Breaking Up With Your Garden, Is Hard.

Posted by Jared on September 3rd, 2010
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Dear Garden,

It’s not you, it’s me. It would probably be better for the both of us if we went our separate ways.

Sincerely,

Jared

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Please look at the picture on your left. If you’re directionally challenged, it’ll be to the right. See all those peppers? Those came from my garden. Jealous? You shouldn’t be. I would have posted the picture of my tomatoes, but that would make you vomit.

My garden and I have a love hate relationship. I love it. It hates me. This is not good for our long term status. It’s like that lost dog who wandered into your yard. Deep down you want to keep it, but deep down you hope that it runs away to your neighbor’s house; preferably the one that didn’t let you borrow his lawnmower. That’s how I feel with my garden. I love it, but secretly wish a small meteor would rain down and take out my garden around the first week of August. I’ve had enough.

Please refer to the picture on the left again… or right. Your choice. Just make sure it’s the one with all the peppers in it. I forgot to mention that the picture is only 1/4th of the amount I actually picked. 300 are still on the plant. This is my fourth cycle of peppers I have picked this year…. I’ve actually ran out of canning supplies. Don’t even get me started on tomatoes. I have enough tomatoes to feed the entire city of Parma. The point is, I can’t eat anymore vegetables. I’ve had enough. It’s like Chinese water torture. At first you can take it… then after 4 weeks of eating the same thing over and over, you just want something different… like bread. I wish you could grow bread in a garden…. or pasta. The world would definitely be a better place.

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Punjab Eggplant.

Posted by Jared on August 20th, 2010
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I have a garden. In this garden, I planted WAY too many vegetables… because of that, I have 8 eggplant sitting in my fridge. Tonight, I shall conquer them by attempting to make Punjabi Eggplant.

This will be my first time making an authentic Indian dish. After tonight, I could be labeled a cooking genius. Only time will tell. I’ll keep you posted on how it went, or if we ordered pizza.

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The 3/50 Project – Why It Matters.

Posted by Jared on August 18th, 2010
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I read numerous articles on food daily. Some are quite interesting, others… well, not so much. Many of these articles have ideas that can help change a community, make it stronger, healthier, and more in touch with where your food comes from. Other articles just like to tell you what foods cause cancer, or what foods make you fat. As far as I know, blueberries cure cancer, malaria, the common cold, help your digestive system, cause divorce rates in America to double, and cause people to acquire Ebola. The last part I made up, but you’d probably believe me if MSN wrote it.

Introducing the 3/50 Project. An idea, that really isn’t an idea… more so, a way of life. It’s something that you should have been aware of, but weren’t. It’s an idea so simple, so minute in detail, that you never would have thought of it. Take the pet rock as an example. In fact, I’m petting my pet rock as I type this. Impressed?

The 3/50 Project is simple. Let’s start with the 3. Pick 3 locally owned businesses. No, Walmart and Target don’t count. If those 3 local store were gone, would you miss them? If so… then stop in, say hello, and support these businesses. You are the reason these businesses are still here.

Moving on to the 50. If 1/2 of the employed population spent $50.00 each month at locally owned businesses, it would generate more than $42.6 billion in revenue. For every $100.00 spent in locally owned independent stores, $68.00 returns to the community through taxes, payroll, and other expenditures. If you spend it at a national chain, only $43.00 stays local.

Now, I’m not a genius… but I’m pretty sure that America was built on local businesses and communities. This idea brings everything back full circle. We as consumers need to start helping others. The end to this recession starts with you. It starts by giving back to community, and it starts by supporting local businesses that actually care.

If you’d like to know more about the 3/50 project, please visit their website here: http://www.the350project.net

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Reading This Post, Raises Your IQ… Maybe.

Posted by Jared on August 16th, 2010
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I’m going to apologize. Apologize for not making you smarter about food for quite some time. I told you this blog was going to be a roller coaster, and surprise; you just paid $5.00 for a culinary adventure that you never got to enjoy. Ok, you never actually paid, but we’ll talk about you giving me money at a later date.

This is my promise to you: I will change this whole “not blogging thing!” How you might ask? Well, I’m going to make this a habit… for YOU. I’ve received hundreds of e-mails in the past month wondering where I’ve been, what I’ve been doing, and why I haven’t posted. Ok, I’m lying. It was just my mother. She always told me that I had a tendency to start things and then not finish. She used the rocketship I started to build in 1982 as an example. I told her I finished it, and quickly destroyed it so the US government wouldn’t steal my ideas. Three months later the Roswell crash happened. Coincidence? Maybe. Anyway, she never believed me. That’s why I have to finish this blog.

That’s why I have to post, and comment, and love, and eat, and travel, and… well, you get the picture. I want to prove my mother wrong. I also want to make you, the reader, the smarterest person in the world. (please don’t write me e-mails saying that smarterest’ isn’t a word. I know its not.)

Okay baby birds… I’m going to feed you. Don’t think I’m going to stand here… errr, sit here and let my blog die a slow death. By the way, random note of 2010: Who types standing up? Really? If you’re reading this, or you plan on writing an e-mail later…. and you’re going to stand up while typing, sit down. Just try it. For me. Please. It’s much more enjoyable, ergonomically correct if you will. Anyway, I digress.

The reason as to why I haven’t been posting lately, is because I’ve been busy. Yes. I have been way too busy to do any kind of recreational fun. The good news is, I have a lot to type/talk about. Most of the new topics will include, but are not limited to: travel, my garden, more recipes, drinking, and crocodiles. Not so much the latter part. I just wanted you to kinda say to yourself, “whaaa??”. This is me building you up, just to bring you down.

So sit back, and enjoy the ride. Visit often, and don’t forget to tell a friend. We here at jaredeatsworld play the friend game. You tell a friend, than I steal your friend for enjoyment… then give them right back. Don’t worry, I have way better legos and G.I. Joes than you do. If you want to keep friends, purchase better toys!

Thanks for staying tuned in! I’ll post an actual food related blog tomorrow!

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