When I told my dad about the event that lead up to this blog, he said, "You're really warped." When I told him that I was going to blog about it, he said, "That might not be the best idea." But, since I've already shared things that make you guys think I'm crazy, I'm going to just roll right on.
Remember a while back when someone asked me how growing up on a farm impacted my law practice, and I responded with this blog that said growing up on a farm impacted everything I did, including how I shopped at he grocery store? Here's an example.
Last weekend I was in the grocery store when something caught my eye. It was a plastic container of some sort of trail mix. It was called sweet and salty mixed nuts, and it contained all different sorts of nuts, maybe some soybeans, and whole kernal corn.
I knew right away I had to buy this. Many of you are thinking, "Yea, that sounds pretty good." Or, "Way to pick a healthy snack." Yea.....I didn't think those things.
My thought process went something like this:
Wow, that looks just like High Noon lamb feed.
Hm...I've tasted that lamb feed before. It's good. In fact, it's my favorite.
If that's good, I bet this is good.
Yea, I'll buy some. Hey, $2.99? Shoot, this is way cheaper than High Noon!
Sigh. See why my dad deemed me warped?
Mind you, this is coming from the man who has tasted EVERYTHING that we've ever fed to an animal. No lie--when we were showing he was always tasting something.....jawl burner for pigs (tastes like graham crackers), soybean meal, drench, electrolytes, tub feed for the cows.....you named it, he tasted it. And, because for some reason I think my dad knows best, I tasted it too. Warped-ness is apparently genetic.
(This picture above also reminded me that in addition to tasting the feed, he also wore the same "lucky shirt" every show day for like 10 years--holes and all! Yea....I'm the warped one.)
Anyway, there really is something to be said for this feed tasting. It is really easy to compare different feeds for quality based on how fresh they are in the sacks (and it can actually be done without tasting, but my family subscribes to the "If you're doing to do it, do it right" theory). Obviously, we want our livestock eating the highest quality feed that we can afford to buy. And I will tell you, High Noon always seems to be the freshest, most moist, and best tasting.
(Sidenote: This blog totally should get me one of the High Noon jackets that I happen to know Wade hands out....Mrs. Franklin, if you are reading this, can we work on that??)
I give you this background for you to understand that this trailmix stuff didn't just look like feed, it looked like really good feed. Logically, I bought it.
Okay, I don't know where I'm going with this. But, just to show you how much this stuff does look like the lamb feed, here is a little side-by-side view.
See? You would have bought it too! It is really, really good. I've already eaten like half the little carton.
And there you have it. Growing up on the family farm has clearly warped this girl.....and I'm proud of it!
4 comments:
Cute! My cousin and I used to lick salt blocks, trying to distinguish the taste of a yellow one vs. a red one. If I someday have high blood pressure, it can likely be attributed to licking countless salt blocks as a child.
Glad you found a nice snack that is delicious and brings in a touch of nostalgia.
-College Roomie
That is so funny! Such a cute story! Have a great weekend! xoxo
Omg I think our dads are the same person. My dad is a farmer from a tiny town in Illinois and he still has "lucky shirts" from that he wears today. He also has a lime green John Deere has that holes in it that he wears on the regular. I can't say that I've ever eaten feed, but I did used to eat the dried dog food when I was little because it was salty and for some reason I liked it. Ewwww.
HAHAHAHAHA!!! I didn't know that was his "lucky" shirt!! I've seen it many times! And our family must be warped too (even the 5 year old lol)
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