72-hour Challenge / UNIMIX Day 1
by Reed on May.13, 2008, under Uncategorized
My Experience:
Well I can honestly say that I just had my best batch yet of UNIMIX (but it’s still not all that great). For any of you going with UNIMIX for the challenge, here are a few hints:
- cold water is better than hot
- more water is better than less
- Pinto beans are better than Soy
My Reflection:
Just day one of three and I can honestly say that my eyes are opened. I can’t imagine eating this for a substantial number of days – yet I would be so thankful for the calories if I (or my family) was starving. It’s a real perspective-bender. Makes me realize how pampered and blessed we are to eat for taste rather than just to stay alive. It also makes me sad to think that we live in a world with so much inequality of resource distribution…
On that topic, someone pointed me to this WSJ article: Four ways to Ease a Global Food Crisis Over the Next Year. It’s an interesting read about what may be coming just around the corner and some things that can be done to ease the potential crisis.
I love that I’m part of a church that will take challenges like this! Keep at it folks and let’s bring a great offering to church this coming weekend!
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May 14th, 2008 on 11:03 am
Thanks for the laugh! Unfortunately I was eating my lunch of rice and… rice… and my chuckle shot a rice kernel out my nose.
I had a “business” lunch yesterday and couldn’t stick with the diet, and last night had to feed my kids so I’m sure I added way too much chicken and fresh vegetables to my meal to make it anything like a dinner in Myanmar or Mhlosheni. This makes me realize 2 things:
1) We have to GO WAY OUT OF OUR WAY and exert tremendous discipline to avoid the food that so readily finds its way into our lives… nothing at all like being forced into that situation day-in and day-out. How humbling.
2) No matter how hard we try we can only “pretend” to be as hungry and as destitute as the rest of the world. Don’t get me wrong: It’s a worthwhile pretense and I hope I learn from it. But how much easier is it for me that I know I won’t be hungry on Friday, as compared to the child or adult who doesn’t know if they’ll ever be satisfied again?