I haven’t been doing a whole lot of cooking lately, but I’m still eating! And, more to the point of this post, drinking.

I went through Canon City a few weeks ago and picked up some DiNardo’s juice. This is a little shop off Highway 50 in Canon City and it’s worth stopping by ((719) 275-2727 is their number if you want more info). I was camping down there last October and a friend wanted to get some raw apple cider that he could ferment. The store is great–run by two old men and full of odds and ends. Your focus should definitely be the juice, though. They sell unpasteurized apple cider (in season), as well as pasteurized apple cider and other juices. I thought cherry delight was my favorite until I tried the strawberry juice. It’s so sweet I usually cut it in half with water. None of the juice is ‘organic’ but all the ingredients would be recognized by your great-great-grandmother.

A side benefit of buying the juice is you can use the jugs as containers for bulk foods. Whole Foods and Wild Oats will both weigh the jug and subtract that from the weight of your bulk food–it’s called tare; I’m not sure about other stores. I ended up making a funnel from an old milk carton to assist putting lentils, rice, etc, into the jars. How much popcorn do I need?