Mr. Eight O'Clock Coffee

Oh Mr. Eight O'Clock Coffee how I do love thee.

We all have things that we have grown up on and nothing else tastes quite right but that specific brand. Well for me and coffee it is Eight O'Clock Coffee. The perfect blend of Columbian grown coffee that does not have that acid taste that I despise in coffees. Even some specality coffees have that acid flavor that upsets my tastebuds.

Fair Trade.

With the release of the movie Hotel Rwanda the genocide that occurred in Rwanda has been exposed to many that never knew about it. This horrible occurance killed many many people and devestated the economy. Rwanda was not a huge exporter to begin with but did grow coffee. However it was not a huge market for them. In wanting to help build Rwanda's economy back up a Michigan State university and a Texas A&M professor started project PEAERL. Their solution was to help revamp the coffee farms and start selling specality coffee.
There are now about 13 co ops around Rwanda that are selling this specality coffee. They have supplied it all around East Lansing and to other countries such as England. I love this project but I'm not much on the actual product. I guess my palate isn't mature enougnh and I will stay with the eight o clock brand...and then again I don't like much wine either. But we won't go there because I'm not legal.

Thanksgiving

Here is the group left to right: My older sister Holly, My roomate Sarah, Me, Mom and Dad


Here is a picture of the bird. You will have to excuse the photo. I am still working on my food photography. Hopefully it shall improve as I progress. I also know that this post is rather late. But I have been busy/ lazy. School just happens to get in the way of the blogging. I would like to get into the habit of blogging more, however I don't really have much to blog about my personal cooking as I do not cook for myself I eat in the dorms and I really don't like the relive the horror that is every meal in the cafiteria.
So the Turkey Day Menu was:
Turkey
Honey Baked Ham
Sweet potatoes topped with golden marshmallows
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Green Bean Casserole
Ambrosia Salad
Cranberries from a can ( A tradition and I wouldn't have them any other way)
And a Crustless pecan Pie ( For S)
And a pumpkin pie as well

Not much of a start

Currently nothing much is going on. Thanksgiving is in a week and I couldn't be happier! A few days away from the dorm room will be so welcomed. Hopefully I will come back refreshed with a harder work ethic to finish off the semester. Somehow I doubt it.

So a little about my life as a college student ( it is still weird to say that!) I am a food science major living with an awesome roomate S. She is wonderful and she has also shed new light on my food view. She has ciliac disease, meaning she can eat no form of gluten whatsoever because it will cause her cilia in her intensine to die and that is not a good thing. She will become ill if she eats anything containing any wheat, barley, or gluten containing starches. Luckily she is not the only one around the US or the world for that matter to have this disease and there are many speciality made cereals and cookies ect to cater to her unique situation. So in this respect she has impressed upon me the importance of those foods that cater to those with special needs.

Another influence to my view on food is a program called the bailey scholars program. This unique group has brought sustainability to mind as well as free trade. I am also interested in the course that biotechnology is taking with our food system.

So with that my food blog Food Attitude will include such things as going out to eat, new products, biotechnology, free trade, sustainability and anything else that has to do with food. My life not only revolves around food in the normal sense but I also hope to make a career out of it. Remember we all have to eat.