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Less than exciting adventures in local food
Ugh. I totally failed at my intended revisions goal today. Am peeved at self. I just got back from vacation, you know, and I had to read everything I already did to re-orient myself and that took hours, and what else took hours was a simple trip to the farmer's market and grocery store due to circumstances that would be far too boring to explain.
Oh well. I don't have much going on in days to come, so I can make it up.
I'm trying to eat more local food. Literally about 15 minutes before we left for the airport, my mom pointed out that there was a loquat tree in our condo parking lot laden with ripe fruit. I had never had a loquat before, but I picked one right then and ate it and I tell ya, it was DELICIOUS. I was all geared up to harvest it when I got home, but someone beat me to the punch. And boy did they ever. There was not a single loquat to be found, not on the highest branch. I mean, maybe the person who picked it was the person who planted it to begin with, years and years ago. I hope so. I don't want to STEAL the loquats, but they were just there growing away in the parking lot...now I'm sad.
So, it's back to greens, greens, and tangerines, which is what's around right now... Winn-Dixie has Florida blueberries this week, so that's some excitement. Not that I'm totally sticking to the local thing, but I'm trying to make *at least* 50% of my fresh produce local, 50% organic (overlap is likely and encouraged), and 0-5% from outside North America. It'll be even more awesome if I learn to garden. Right now I have beans growing. I don't really know how to help them, but every day I walk out and they're still THERE, so it's something.
But I can't give up my imported Italian Pomi tomatoes right now. I'm so sorry, world.
Also, best thing ever this week: High Country Wild Root kombucha. It's like, root beer flavored. It's like root beer for health nuts. OMG. I wish I knew how to make it taste like this. Damn you, expensive kombucha addiction!!
Oh well. I don't have much going on in days to come, so I can make it up.
I'm trying to eat more local food. Literally about 15 minutes before we left for the airport, my mom pointed out that there was a loquat tree in our condo parking lot laden with ripe fruit. I had never had a loquat before, but I picked one right then and ate it and I tell ya, it was DELICIOUS. I was all geared up to harvest it when I got home, but someone beat me to the punch. And boy did they ever. There was not a single loquat to be found, not on the highest branch. I mean, maybe the person who picked it was the person who planted it to begin with, years and years ago. I hope so. I don't want to STEAL the loquats, but they were just there growing away in the parking lot...now I'm sad.
So, it's back to greens, greens, and tangerines, which is what's around right now... Winn-Dixie has Florida blueberries this week, so that's some excitement. Not that I'm totally sticking to the local thing, but I'm trying to make *at least* 50% of my fresh produce local, 50% organic (overlap is likely and encouraged), and 0-5% from outside North America. It'll be even more awesome if I learn to garden. Right now I have beans growing. I don't really know how to help them, but every day I walk out and they're still THERE, so it's something.
But I can't give up my imported Italian Pomi tomatoes right now. I'm so sorry, world.
Also, best thing ever this week: High Country Wild Root kombucha. It's like, root beer flavored. It's like root beer for health nuts. OMG. I wish I knew how to make it taste like this. Damn you, expensive kombucha addiction!!