Hey!
Today was extremely exhausting, not physically but mentally! Ok, that is nothing related to that blog:i just wanted to share... In the beginning everything seemed soooo dark and at the end i became myself again. i m not going to tell you what happened (do not think that you ll be intereted in), but i would like to say that it is never pure black or white! Thanks God, i m mostly seeing 'white' part :)
It is the same with environmental issues: As i told you, about organic foods,the easiest way would be to sell them in super markets but for higher price. May be i am overestimating that, may be it is only in İstanbul but as soon as they will be in the supermarkets there will be less people to buy from open markets. Then, less demand means, less production. That circle seems endless.(Do not dare to say it already is!!:)
Btw, i d like to say you one more thing, and i ll let you go.(Again do not dare to say you already did!!:) For the last few days, here is clod like hell!! (Do not dare to say the hell is 'hot'!!:) Unlike last year, there was no autumn, we directly passed from summer to winter. This is called 'climate change'!
Lessons to be learned:
1) Do not write blog when you feel pessimistic... next time!
2) Nature seems serious about warning... Buy one more coat or reduce your energy consumption!!
3) Do not get tough on yourself! (my roomy said so:)
Cheers!'
PS: Today was packed-free! Besides, i haven't bought anything after my first challange!!
Friday, October 8, 2010
No Packed Food, OCTOBER! 7th&8th (easy life?!)
Hey!
Yesterday, i had a loooonngg period of sleeping that is why i could not write how was my packed-free day which was not!
Yesterday, i woke up sooo early and i had to be out for long time which means i had to eat something out of my castle-home! At that point, i thought the same as F.D suggested/asked me if it is still ok to take our sandwiches with us. However, there was also a little problem with that since i was going to be with close cousins whom i m sure had no sandwiches with them. Unfortunately, i was i bit lazy to prepare 1 sandwich, let alone 4! You may start to think that i m lazy about that all the time but seriously not! Seriously, not always!! And, as you understand that is nothing wrong with preparing our sandwiches unless someone else does make them ready for us, including mums:)
So, i took some fruits for all of us but nothing for breakfast. The result was not unexpected: i ate 'simit' as we all did! i think that is enough for daily confession!
Now, i can start why super markets are convenient. In these days, it seems like we are running out of time. We always have something to do which forces us to be multitasking, quick, planned.. and more stressed!! Therefore, we want to make our lives less stressed which lead us to do shopping from supermarkets. They are everywhere, they are open till 10pm(in istanbul, in Tilburg it was only till 6pm:S), they have variety of products, they have facilities to pay easier etc.. It seems logical to you, to me also.. sometimes...
Therefore when Slow Food Lady said that 'i m trying to do my shopping from supermarkets to tell them 'You are not selling this and that which is better for our health'!' 'They should not tell us what we can eat but we should tell them what we want to have!!' At that point i was about to cry!!
i was about to cry because on the one hand i would like to change all chain where producers can benefit more and not only the end sellers, on the other hand i know that you can not change the system totally so at least we can make easier for people to reach organic food.
Lessons to be learned:
1) Do not try to be hero!! (it was supposed to be inner voice)
2) Be consisted with your thoughts! (it was kind of an advice)
3) Do not sleep less that 7 hours a day!!! (it ends up with 12 hours of sleeping at the end)
Cheers!!
Yesterday, i had a loooonngg period of sleeping that is why i could not write how was my packed-free day which was not!
Yesterday, i woke up sooo early and i had to be out for long time which means i had to eat something out of my castle-home! At that point, i thought the same as F.D suggested/asked me if it is still ok to take our sandwiches with us. However, there was also a little problem with that since i was going to be with close cousins whom i m sure had no sandwiches with them. Unfortunately, i was i bit lazy to prepare 1 sandwich, let alone 4! You may start to think that i m lazy about that all the time but seriously not! Seriously, not always!! And, as you understand that is nothing wrong with preparing our sandwiches unless someone else does make them ready for us, including mums:)
So, i took some fruits for all of us but nothing for breakfast. The result was not unexpected: i ate 'simit' as we all did! i think that is enough for daily confession!
