Warmer days? Are they coming or not? It seems we get a couple warm days, then we get a couple really cold days with snow and sleet. But the days are getting longer. The calendar says they are coming. So we will assume they are.
This upcoming weekend we have pudding and snack cakes. And next weekend we have snickerdoodles and something that is appearing on the weekly menu for the first time: berry fools.
These berry fools are especially yummy fruity desserts, and I think they will be perfect for the warmer days that I assume will be more frequent two weekends from now.
This week is National Agriculture Week. Now, I'm not really sure who designates weeks or days as "national this-or-that", so I don't know exactly why it's National Agriculture Week. But it is certainly worth noting because our food supply chain is so important and vital to us. Many years ago, one would go into a grocery store and find vastly less produce and only that which was in season. But in the modern age, all year long, we find bananas and kiwis and berries and apples, long after harvesting is done or coming from long-far-away places. And we have an abundance of rice and wheat and corn and vegetables of all types.
Our food supply chain is a modern miracle. It makes our lives so much nicer because of the diversity of foods and flavors and nutritional content that we have available to us all year long. It is a fragile thing that we must always work to ensure is in place and for which we must rely on inspectors and regulators to maintain safety and hygiene with respect to production and distribution.
So for all the farmers and ranchers and harvesters out there who give us this abundant food supply, let's all say a warm "thank you." And for those who are in places where this abundant food supply is not available, let's hope that governments and social services can find ways to improve access to this amazing food supply chain that we have built through decades of hard work.
Have a great week, everyone!
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