After reading Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, I’ve been inspired to write a diet book called “The Road Diet.” I’m dabbling with the first draft. It’s a post-apocalyptic diet based largely on the protagonists’ subsistence foraging. No, there’s not going to be any cannibalism, at least until week 30. Everything should be easy to acquire for under $5 a week, which is easily affordable for Oprah book club members. Expect to lose weight!
Here’s a sample week:
Day One
- Breakfast: 4 fried corn meal patties, each made from 2 tablespoons of corn meal mixed with pork fat skimmed from a can of pork and beans.
- Lunch: water
- Dinner: 1 can of pork and beans heated in the can and 2 desiccated apples for dessert
Day Two
- Breakfast: 6 peanuts and 4 leftover corn meal patties
- Lunch: 1 package of grape juice mix crystals
- Dinner: 1 can of Libby’s green peas
Day Three
- Breakfast: water
- Lunch: water
- Dinner: 1 boiled leather watch strap
Day Four
- Breakfast: water
- Lunch: water
- Dinner: water
Day Five
- Breakfast: 1 handful of dusty barley seeds
- Lunch: water
- Dinner: water
Day Six
- Breakfast: water
- Lunch: water
- Dinner: 1/2 can of corned beef hash, 3 cans of Libby’s peas, 1 can of pears for dessert
Day Seven
- Breakfast: Navy bean soup (1 can of tomato paste, water, 33 navy beans)
- Lunch: water
- Dinner: 1/2 can of corned beef hash