Now, i can start why super markets are convenient. In these days, it seems like we are running out of time. We always have something to do which forces us to be multitasking, quick, planned.. and more stressed!! Therefore, we want to make our lives less stressed which lead us to do shopping from supermarkets. They are everywhere, they are open till 10pm(in istanbul, in Tilburg it was only till 6pm:S), they have variety of products, they have facilities to pay easier etc.. It seems logical to you, to me also.. sometimes...
Therefore when Slow Food Lady said that 'i m trying to do my shopping from supermarkets to tell them 'You are not selling this and that which is better for our health'!' 'They should not tell us what we can eat but we should tell them what we want to have!!' At that point i was about to cry!!
i was about to cry because on the one hand i would like to change all chain where producers can benefit more and not only the end sellers, on the other hand i know that you can not change the system totally so at least we can make easier for people to reach organic food.
Lessons to be learned:
1) Do not try to be hero!! (it was supposed to be inner voice)
2) Be consisted with your thoughts! (it was kind of an advice)
3) Do not sleep less that 7 hours a day!!! (it ends up with 12 hours of sleeping at the end)
Cheers!!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
No Packed Food, OCTOBER! 6th (visible organic!!)
Hey!
Today, in the morning, i met with my dear, crazy, creative friend Ra! BUT! There was a little problem: Where can we have a breakfast which i still could be packed-free?
Actually, my plan was to have a breakfast at home with 'my' cheese, 'my' tomatoes, 'my' cucumber, 'my' roomy's mum-made jam.. Unfortunately there is no 'my' butter or 'my' honey:( Still, i was sure that i could have a breakfast at home and accompany my friend Ra with cup of tea! As usual, my plan planned itself and decided to make me stay in bed 5x10 min more.. Well, i do not regret:)
Therefore, we searched for a place at school in which i can do my best about the unpacked! At the end, i ate kind of pastry but they are almost homemade(hopefully) and drink 2 cubs of tea. Cubs are paper-cubs and i used the same cub for my 2nd time. It was the best thing i could do!
However, i realized one more time that it is really not easy to find what you want when it comes to organic/more sustainable/biological (however you call it) food! That is why my first question to Slow Food Lady was 'Where can you get your foods?'. i knew that there are 2 organic markets but there are far away.. even for İstanbul's standarts, 'cos normally if you say 'close' to somewhere, it means 30 min by bus! So think twice when i say 'far'! Even i think that i can do that once a week, sometimes plans simply does not work.. Therefore i was a bit desperate about finding 'healthy' food!
Then, she came up with a unexpected solution: market chains! Of course i knew that, in some super markets you may find organic food, but somehow it seemed sooo 'business' to me. Since i was a perfect listener (special thanks to dear Si), she kept telling us why she did her shopping from super markets or macro centers. That markets are just origin of our easy-lives. So, she is not against that kind of marketing! The more people see organic, the more they are aware of non-organic!!
Lessons to be learned:
1) i desperately need to find organic honey! Otherwise i ll compansate this with bread as i did till now!!
2) Markets can be part of the deal!
3) Do not let your plans organize you! it should be in the other way around!!
Cheers!!
PS: i ll tell more about why markets are more convenient!
PSS: Tomorrow's topic: Does it matter where you buy your foods? Producers!!
Today, in the morning, i met with my dear, crazy, creative friend Ra! BUT! There was a little problem: Where can we have a breakfast which i still could be packed-free?
Actually, my plan was to have a breakfast at home with 'my' cheese, 'my' tomatoes, 'my' cucumber, 'my' roomy's mum-made jam.. Unfortunately there is no 'my' butter or 'my' honey:( Still, i was sure that i could have a breakfast at home and accompany my friend Ra with cup of tea! As usual, my plan planned itself and decided to make me stay in bed 5x10 min more.. Well, i do not regret:)
Therefore, we searched for a place at school in which i can do my best about the unpacked! At the end, i ate kind of pastry but they are almost homemade(hopefully) and drink 2 cubs of tea. Cubs are paper-cubs and i used the same cub for my 2nd time. It was the best thing i could do!
