<div class="floatleft"><div align="center">(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/132c/qanv0vlare944wbzg.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Jaclyn Rosendahl</strong></span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;">Entrepreneur<br/><em>About Jaclyn</em> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=289408.msg14241614#msg14241614)<br/> ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ </span></span></div></div><div class="floatright"><div align="center">(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/cc45/8990emmy5sim49izg.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Jekesai</strong><br/><em>Guide</em><br/> ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ </span></div></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… I take a taste and add a moment to savor it while I consider Peter’s remark … Jekesai beats me to a worthy response …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Farm to table here hasn’t changed in forever except in the big cities where food has to be trucked in and has to last for days before it’s eaten. No such obstacle here. If we walked out back, we’d probably see chickens running free except in the vegetable gardens. And any vegetable scraps go the the chickens and goats.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… think back to when I was a kid …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Where were you raised Peter? Did your parents keep a garden? Mine did. Dad plowed in cow manure every spring and disked the dirt fine like he did when he planted hay and alfalfa. I helped Mom plant and weed it. We watered it if it got too dry, and I remember Dad talking about catching rainwater and maybe recycling water from the house except from the toilets to use on the garden. Our wells were over a hundred feet deep to get to the aquifer, so water was expensive and went to drinking and the steers and washing.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… another small bite …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “But the reason I bring that up is the best vegetables were those that went from the garden to the kitchen to the table. Second best were the ones Mom canned or froze, third best were the frozen veggies from the grocery, and worst tasting were the so-called fresh veggies trucked in from Texas or California or Mexico. You can tell these are fresh, picked yesterday or today I’d guess.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… Jekesai is nodding as she eats … she sips her clear shot  …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “At my places on the islands, we try to hire local chefs and encourage them to use local vegetable and fish markets. Meat except lamb and chicken is imported, too much land for too little yield to the local farmers. But people will overpay for beef from Japan or Iowa, so we have that flown in. Some shellfish too, but we don’t emphasize those on our menus.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… take another sip of the fiery liquor … had close to enough food for now … and won’t finish the booze …</em></span></span><br/>