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March 15, 2006
eating
We've been going kind of crazy at the health food and natural food stores in the neighborhood.
A couple of days ago, Ben bought organic peanut butter made of nothing but peanuts and salt. There's oil floating on the top of the jar when you open it, because there's no hydrogenation going on. You have to stir it then keep it in the fridge. It is the creamiest, most beautiful, yummiest peanut butter I have ever had. It is a revelation to eat.
Last night, I bought butter and feta.
The butter was imported from Italy, and was made with milk from the cows of the Reggiana region (think Parmigiano Reggiano). It is 84 percent fat, unsalted, uncolored, unflavored pure butter. It's amazing how something so bland can melt so well and be so satisfying.
The feta was made from raw unpasteruized organic goat's milk. It was amazingly salty. I'm not usually crazy about feta -- and I didn't eat much of this stuff -- but I couldn't help but be impressed by its unapologetic feta-ness.
One of the dangers of our new neighborhood is the temptation to buy expensive foods I'd never normally eat, simply for their purity and novelty.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at March 15, 2006 09:04 PM