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Originally posted by Johnka:
Did you put on any weight with a high-fruit diet?
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No, it WAS my food, not in addition to my food. We also grew tomatoes, peppers, onions... lots of stuff to go with the fruit.
I have this great story to tell my grandchilden about living on $80/month for a while in college... that includes room and board! My rent was $50/mo for my garage appartment with no insulation (in Lubbock!) My car was broke, as was I, so I rode my bike everywhere. I ate what I took home along with just the little bit I bought from the store. Nope, didn't gain any extra weight then. Plus, I played basketball frequently as well as working in the farm so I was burning off plenty!
That's where I learned about dried apricots, too. There was an apricot orchard there that was going to get dozed for a new building. I was able to collect sacks and sacks of apricots but didn't know what to do with them all so I built a drying rack out of hardware cloth and old 2x4's and made dried apricots out in the sun. I ate those for a while and developed a taste for them. When I ran out, that's when I learned how much they cost to buy!