However, i realized one more time that it is really not easy to find what you want when it comes to organic/more sustainable/biological (however you call it) food! That is why my first question to Slow Food Lady was 'Where can you get your foods?'. i knew that there are 2 organic markets but there are far away.. even for İstanbul's standarts, 'cos normally if you say 'close' to somewhere, it means 30 min by bus! So think twice when i say 'far'! Even i think that i can do that once a week, sometimes plans simply does not work.. Therefore i was a bit desperate about finding 'healthy' food!
Then, she came up with a unexpected solution: market chains! Of course i knew that, in some super markets you may find organic food, but somehow it seemed sooo 'business' to me. Since i was a perfect listener (special thanks to dear Si), she kept telling us why she did her shopping from super markets or macro centers. That markets are just origin of our easy-lives. So, she is not against that kind of marketing! The more people see organic, the more they are aware of non-organic!!
Lessons to be learned:
1) i desperately need to find organic honey! Otherwise i ll compansate this with bread as i did till now!!
2) Markets can be part of the deal!
3) Do not let your plans organize you! it should be in the other way around!!
Cheers!!
PS: i ll tell more about why markets are more convenient!
PSS: Tomorrow's topic: Does it matter where you buy your foods? Producers!!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
No Packed Food, OCTOBER! (is it all about time?)
Hey!
i could not write yesterday, but it does not mean that i have something to hide: i am still into it! However, i should say it was a bit hard. Because, when i came back from my hometown, i realized that, in my home where i live with my roomy, we have jam which is packed, butter-packed, every piece of chocolate- contains soy oil, coffee-instant.. And my one of the biggest pleasure, PASTRY.. sometimes sweet, sometimes salty but always fresh(since we bought from bakery). The last time when i went to bakery to buy a bread and saw my favorite cookie.. It was really as romantic and sad as Titanic!
Ok! Enough. i think i exaggerate a bit. i mean i can bake my cookies (to people who know me, i m telling you: Do not laugh!!) but she can not bake her all-times love unless she was Sabrina- witch! Soo, at the end, it has been 5 days and i m still on the way!
BUT!! There is really one important thing about baking cookies: TIME! i mean other than i m kind of person who gets bored after adding 3rd ingredient -including salt/spices- to meal/pastry, sometime you just do not have time! OR, do we?
According to Slow Food Lady, we have time: we have time to spend cooking, if we have time to watch TV for 4 hours, to check our mails 78 times a day, to spend hours on networking websites.. Besides, as she told, we have machines to do almost everything for us: washing&drying machines for laundry, dishwasher for dirty plates, hoover for cleaning the house, small home appliances to mix, to cut, to stir.. In addition to that, we buy our clothes and do not sew! There should be time, but the question is whether we are willing to spend that time on slowing our lives..with slow food?! Preparing every ingredients, buying them from special organic markets and eating that meal that you put so much effort, enjoying every bit.. time consuming! OR, is it?
Taking my time while eating is pleasure for me! Especially, when you are surrounded by people who you like to be with! Especially, when you smell the meal and when it smells soooo gooodd! Does not need to be your pleasure! i strongly suggest you to try!
Lessons to be learned:
1) Do not judge your friends if they are not able to cook! Cook for them!! (Dear 'my' friends! You got what i mean!)
2) Special thanks to my dear CfB for having dinner with me.. and also telling me the 'Ugly Truth's of food indusrty!!
3) Close your eyes while eating.. unless nobody see you!! Otherwise, you are going to be the fun of the week! (based on a true story.)
PS: Tomorrow's topic: How can we make organic food more visible? Can market chains be the option?
Cheers!!
i could not write yesterday, but it does not mean that i have something to hide: i am still into it! However, i should say it was a bit hard. Because, when i came back from my hometown, i realized that, in my home where i live with my roomy, we have jam which is packed, butter-packed, every piece of chocolate- contains soy oil, coffee-instant.. And my one of the biggest pleasure, PASTRY.. sometimes sweet, sometimes salty but always fresh(since we bought from bakery). The last time when i went to bakery to buy a bread and saw my favorite cookie.. It was really as romantic and sad as Titanic!
