When I first became a dub I lived in Illinois, was raising two young children, and had no money, therefore, a Bethel trip was out of the question for me. I used to speculate on how wonderful it must be there, full of Jehoover's spirit, almost like a slice of Paradise even in the midst of this terrible "world". As the years passed, most of the scales fell from my eyes and I realized that Bethel was probably not all it was cracked up to be, and, after coming to this board, I realized that it was just cracked. But, I still had this idea that they had wonderful meals with fresh food straight from the Farm. I knew they'd moved printing to Wallkill, but I still thought they were providing food for Bethel. Guess I wasn't paying attention like so many dubbers. Quite interesting that they make the Bethel fambly scramble through meals so that even if the cuisine was super duper, they would hardly be able to taste it.
So funny how nothing in the WTS is quite what you think it is.