There Is No Self-sustainability Without Redundancy
It’s easy to be minimalist next to a loaded shopping mall
Two weeks ago, a rat broke into our storage room. It must have been there for a couple of days because later on, I found its feces everywhere. I called the local vet for instructions, and she told me to discard everything that had biting marks on it, or couldn’t be disinfected on the outside. It took me two days to sort it out and buy new supplies. I’ve lost about 10 kg of flour, some cereals, legumes, and a bit of fruit. The 20 kg wheat I have is still in question. I’ll probably buy new and sell this to a chicken farm.
The next week the door of the freezer stayed open during the night. I have no idea how that happened, but I suspect the locking mechanism doesn’t work as it should have. Another batch of food went into the compost.
The contact grill I use for bread broke down. I need to replace the temperature fuse, but for now I just have to go without it.
Then the stick hand blender. Fuck.
Finally, an hour ago, I just broke my jar of sourdough starter. There is no way to salvage anything from the mess of slurry and broken glass that is lying on the floor. The risk of capturing micro-shards that would end up in bread is just too significant. It takes about 5 days…
