terms of fresh vegetables were onions and potatoes, and home-canned fruits and vegetables that had been put up during the summer at home. The one orange or tangerine in their Christmas stocking was really a treat back then, as it was the one piece they got all winter. And no, they were not poor, they were some of the most well-off people in the small town where she lived. Her father was a lawyer, and mother a housewife, and they lived in a big house. I remember in the 1970's being the first time we saw fresh seafood in the mid-western states. Previously, you could get fish that had been frozen and thawed. But in the 1970's they started flying it into the interior of America FRESH from California and Louisiana. Amazing what we can get today all over the world. When I first came to my Middle Eastern country, everything was only available seasonally. Artichokes only in winter, broccoli not at all, no lettuce or any green vegetables in summer, certain fruits only for a few weeks. I felt that was a real hardship. But now that REAL supermarkets have opened in my country the past six years, more is becoming available, and at more times of year. Of course, it's all being shipped in from other places, much more than before. Even the local farmers' market has been relocated outside of town, so that means people can only get there by driving in their cars. Recently we have had some power cuts. One was for more than 24 hours in temperatures of 44°C. Our home freezer was melting. The next time I went to the supermarket, I wondered about if THEY had lost power, and if so, if we were buying the food, or how much money the market would lose from everything going bad. Eileen Dedicated Elementary Teacher Overseas elementaryteacher.wordpress.com I still remember my mother talking about growing up in the 1930’s, in the heartland of America, when all they had to eat all winter in terms of fresh vegetables were onions and potatoes, and home-canned fruits and vegetables that had been put up during the summer at home. The one orange or tangerine in their Christmas stocking was really a treat back then, as it was the one piece they got all winter. And no, they were not poor, they were some of the most well-off people in the small town where she lived. Her father was a lawyer, and mother a housewife, and they lived in a big house. I remember in the 1970’s being the first time we saw fresh seafood in the mid-western states. Previously, you could get fish that had been frozen and thawed. But in the 1970’s they started flying it into the interior of America FRESH from California and Louisiana. Amazing what we can get today all over the world.

When I first came to my Middle Eastern country, everything was only available seasonally. Artichokes only in winter, broccoli not at all, no lettuce or any green vegetables in summer, certain fruits only for a few weeks. I felt that was a real hardship. But now that REAL supermarkets have opened in my country the past six years, more is becoming available, and at more times of year. Of course, it’s all being shipped in from other places, much more than before. Even the local farmers’ market has been relocated outside of town, so that means people can only get there by driving in their cars.

Recently we have had some power cuts. One was for more than 24 hours in temperatures of 44°C. Our home freezer was melting. The next time I went to the supermarket, I wondered about if THEY had lost power, and if so, if we were buying the food, or how much money the market would lose from everything going bad.

Eileen
Dedicated Elementary Teacher Overseas
elementaryteacher.wordpress.com

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