Ok! Enough. i think i exaggerate a bit. i mean i can bake my cookies (to people who know me, i m telling you: Do not laugh!!) but she can not bake her all-times love unless she was Sabrina- witch! Soo, at the end, it has been 5 days and i m still on the way!
BUT!! There is really one important thing about baking cookies: TIME! i mean other than i m kind of person who gets bored after adding 3rd ingredient -including salt/spices- to meal/pastry, sometime you just do not have time! OR, do we?
According to Slow Food Lady, we have time: we have time to spend cooking, if we have time to watch TV for 4 hours, to check our mails 78 times a day, to spend hours on networking websites.. Besides, as she told, we have machines to do almost everything for us: washing&drying machines for laundry, dishwasher for dirty plates, hoover for cleaning the house, small home appliances to mix, to cut, to stir.. In addition to that, we buy our clothes and do not sew! There should be time, but the question is whether we are willing to spend that time on slowing our lives..with slow food?! Preparing every ingredients, buying them from special organic markets and eating that meal that you put so much effort, enjoying every bit.. time consuming! OR, is it?
Taking my time while eating is pleasure for me! Especially, when you are surrounded by people who you like to be with! Especially, when you smell the meal and when it smells soooo gooodd! Does not need to be your pleasure! i strongly suggest you to try!
Lessons to be learned:
1) Do not judge your friends if they are not able to cook! Cook for them!! (Dear 'my' friends! You got what i mean!)
2) Special thanks to my dear CfB for having dinner with me.. and also telling me the 'Ugly Truth's of food indusrty!!
3) Close your eyes while eating.. unless nobody see you!! Otherwise, you are going to be the fun of the week! (based on a true story.)
PS: Tomorrow's topic: How can we make organic food more visible? Can market chains be the option?
Cheers!!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
No Packed Food, OCTOBER! 3rd(Organic market!)
Hey!
As i told you yesterday, i want to write a bit about organic food!
Before i started to write, i thought about what i could write here. i can write that organic food market in Turkey is growing. (can not stop my managener-side!) In big market chains you can see organic-labeled foods. As i told you, there are also open markets who sell only organic foods(and other products) even though there are not many and probably only in BIG CITIES(i m sure you know what i mean with 'BIG' if you have ever visited İstanbul!) Of course, that is understandable pattern of supply, since organic products are more expensive! i do not mean that wealth of big cities is at a higher level than small ones, but the chance of finding right segment in big cities is higher. i ll write about that part later! Last thing that i write about 'market' is that market chains mark there is a growing demand for organic products. System supports it or at least started to support it with its tools like chains which will cause to rise in awareness.
Other than market conditions, i realized that only thing that i know about organic foods is that they are 'healthier', but how? As probably all of us have heard that there is no chemical fertilizer that can accumulate in our bodies. Also they are not genetically modified organisms(GMO), so we can feel safer.(GMO will be another topic!) Then i think this is all what i know about organic food! Therefore, i decided to search for conditions and requirements of having an organic food label. Yes, i have just decided and i m soooo curious about the findings!!
Ohh! i forgot to 'report' : i have not consumed any of these which i wrote on the list.. Did i write that 'chewing gum' is also included??
Lessons to be learned:
1) food=food(Irrational buyer) life=life (OPUS) life=food (Slow Food Lady)
2) When your mum says 'Do not think about it!', think twice about not to think.. and take it serious :P
Cheers!!
As i told you yesterday, i want to write a bit about organic food!
Before i started to write, i thought about what i could write here. i can write that organic food market in Turkey is growing. (can not stop my managener-side!) In big market chains you can see organic-labeled foods. As i told you, there are also open markets who sell only organic foods(and other products) even though there are not many and probably only in BIG CITIES(i m sure you know what i mean with 'BIG' if you have ever visited İstanbul!) Of course, that is understandable pattern of supply, since organic products are more expensive! i do not mean that wealth of big cities is at a higher level than small ones, but the chance of finding right segment in big cities is higher. i ll write about that part later! Last thing that i write about 'market' is that market chains mark there is a growing demand for organic products. System supports it or at least started to support it with its tools like chains which will cause to rise in awareness.
