Websites these days are flush with image galleries of top ten lists. Cities, foods, movies, movie stars, books, political positions, rivers — you name it, there’s a list for it.
There’s even a list of top ten top ten lists.
Therefore, in the interest of being trendy, I’ve created a list.
With the exception of cookies, ice cream, and cake (intrusions, all!) here are the Top Ten Foods I Ate in 2012.
1. Eggs. We have six chickens who are awesome producers. We've had them for about a year and a half and I'm now very good at cooking eggs (omelettes, scrambled, fried, hole-in-one...)
2. Coffee. A cup every morning. Sometimes two cups. Sometimes a cup in the afternoon. Every single day since exam week that first semester of college. It's an addiction.
3. Carrots. The staple of my morning juice. Leaves a lot of pulp, which I feed to my chickens. (Eggs are my number one food).
4. Apples. According to the internet, Ben Franklin was not the first to say this. Nevertheless, I've neglected to go to the doctor in 2012, so I put an apple in my juice each morning. The pulp goes to the chickens.
5. Cheese. A weakness. Keep that stuff away from me. It'll kill you and I love it.
6. Bread. My biggest weakness. Keep it away from me or I'll eat it until there's not any left.
7. Chicken. I was a strict vegetarian for six or seven years. About a year ago I had a piece of fried chicken and the rest is history.
8. Kale. In my morning juice. It's nutritious, tasty, and cheap. The pulp goes to the chickens.
9. Tea. In the evenings with sugar and milk. I get loose leaf Assam from Upton.
10. Avocados. They used to be really expensive and really delicious. Now they're really cheap and still delicious.