Thursday, May 09, 2002

Have you ever thought about how much effort it takes to make a sandwich?

First you’ve got the bread. Someone has to plant wheat, grow it, reap it, and then grind it into flour, someone has to raise chickens for eggs, and someone has to make yeast. Then all those items need to be brought together, mixed, and baked.

Someone has to raise and feed turkeys and then slaughter them, pluck them, cook them, and then carve them into thin slices.

Someone has to raise cows so that they can take their milk and cure it into cheese.

Someone has to take eggs and make them into mayonnaise.

Someone has to grow lettuce and someone has to grow tomatoes.

Then for me, someone asks me what kind of bread I want, what kind of meat and cheese, and what kind of vegetables and puts it all together into a sandwich. I pay 3 dollars and fifty cense and I eat it with some apple juice.