{"id":2867,"date":"2024-09-29T19:42:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T02:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/?p=2867"},"modified":"2024-09-29T19:42:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T02:42:18","slug":"bickens-beans-and-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/?p=2867","title":{"rendered":"Bickens, Beans, and Beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doc and I went on tours of several cacao farms, and it was a huge blast. I like eating and seeing where food comes from. I also got to go swimming and hold a bicken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cacao1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cacao1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2868\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cacao1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cacao1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cacao1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cacao1-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cacao1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 85vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Checking out the cacao trees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cacao2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cacao2-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2869\" width=\"385\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cacao2-769x1024.jpg 769w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cacao2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cacao2-768x1023.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cacao2-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cacao2-1200x1598.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cacao2.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 85vw, 385px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Cacao pods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were also bickens everywhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/feral_bickens.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/feral_bickens-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2870\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/feral_bickens-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/feral_bickens-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/feral_bickens-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/feral_bickens.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 85vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Do not feed feral bickens sign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I got to hold a pet bicken (this one was not feral)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bicken1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bicken1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2871\" width=\"342\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bicken1-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bicken1-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bicken1-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bicken1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bicken1-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bicken1.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 85vw, 342px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Me holding a sweet pet bicken<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bicken2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bicken2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2872\" width=\"342\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bicken2-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bicken2-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bicken2-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bicken2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bicken2-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bicken2.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 85vw, 342px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>I am so stoked to hold a bicken<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I got to mix some of the fermenting beans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beans-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2874\" width=\"342\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beans-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beans-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beans-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beans-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beans-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beans.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 85vw, 342px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>bean mixing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beach1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beach1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2873\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beach1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beach1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beach1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beach1-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beach1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 85vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>a vacation of bickens, beans, and beaches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beach2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beach2-585x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2875\" width=\"293\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beach2-585x1024.jpg 585w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beach2-171x300.jpg 171w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beach2-768x1345.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beach2-877x1536.jpg 877w, http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/beach2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 85vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>the most important part of a vacation is having little outfits<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They fed us so much chocolate and I got to taste so much cacao fruit. The different genetics tasted so different, even from the same farm. There are so many variables going on that even the same varietal from the same trees on the same farm will taste different from batch to batch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also like to eat bickens but I did not eat the pet bicken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doc and I went on tours of several cacao farms, and it was a huge blast. I like eating and seeing where food comes from. I also got to go swimming and hold a bicken. There were also bickens everywhere I got to hold a pet bicken (this one was not feral) And I got &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/?p=2867\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bickens, Beans, and Beaches&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2876,"href":"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867\/revisions\/2876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.certainly-strange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}