Other than market conditions, i realized that only thing that i know about organic foods is that they are 'healthier', but how? As probably all of us have heard that there is no chemical fertilizer that can accumulate in our bodies. Also they are not genetically modified organisms(GMO), so we can feel safer.(GMO will be another topic!) Then i think this is all what i know about organic food! Therefore, i decided to search for conditions and requirements of having an organic food label. Yes, i have just decided and i m soooo curious about the findings!!
Ohh! i forgot to 'report' : i have not consumed any of these which i wrote on the list.. Did i write that 'chewing gum' is also included??
Lessons to be learned:
1) food=food(Irrational buyer) life=life (OPUS) life=food (Slow Food Lady)
2) When your mum says 'Do not think about it!', think twice about not to think.. and take it serious :P
Cheers!!
Saturday, October 2, 2010
No Packed Food, OCTOBER! 2nd (why? seriously!!)
Hey!
When i first sent that mail to Slow Food Lady, i was expecting to hear something different. To explain what and why is different, let me tell you what i was planning to hear!
Packed food means food which is packed... to ME(ok, as you see i am such a simple person:)! Which is not that related to Unpacked food! Therefore, when i asked Slow Food Lady what unpacked food was, she started her words with saying 'Let me explain what packed food is..'. Packed food is basically everything that you put no effort to consume. Cookies, biscuits, soup, icecream.. Because, all you need is just to buy, open the package, put in microwave(if it needs to be heated up) and ... Bon Apetit! However, you do not know anything about ingredients, about place where it has been produced, about time they have spent to make all these products ready for you to eat! Even if you are rational buyer (as all economists expect us to be which we - at least i- are not), it is easier to buy a packed-chips than to prepare all these ingredients: choosing potatoes one by one, peeling them, washing them, cutting them into thin slices, choosing the best olive oil to fry and washing the dirt after you prepared, and ... Bon Apetit!
Since you spend much more time to do so, you will not be willing to have chips as often and as much as you consume ready-to-eat type. However, it will be more tasty and unique chips that you can not find anywhere else.
i know what you think: what the hell!!! Right? At that point, probably i looked at the Slow Food lady with the same expression, so she wanted to explain why this is that important. She said 'We have 2 main instincts to survive in the world: reproduction and feeding. You do not pick a guy on the street to be with (i am not judging this if there are people do so*) ,so you should not eat everything you are served!'
Logic is simple... but makes sense to me! Tomorrow, i ll go with organic-biologic food!
Lessons to be learned:
1) Start peeling potatoes! C'mon, you can not give up eating chips!
2) * she did not make that explanation, it was me!
3) Packed is not the opposite of unpacked but of slowfood! So no need to rush, take it easy!
Cheers!!
When i first sent that mail to Slow Food Lady, i was expecting to hear something different. To explain what and why is different, let me tell you what i was planning to hear!
Packed food means food which is packed... to ME(ok, as you see i am such a simple person:)! Which is not that related to Unpacked food! Therefore, when i asked Slow Food Lady what unpacked food was, she started her words with saying 'Let me explain what packed food is..'. Packed food is basically everything that you put no effort to consume. Cookies, biscuits, soup, icecream.. Because, all you need is just to buy, open the package, put in microwave(if it needs to be heated up) and ... Bon Apetit! However, you do not know anything about ingredients, about place where it has been produced, about time they have spent to make all these products ready for you to eat! Even if you are rational buyer (as all economists expect us to be which we - at least i- are not), it is easier to buy a packed-chips than to prepare all these ingredients: choosing potatoes one by one, peeling them, washing them, cutting them into thin slices, choosing the best olive oil to fry and washing the dirt after you prepared, and ... Bon Apetit!
Since you spend much more time to do so, you will not be willing to have chips as often and as much as you consume ready-to-eat type. However, it will be more tasty and unique chips that you can not find anywhere else.
i know what you think: what the hell!!! Right? At that point, probably i looked at the Slow Food lady with the same expression, so she wanted to explain why this is that important. She said 'We have 2 main instincts to survive in the world: reproduction and feeding. You do not pick a guy on the street to be with (i am not judging this if there are people do so*) ,so you should not eat everything you are served!'
