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2 Responses to “Breaking out of the food slump…”

1. Candice
   August 26th, 2007 - 8:47 pm

   One of my LJ friends did a very similar thing, the 100 mile diet. She and her girlfriend did it for an entire week, and were quite strict: the only things they were allowed to use that were not local were salt and pepper, tea, and salad dressing (they eat a lot of salads). EVERYTHING else had to be local. This meant that every day they visited local farmers markets and shops to get fresh local produce, milk, meat, etc.

   Well, they had a wonderful time learning about local products but they found they spent nearly all of their free time buying, cooking and preparing food. They had to make bread from scratch, pasta from scratch, they even made ketchup from scratch!

   She concluded it really changed her perspective on local products and made her want to keep using more local stuff, especially veggies and meats. But it also made her realize that for some things, the non local stuff is so much better (eg - flour for baking bread).

   Just thought you might find that interesting. :)

2. CDC
   August 26th, 2007 - 8:54 pm

   Yeah, I can see how it could become *very* time consuming depending on how strict you are with it. We’ve got some farmers markets around for produce & a slaughterhouse/butcher that is a little far out, but they do it all themselves. (Been there before, it’s definitely worth the drive.)

   Not sure I’ll be able to do every single aspect of the meal from local goods, but probably a fair amount.

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