These days my kitchen has turned into a chemistry lab but isn't that what all cooking involves? The focus has twisted about and that is the change. Rather than the kitchen, being so foodcentric it has become dyeingcentric.
Dyeing as in eco dyeing, sustainable and green in other words NOT THE COLOR but the process. It is fascinating to go back in time when plants were used as the base for so many incredible colors that have lasted centuries. This dyeing process is an ongoing lesson. Just imagine using urine to prepare or mordant cloth and wool to take the plant dye but it happened and in some cultures is still practiced today. This is just a very abbreviated introduction to what is going on in the 'kitchen' these days though I choose not to use urine because there are many other options that are environmentally friendly to prepare the fiber, thank goodness. Don't worry, pimento cheese, pepper jelly, tomato pies, and all the other things loved still are happening. The kitchen just has a twist and a new focus...it evolves.
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