the problem with food is that you must go on having it; you can't just sort it out once and be done

[thanate]

The problem, of course, with real food is when you do something like fail to overcook the soy beans into submission (I swear, there's something wrong with the bag of soy beans I bought, which results in my ignoring them for long periods of time until I forget that they don't soften properly...) then you have no one to blame but yourself.

Today is more crock potting, this time of chili, with mostly real food, plus V8 ("100% VEGETABLE JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE WITH ADDED INGREDIENTS") which doesn't actually appear to be too bad, as it only admits to "natural flavoring," salt, and a couple extra acids at the end.