You’re so right about quality. Not only do we eat them till they’re gone, in some ways I believe they satiate us faster or with less food. It took longer than it should have for me to learn, down to my bones, that a bargain’s not a bargain if most of it goes to waste.

I’m glad you enjoyed Briggs’s story. It grabbed me and didn’t let go.

One thing I’m learning is that quality can trump quantity in food, too. I’m still buying Muir Glen fire roasted tomatoes, and good olive oil, and grating fresh parmesan, and getting meat from a real butcher – because the food tastes so good, it gets eaten, not left to moulder in the back of the fridge until it looks like a kid’s science experiement. That saves money, too.

Unfortunately, what Mr. Briggs experienced is the part of the reason our kids are blowing up like fat little balloons. School districts trying to feed kids “on the cheap” aren’t doing anyone any favors – especially the children whose health they are affecting.

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