tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post4188948862598751055..comments2024-03-26T00:14:00.509-07:00Comments on Crunchy Chicken: Eco-living as fodder for ridiculeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-63089079832021203772008-12-07T11:21:00.000-08:002008-12-07T11:21:00.000-08:00People ridicule things that are different from the...People ridicule things that are different from the mainstream because they don't understand them. I say who cares? Let them ridicule. People can think I am some hippy dippy because of my choices and I can feel really good about my choices nonetheless.Sharlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08539955929237988325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-2071875119896257812008-11-30T07:58:00.000-08:002008-11-30T07:58:00.000-08:00If getting a "good grief" when I realized I'd forg...If getting a "good grief" when I realized I'd forgotten my shopping bags on black Friday is the worst that happened to me, I'm doing ok.Robbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03915194141694632310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-75511325336001929322008-11-24T21:17:00.000-08:002008-11-24T21:17:00.000-08:00First of all, take a set back and take a look at s...First of all, take a set back and take a look at some of the stuff we do - it IS funny. I recently cleaned dog vomit slime mold (yes that's the real name of it) out of my compost bin - comedy gold!<BR/><BR/>In fact, I make fun of myself or how well (or not well) my projects go all the time on my blog. Sometimes humor is a good way to get people to at least listen and may later accept your not Lisa Nelsen-Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731962631056727458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-11428129151222972852008-11-24T17:21:00.000-08:002008-11-24T17:21:00.000-08:00Oh, I get called names quite a bit. The latest is...Oh, I get called names quite a bit. The latest is that my SIL calls me a socialist and blames me personally for the country's inevitable trip "to hell in a handbasket." But that's more because of my political choices than my green ones (although my political choices are green ones). I get a lot of eye rolling too, like when I talk about parabens, or petroleum products. It's annoying. I only Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16603700427096296937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-13748985953577204952008-11-24T11:38:00.000-08:002008-11-24T11:38:00.000-08:00Oh, Stephany, me too - we got a free coat this fal...Oh, Stephany, me too - we got a free coat this fall from my son's daycare, because we live in a working-class neighborhood and the center director hooks the kids up with all sorts of stuff.<BR/><BR/>(He's going to wear the coat, as soon as he grows into it, and we're getting a(nother) new coat for an Angel Tree kid.)<BR/><BR/>The crazy thing is, we make the same kind of money as families that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-40303819653820691282008-11-24T11:21:00.000-08:002008-11-24T11:21:00.000-08:00I find the fact that factory-raised turkeys have t...I find the fact that factory-raised turkeys have to be artifically inseminated because they are too fat to make baby turkeys the old-fashioned way MUCH funnier* than a $95 heritage turkey. Maybe he should put some of that in his routine.<BR/><BR/>*in a sad kind of way, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-37216135707267251712008-11-24T10:06:00.000-08:002008-11-24T10:06:00.000-08:00I got to thinking about turkey ridicule. Having a ...I got to thinking about turkey ridicule. Having a close personal relationship with your Thanksgiving meal is in no way unreasonable, just unfamiliar to many people. <BR/>One year, we went out to a friend of a friend's to pick up the turkey and found the turkey still walking around. As we waited for our hostess to get caught up, sweetie started talking to our turkey and bonding with her. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-45673279034386485602008-11-23T17:40:00.000-08:002008-11-23T17:40:00.000-08:00i for one applaud your efforts. and i wish i had ...i for one applaud your efforts. and i wish i had a local HERITAGE farm in my local-zone, just plain old organic, local for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-35696479491754370712008-11-23T13:01:00.000-08:002008-11-23T13:01:00.000-08:00I think my brother ridicules me for a couple reaso...I think my brother ridicules me for a couple reasons: 1)He wants me to lighten up (we are a pretty self deprecating family and launching into a dissertation about grass fed beef or heritage turkeys is, ah, out of place) and/or he thinks I am judging him; or 2)He worries that my kids won't have any fun since they aren't gobbling giant boxes of sugared cereals. No one else ridicules me (to my face JessTrevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000531822628182708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-54178240916751066862008-11-23T12:42:00.000-08:002008-11-23T12:42:00.000-08:00A fine yummy heritage turkey at $90 or so sounds l...A fine yummy heritage turkey at $90 or so sounds like an excellent investment in holiday cheer. I know the turkey will be leftovers and then soup stock, bringing the cost down to something more modest. <BR/><BR/>I'm getting a "naturally raised" goose, which will be at least $50. The rest of the festive meal will be home baked or out of of the garden, so the total will be quite low compared to a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-23830087886964482042008-11-23T06:05:00.000-08:002008-11-23T06:05:00.000-08:00Awesome! I would love to be entered.Awesome! I would love to be entered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-86703880926086201442008-11-22T23:54:00.000-08:002008-11-22T23:54:00.000-08:00Anyone who acts or thinks outside the mainstream i...Anyone who acts or thinks outside the mainstream is going to be ridiculed at some point. Unfortunately, I think that people sometimes mock what they cannot understand. A good way to combat this (after taking a few moments to rise above your anger) is to try to educate the person who is being insensitive about the matter at hand; perhaps once he understands the issue, he will not find it so J.G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18161834007266080394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-70006129542415405982008-11-22T20:31:00.000-08:002008-11-22T20:31:00.000-08:00Thankfully my husband and I are very much on the ...Thankfully my husband and I are very much on the same page when it comes to lifestyle choices. We have lived this way since we were first together but I admit that I tend to be rather reticent with people I don't know well.