Just today, I was in our local clip joint...er..hahahaha, market, and thought, "Self, you sure would like to kill your diet for a day, why not go check out the corn on the cob?", because all this talk of corn has got me JONES'in for a corn on the cob feast. WOW, 4 short ears in a plastic package, yellow corn, special this week, until Thursday, what a bargain, 2 packages for only $7.00. So, then, I walked over to another part of the frozen foods section, and found the pre-shucked plastic bags of corn, still a bargain, 12 ounce package, a mere $3.99. I then figured I'd go look at the canned corn, regular 12 ounce cans, $2.99/can.
The more I looked, the more I became thankful I am on a diet that stops down almost everything past boneless, skinless grilled chicken breasts. Way, way too much dosh for that stuff these days, this poor boy can't afford it, both monitarily, and the loss of weight loss, either.
Two things became instantly evident, I sure should have reconsidered becoming a mechanic, in favor of being a farmer. And, when the spring gets here, I am going out and clear off a pad, I have plenty of room to do so, fence it in, and grow my own potatoes, corn, onions, oranges, all the stuff I enjoy eating, then, if I am still on my diet, give it to others, so I can enjoy it all......vacariously.
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What I DO remember though, is when the subsidy came in, the price of Soya rocketed! All due to the U.S. farmers going for the goverment "incentive" to grow corn instead of Soya, it will be interesting to see if the price of Soya drops next year 