Comments on: Weekly Recipe(s): Dinner in a Pumpkin = Therapeutic Cat Food

By: Twinville

Twinville — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:18:00 +0000

What an interesting recipe. I'll have to try it someday.

Personally, though I prefer to not use plastic as much as I can, I like having many of my boxed grains and pastas in plastic...or at the very least a good paper bag inside of the box.

You'll know what I mean if you ever open a box of grain or pasta filled with mealy worms. Ewww.

By: lauren

lauren — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:05:00 +0000

Unrelated to pumpkins, I remember you posted about cutting boards a while back, but I can’t seem to find the post in the archives. Can you email me the link or the name of the best one? Thanks!

By: Stretch Mark Mama

Stretch Mark Mama — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:15:00 +0000

Thanks for the info on BPA! As depressing as it is…at least knowledge is power.

Also…been meaning to say “congrats” for being listed on blogs of note. You deserve it! Lots of hard work goes into your blog!

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:10:00 +0000

I love this idea! A dinner in a pumpkin, so novel! I am huge into recycling and in general being gentle on the earth. Great post!

By: arduous

arduous — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:47:00 +0000

Jeez. I can't believe that there's BPA in canned foods as well. None of the major media outlets have mentioned that though they've made a decent fuss about Nalgene bottles. I thought I was relatively safe with canned goods. (I try not to eat too much canned stuff, but sheesh, what can you do sometimes?)

Blah. Well, I'm just going to be as careful as I can to limit my canned good consumption. And that's just going to have to be good enough. Sigh.

By: CindyW

CindyW — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:23:00 +0000

Yesterday I went to WF to get some grocery and was again stunned to see how much plastic there was – a sea of plastic containers, bottles, wrappers in every aisle. How did we all live before plastic became cheap and popular? Did plastic contribute to our reliance on industrialized packaged food? Will there be an end to the plastic?

By: Burbanmom

Burbanmom — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:28:00 +0000

Thanks for the BPA links, Beth! I guess I’ll be canning my own tomatoes this year… :-)

By: Jessica at Bwlchyrhyd

Jessica at Bwlchyrhyd — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:59:00 +0000

Regarding meat packaged in plastic, even if you shoot it yourself, there are still packaging issues. We raise lambs for our own consumption and when we slaughter a lamb, most of it needs to go in the freezer. I have been unable to find any freezer packaging solutions that don’t involve plastic. Any ideas anybody?