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I have to admit to being a bit proletarian in my drinking habits. I
rarely go above $5/btl. As long as the wine has no faults of commission,
I can forgive faults of omission (like fruit). We are seasonal drinkers,
mostly whites during the summer, and red during the winter. The Chilean
Chardonnay fits that bill perfectly.

I really like German whites because they often are 6% - 9% alc. as
opposed to the Robert Parker "craze" in Cailfornia, to have them soft
and 14% - 16% alc. They make nice sipping wines, but not really anything
I would want to go with food.

We usually split a stout after dinner (Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout from
the Anderson Valley Brewing Co), otherwise it is German, Czeck, or
microbrewery.

No rhyme or reason with the seeds. They are just there to accompany the
dandelion and sorrel that we add to the standard salad compose that we
concoct. IIRC the only one of value is the sesame, but it needs to be
chewed.

Otherwise, I nibble on our hawthorn, and blueberry leaves, and drink
Prunella laced water.

We are still trying to eat less red meat (no good consistent source of
grass finished meat), which means that it usually ends up as a
condiment. Just about completely done with white flour and rice
(croissants are my last frontier). I have a crop of potatoes just about
to come in, but it may be my last.

But it does raise a question, that if meat is good, and grain is bad,
how are we going to feed 9 billion people in 40 years?