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The fallacy of free food

Someday, we'll move to a house and I'll have a garden. That's pretty much the only thing I really crave that I can't have on the boat. But I've found that instead of growing our own food, I find just as much enjoyment from fishing and foraging. If I don't have to buy it, I get pretty darn excited.

It has recently come to my attention (eh hem, Jason) that this is not, in fact, free food. So I did the calculations. Turns out Jason is right*. Not even close. Turns out I've spent a lot on crab and prawn traps, line, lures, poles, bait, you name it. We're were down to $54/meal there for a second, until I just blew $145 on an Alaskan fishing license.



How much is that store-bought crab again?

*I'm not sure it was the right move to admit this publicly...

3 comments:

more joy everywhere said...

This reminds me of the guy who figured out that his vegetable garden was costing him something crazy, like $54 per tomato. Better not to know, isn't it? : )

Jacob said...

I wonder if you ought to include the cost of Lavac rebuild kits in this calculation?

Naomi said...

I TOTALLY agree!! I used to tally fishing expenses in the same category as groceries, 'Living Expenses' - yeah right. I've since had to reevaluate. Now these costs get lumped in with 'entertainment'. There is no way we are capable of catching enough fish to make this worthwhile! But, it sure is FUN!