Eating Fine!!

We have been able to spend one to two hours a day walking the beaches in the area.  Depending on the wind, wave height etc. the beaches change daily. Never the same. One day rocks are exposed, the next, they are covered with sand. Sea birds around all of the time feeding in the shallows, diving for their food, finding fish, crabs, mussels and other shellfish. Of course, what they eat we eat as well. Steamed clams whenever we want to dig them, or a neighbor brings some over. Fresh fish, smoked fish and dried fish is always available at a local wharf or fish market. If you don't want to drive to get you fish, some one will be knocking on the trailer door selling fish out of their truck.
We had a great treat a couple of days ago when one of the neighbors came over with some dried mackerel fillets that he prepared himself. Unlike dried salted fish, dried fish is only soaked in a salt brine for a very short period of time before it is dried. This means that you can eat it "as is" without having to soak it for 24 hours in fresh water like you do with salt cod or salt pollock. Our neighbor caught his mackerel off the local wharf, filleted it, soaked it in salt water (salty enough to float a potato) for 5 minutes and dried them for several hours over low heat. Excellent eating.
Another new treat for us is salted green onions. You can make them yourself or buy them at any local store in this area. The really add flavor to any stew, chowder or dish you normally add green onions to. A word of caution- they are very salty if you try and eat them right out of the bottle. Add them to the food, a teaspoon at a time and let it cook! To make them, just chop up your green onions about 1/4 in thick, add them to a salt brine (again, strong enough to float a potato) mix well. Let sit for 24 hours. Fill up your bottle and seal tightly. They say it will keep forever???
Aside from seafood, we are also eating fresh berries. The strawberry season is starting to fade, but raspberries are plentiful. Fresh beets, carrots, beans. green leafy veggies and new potatoes are all available at the small local stores or from roadside vendors.
Needless to say meal planning is a very spontaneous event which totally depends on what we find during our travels each day.
We are eating "close to the earth". Everything we buy is local and fresh!  In our view, we are eating fine!
Quote of the day:
Skill, is successfully walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls. Intelligence, is not trying!