The joys of local food

Tonight was a celebration of locally sourced food

Tea: (Dinner in southern parts and in the US)

Dexter Beef Rump Steak (From a farm about 10 miles away)
Home made chips (Using local Nadine potatoes)
Peas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_cattle

Supper:

Bacon,cheese and oatcakes

Gloucester Old Spot dry cured back bacon (From a local butcher/abbatoir)
Cooked crumbly Lancashire cheese
Staffordshire oatcakes

http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/asset/?asset_id=1258090

http://goodfoodshops.blogspot.com/search/label/oatcakes

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=106273319835681929644.00000111d16963d6a3719

I agree with your sentiments. Here in Minnesota and Wisconsin where I grew up and now reside, we have some great local, seasonal foods. Some favorites of mine include sweet corn, apples, and of course, cheese.

Local foods are great, and I find them much tastier. I'm not sure if it's the closeness, or that smaller local producers take greater time and care. Maybe a combination.

When I get my own house I already plan on raising some of my own meat (rabbits, maybe some goats). Doesn't get much more local then the back yard.

Abdiel said:

Local foods are great, and I find them much tastier. I'm not sure if it's the closeness, or that smaller local producers take greater time and care. Maybe a combination.

When I get my own house I already plan on raising some of my own meat (rabbits, maybe some goats). Doesn't get much more local then the back yard.

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I have to agree, but seeing as my two lads are often to be found in the back yard.......


SWMBO would object to a cannibal diet

Local foods in NY is a bit of a misnomer since you can find food from just about anywhere in the world here. You can literally pick a country and find a restaurant representing it here. Some of it is expensive but it's all good.

Oh yeah, man!
Here on the Chesapeake Bay, we gorge ourselves on Blue Crabs, Oysters, and Rockfish every season.