Logic is simple... but makes sense to me! Tomorrow, i ll go with organic-biologic food!
Lessons to be learned:
1) Start peeling potatoes! C'mon, you can not give up eating chips!
2) * she did not make that explanation, it was me!
3) Packed is not the opposite of unpacked but of slowfood! So no need to rush, take it easy!
Cheers!!
Friday, October 1, 2010
No Packed Food, OCTOBER! 1st(Let's set the rules!)
Hey!
Today i am writing from my hometown and i ll be here for 4 days. Tomorrow, i m gonna swim. Yes, it will be-it is- 2nd October, and here, in my hometown you still can swim! That hot!! You may think that i am exaggerating, but no! i am becoming more and more worried about climate change!
However, today's topic is not climate change but my new challange! As October starts, this time for the new challange which is no-packed-food!! i ll explain you why i decided to make this challange and how it will help me to lessen my footprint, hopefully tomorrow! For now, i am just going to set the rules!
1) No corn, no soy sauce! (you never know if it is GDO or not!)
2) No inorganic chocolate!
3) No ready-to-eat soup, sauce!
4) No instant tea/ coffee! (in the ideal case,i should have left coffee out of my diet! )
5) No packed snack including wafer, biscuits, cookies etc. (seems like i m gonna be size 0!)
6) No ice-cream! (Damn it!)
7) No nutella, no jam(unless it is homemade!), no honey(unless it is organic)!
8) No packed bread!
9) No pastry (unless it is roomy-made)!
10)No coke! (but i can drink soda;)
i ll add more to this list if i can realize something is missing. Next days, while i ll write about what we talked with Slow Food Lady(Yes, we did the talk!), i ll go through these:
Organic or not(under health category )? Do you know the producer and if you do, do you want to support the producer /the type of production (social issues on the stage!)? How do you use your time? Is it about time or money? What about consumption-pushers?? ! What does PACKED mean, btw?
i can start with any of these, so do not get confused;)
Lessons to be learned:
1) Everything has its own good and bad parts.. like SUN!
2) There is almost nothing as delicious as mum-made cherry jam!!
3) Mr Fabulous is fabulous!!! (you do not know who Mr Fabulous is.. yet!)
Cheers!
PS: My roomy does!
Today i am writing from my hometown and i ll be here for 4 days. Tomorrow, i m gonna swim. Yes, it will be-it is- 2nd October, and here, in my hometown you still can swim! That hot!! You may think that i am exaggerating, but no! i am becoming more and more worried about climate change!
However, today's topic is not climate change but my new challange! As October starts, this time for the new challange which is no-packed-food!! i ll explain you why i decided to make this challange and how it will help me to lessen my footprint, hopefully tomorrow! For now, i am just going to set the rules!
1) No corn, no soy sauce! (you never know if it is GDO or not!)
2) No inorganic chocolate!
3) No ready-to-eat soup, sauce!
4) No instant tea/ coffee! (in the ideal case,i should have left coffee out of my diet! )
5) No packed snack including wafer, biscuits, cookies etc. (seems like i m gonna be size 0!)
6) No ice-cream! (Damn it!)
7) No nutella, no jam(unless it is homemade!), no honey(unless it is organic)!
8) No packed bread!
9) No pastry (unless it is roomy-made)!
10)No coke! (but i can drink soda;)
i ll add more to this list if i can realize something is missing. Next days, while i ll write about what we talked with Slow Food Lady(Yes, we did the talk!), i ll go through these:
Organic or not(under health category )? Do you know the producer and if you do, do you want to support the producer /the type of production (social issues on the stage!)? How do you use your time? Is it about time or money? What about consumption-pushers?? ! What does PACKED mean, btw?
i can start with any of these, so do not get confused;)
Lessons to be learned:
1) Everything has its own good and bad parts.. like SUN!
2) There is almost nothing as delicious as mum-made cherry jam!!
3) Mr Fabulous is fabulous!!! (you do not know who Mr Fabulous is.. yet!)
Cheers!
PS: My roomy does!
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