Local food - eating as an act of civil disobedience

My post about raw milk resulted in a mysterious communique:

In mystery novels, the dim-witted heroine often goes dashing out to the belltower or some equally isolated place after receiving such a message. Inevitably she finds herself face to face with a murderous villain intent upon killing her.

Knowing that, I still decided to take the chance. As I waited in the darkness, nervously folding and unfolding my dollar bills (which were non-sequential), I had time to enjoy the fragrance of honeysuckle blossoms and to listen to the song of the cicadas. Never mind the mosquitoes that swarmed around me.

Soon enough, a shadowy form stepped forth from the wooded hillside.

“Pssst,”s/he said, in a cleverly disguised voice. “Did you bring the cash?”

I held up the bills, which my unknown correspondent immediately snatched from my hand. At the same time, a bag containing two jars of icy cold raw goat milk were deposited at my feet.

As quickly as it had begun, my illegal encounter was over. The supplier disappeared into the night, leaving me to ponder the weight of what had just happened.

I wasted no time in retrieving my illicit goods, and rushed back to the house. Once there, I stashed the jars in the refrigerator, fully expecting an FDA raid at any moment.

By morning, when no such raid had occurred, I felt confident that I had, indeed, gotten away with my heinous crime — buying raw milk for human consumption.

Within a few hours, I had made biscuits with goat milk as well as my very first batch of cheese (paneer). They were delicious, satisfying, and all the sweeter for being the result of outlaw behavior.

Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (which happens to be what I have close at hand) defines civil disobedience as “refusal to obey governmental demands or commands esp. as a nonviolent and usu. collective means of forcing concessions from the government.”

Definitions, of course, depend upon one’s perception. Were the participants in the Boston Tea Party resistance fighters or terrorists? Have I engaged in criminal activity or civil disobedience? Consider this post found at Food Freedom.