During this time of stay-at-home orders, many of us are looking for a hobby to occupy our time. Retirement also offers us this same opportunity. However, as this Jewish Proverb professes, these hobbies can cost money.
Last fall I began food dehydration as a hobby. You see I don’t particularly care to eat fruit or vegetables. Growing up on a farm which raised beef cows, hogs, and chickens, and we planted a large garden, we always ate fresh, healthy food. No fast food or junk food. I quite often shelled peas I picked or pulled carrots out of the ground and cleaned just before dinner.
Now I eat more fast food or junk food than I probably should. Drying fruit gives me a healthy snack I can enjoy while watching tv, kind of like eating potato chips. Making and eating dried fruit has become a habit, or should I say a hobby, since it does cost money?