<BR/><BR/>It has led to a couple of moments when I have really wished I had been a little more outspoken about my beliefs. <BR/>Before we lived in the larger town, we lived Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-81168999876396080232008-11-22T19:53:00.000-08:002008-11-22T19:53:00.000-08:00I just look at them and reminf them how many times...I just look at them and reminf them how many times I am proven right. Then remind them how many of them are proven wrong. Good thing I have a sense of humor, because most of my family thinks anything like switching to CFL's is ridiculous, even when I show them that CFL's save $$$. Then I chuckle as the slowly copy what I do. Last year, a few snide comments about the crhistmas presents that came Robj98168https://www.blogger.com/profile/12449968557883132353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-27645060331281520322008-11-22T17:56:00.000-08:002008-11-22T17:56:00.000-08:00Ridicule doesn't happen round here much - we're al...Ridicule doesn't happen round here much - we're all poor hippie types anyway and have been forever. I don't hide or broadcast much unless someone asks. I did broadcast some about the baking soda hair wash and once I proved to the family that it worked a few have followed me.<BR/><BR/>We don't have a tradition of turkey in our house (Not American here) but there has been a tradition of the knutty knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325560883289908412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-30403849494371925392008-11-22T17:38:00.000-08:002008-11-22T17:38:00.000-08:00My mother told my grandmother I was making a pumpk...My mother told my grandmother I was making a pumpkin pie from scratch this Thanksgiving and bringing it to the family dinner.<BR/><BR/>Grandma: "Oh! That'll be wonderful!"<BR/>Mom: "And she grew the pumpkin herself!"<BR/>Grandma: *crickets*..."But won't that be...well...you know...not very good?"<BR/>Mom: "As opposed to pumpkin from a can?"<BR/>Grandma:"Yes!"<BR/>Mom: "And where do you think Kelsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360453556050034020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-44566289925215272632008-11-22T16:35:00.000-08:002008-11-22T16:35:00.000-08:00Hi Crunchy, Yes, about the high price of your tur...Hi Crunchy,<BR/> Yes, about the high price of your turkey - here is a little perspective. Well, here in France, I don't even know where you would get a turkey at Thanksgiving time, except at the butcher, which is of course the most expensive place to go. A few years ago, we did Thanksgiving dinner for 20 or so, and got two small turkeys - about 14 kilos total, or 30 pounds. The bill came to 130Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-22436176998985569642008-11-22T16:02:00.000-08:002008-11-22T16:02:00.000-08:00Oh Crunchy, try being married to an Economic Ratio...Oh Crunchy, try being married to an Economic Rationalist! My Husband pokes fun at me all the time and we have so many ideologically opposed ideas it's not funny :(<BR/><BR/>He sees a patch of green and visualises a block of flats towering there. I secretly hope that Peak Oil hits with a bang so that his beliefs are rocked to the core!<BR/><BR/>You know what, your BIL taking the p*ss about your The Crone at Wits Endhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139566501738953285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-84601879006574772142008-11-22T13:38:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:38:00.000-08:00I get it a lot for my love of wild foods, and my c...I get it a lot for my love of wild foods, and my current obsession with preserving things. Additionally because I never throw away glass/plastic containers.<BR/><BR/>I just don't really care if people give me flak. Everyone I know benefits from these obsessions, as I am a big fan of sharing food. Eventually, one by one, people start realising that what I'm doing might be a little abnormal, but Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09981628640737207011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-18361810797952499522008-11-22T13:04:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:04:00.000-08:00“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, th...“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”<BR/>Yes I know Greenpa beat me to it. But he is right. You are not be ignored. Some are laughing some are fighting, some day you will win. I'm not saying it will be easy or soon. But keep up the good fight! Have fun, enjoy that bird.cheflovesbeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07465100472547504037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-86731178050756515662008-11-22T12:27:00.000-08:002008-11-22T12:27:00.000-08:00Chili -I hear that eating fresh pineapple will hel...Chili -<BR/><BR/>I hear that eating fresh pineapple will help remove that lactic acid that make muscles sore. Try some pineapple, it might help.TDPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020719463252531409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-76230078814461449062008-11-22T12:13:00.000-08:002008-11-22T12:13:00.000-08:00i love that gandhi quote, greenpa, and will have t...i love that gandhi quote, greenpa, and will have to remember it because i'm sure it's going to come in handy on my blog in the near future. thank you.Crunchy Domestic Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546426544439507593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-29047510683545032302008-11-22T11:59:00.000-08:002008-11-22T11:59:00.000-08:00i have friends that think it is funny to do thing ...i have friends that think it is funny to do thing to specifically counteract what i do.<BR/>it frustrates me but i just hope they'll come around eventually.hoorayparadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01013856920838114451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-49974969259622422752008-11-22T11:41:00.000-08:002008-11-22T11:41:00.000-08:00i recently put a little rant on my blog about the ...i recently put a little rant on my blog about the holiday season and how it brings shame into my life that i shouldnt have because i have to act all nice when relatives get me bottles of lotion and other girly things i have no need or use for. its moslty because i dont tell anyone what i do because of the ridicule factor. <BR/><BR/>i honestly don't share what i do with a lot of friends, no one mudnessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10542400857346376155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-46495498906305366652008-11-22T11:17:00.000-08:002008-11-22T11:17:00.000-08:00I'm a pretty committed strict vegetarian yet I spe...I'm a pretty committed strict vegetarian yet I spent two hours yesterday at the CSA getting turkeys for the members who'd ordered them months ago. If people choose to eat animal products, local, free-range, and organically raised is the best choice. <BR/><BR/>BTW, my muscles are <I>sore</I> today after slingin' a bunch of 20 pound turkeys around!Chilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406176434011890590noreply@blogger.com