It's got mooseburger, potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage, and beer. All except for the beer Alaskan and squirreled away from the last harvest season, which now seems like a long time ago. It looks bland, but it's actually quite flavorful due to using beer as the base. We do have Alaskan beer, even in Fairbanks, and it's really good, but I cook with PBR because it's cheaper and comes in cans, and until very recently, Fairbanks only had facilities to recycle aluminum and not glass.
And in other news, I am so pleased to read that honeybees are making a comeback, at least in California. Among all of the doomsday scenarios with which we are pelted every day, Colony Collapse Disorder was one that was actually occurring, and was a definite, immediate, and catastrophic threat to our food supply. Everyone, from tree-huggers to global food corporations, were rightly concerned, and for once, the latter did not deny that there was a problem and plow on with their business as usual.
I remember how pleased I was to hear that Häagen-Dazs had earmarked a million dollars for donating to different bee research funds. They stated outright that their motives were self-interested--they were concerned about having a shortage of vanilla and fruit to flavor their ice creams--and paradoxically, it made me feel good to know that we don't have to depend on kindness for goodness to happen in this world. Self-interest can and does drive goodness, too, because we are all on this ship together!
Also, also! Check out these screen captures I got from the Fish and Game website:
Wowza. That's a lot of allowance for physical diversity! You'll notice that there is an option for pink eyes, so Miss Millie Bunn can get a fishing license if she wants to.
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