A truly great combination that I may never experience again. Well, maybe I will but it’s not going to be easy.
The bread will be the easiest because the only reason its off the shopping list at the moment is because our household is currently gluten-free.
Bacon is allowable if I can find free-range bacon. Unfortunately there is only one brand that guarantees that no sow crates were used. It’s bad enough to kill something to eat it without putting it through a lifetime of misery. I feel ok about eating happy pigs. Even more unfortunately the supermarkets in my shopping zone either no longer stock it, or never have.
Bananas are the latest loss, and the hardest to bear. As far as I know there are no ethical issues involving cruelty to banana trees. Maybe indentured child labour is used in banana production but I don’t yet know this so it’s not my problem. The problem is the carbon miles used to transport bananas to this very untropical place. Apples are fine, oranges are ok since my current self-imposed rules say that as long as it was grown in NZ it’s ok. No more Australian oranges though, and definitely not Californian oranges.
I love bananas. Pre-packed and sweet, one of nature’s convenience foods, the perfect snack on their own or in a bacon and banana toasted sandwich. Sweet, salty, oily and crunchy, the ultimate “tired and sorry for myself I need a treat” snack.
I guess I could go and live in banana growing territory, but would I still be able to eat roast lamb? Is a craving for bananas a sufficient reason for a tropical holiday?
