So I've decided to give up food packaging for a while. Those soymilk boxes and the gazillions of plastic bags and plastic containers have been bothering me for a while. I see foods that are supposed to be pure and healthy, but they are packaged in all of this plastic! I have had enough. This means that aside from the fruits and veggies I can grow myself, I am bringing my own bags, boxes and bottles to the store. Luckily there is a natural foods store nearby that sells bulk. The woman at the counter didn't think that I was wierd for bringing a ketchup bottle to fill with soy sauce. I always save jars so I just brought a bunch to the store. So now I have a pretty assortment of beans and grains and chocolate chips in various jars. It looks pretty cool.
Today I tried to find tortillas. They always come in thin plastic here. When I was fifteen I spent a summer in Mexico. We woud take our tortilla holder to the local tortilleria about every other day and get amazing fresh tortillas- with absolutely no packaging. So I went to my local tortilleria here in L.A., but the tortillas had already been placed in plastic. I bought some anyway. At least its a local, small business rather than a corporate tortilla. I went late in the day, when they were almost closing. I'm going to go back early in the morning next time to see if I can get some tortillas straight of the assembly line.
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