Still feeling lousy today, but since I wasn't comatose, I really had no choice but to be very busy. Today was our harvest festival and it was extremely well done and attended. Wait 'till you see dinner.

Before breakfast I did a weight check. Down to 149 which puts me at my college weight! Kristin is noticing my trimmer physique. She's down to 112 but I haven't noticed anything at all.

Breakfast

Today I lived my fantasy and turned my front lawn into pancakes.

Last year about this time I planted Mare's Widgen wheat in front of the house. It was harvested in late June. It was threshed and winnowed last weekend. Today I ground one cup into 1 and 3/4 cup of flour.

Wheat Berries from Front Yard

I hand ground this in our mill, added two eggs from our own hens, some half and half from Clover dairy out of Petaluma, a smidgen of baking soda, about a teaspon of honey, some water to give it the right consistency, then cooked in in a pan.

Curtis with Pancakes

Look, I know we live in Mendocino County and my boy is wearing a tye dye shirt, but I swear he is not stoned. He is just a goofy kid.

These really filled me up (why is it filling up when you swallow food down?).

Oct 21 Breakfast

That's goat milk yogurt from Sebastapol on top, as well as Willits honey. On the side is a canned pear from Briar Patch Farm a few miles outside of town (where I the steak came from a couple weeks back), and cottage cheese from Clover of Petaluma. Our own apple-pear juice washed it down.

Didn't really have a lunch today. At the harvest festival I was in charge of the apple and grape pressing. We made a whole lotta juice. Frey Vineyards donated Merlot grapes, Jo Ann and Karen gave apples. We ended up pressing enough to fill up my solar oven with juice for canning, with plenty to drink fresh during the whole day, and to have for a dinner of over 100 people. A few gallons were even left over.

In addition to the juice, I ate a couple of hard boiled eggs from Willits.

I'll do a big spread on the harvest festival later. Can't do it justice now.

Dinner

The culmination of the day was a communal feast of local food. The Little Lake Grange was at capacity, which was so great to see considering all the work so many people put into this. The dinner was planned ahead of time and individuals made the dishes then brought them to share. So it was not a potluck, but some of the cooking work was spread around.

Oct 21 Dinner

I don't know all the details of this meal but will do my best starting at 1 o'clock. That's a salad with greens, peppers, onions and tomatoes, dressed with olive oil. Baked beans with onions (cooked in a solar oven). Eggplant parmesan. Corned beef. Acorn squash baked with corn, onions, ham and probably some other stuff. A butternut squash soup. A squash and apple fritter. A dinner roll. Grape juice to lubricate it all.

I was stuffed, but managed to fit in dessert.

Oct 21 Dessert

Apple cobbler with a crust of Mare's Widgen wheat flour from my yard and Ridgewood Ranch and topped with whipped cream from Clover dairy of Petaluma (hand whipped that day).

So this evening, many in the town of Willits were given the gift Locavorism, and they all seemed to like it!

Grange Hall Dinner