Almond Flour and Aging Hippies.

OK, so today I needed some almond flour to test a rhubarb cake recipe I received from a friend. Safeway doesn't carry it. Giant doesn't carry it. That means I had to summon up my courage and venture into hippyland. Any time I need an unusual ingredient, I know I'll find it at the Hippy Store. So, although it was a warm day, I donned my Air Force flight jacket and headed for Fresh Fields -- where liberals do their shopping. I always try to wear a piece of military garb when I go to Fresh Fields because I enjoy the dirty looks I get. And the gravy is, none of them know enough about the military to see that I've replaced my Air Force patches with Stargate SG-1 patches. And they wonder why I'm smiling. The first thing you'll notice about Fresh Fields is there isn't an American flag or a "Support Our Troops" magnetic sticker in the entire parking lot. LOTS of Kerry/Edwards bumper stickers, though. You liberals reading this, you can get those off with a hair dryer. Once inside the store, you will notice that there isn't a screwtop bottle of wine in the entire place, the men have beards, are bald and have pony tails, the women wear muu muus and look like they still iron their hair, and the only black people in the store are wearing aprons. You won't find a holistic medicine section in a Safeway, but you will there. And aging hippies like to eat REALLY well. EVERYTHING was labeled organic. Organic milk, organic pasta...what the heck is organic chocolate?? Of course, "organic" is Organian for "expensive." Not a whole lot of low carbers on the left. Except for pure meat, everything is no fat and high carb. I found my almond flour, but couldn't resist also buying some buffalo meat, ostrich steaks, and prepared, frozen escargot. Safeway doesn't carry that either. I'm surprised they didn't have any baby seal meat. For all their bloviating about poverty, social fairness and anti-globalization, liberals live REALLY well. REALLY.