delicious
i am enjoying a lunch of straight from the garden peas tossed with fresh mint, thai basil and regular basil. nothing in the world beats this taste. nothing. i am sad that the peas will be gone soon. we could can a few, but it is so much more worth it to eat them fresh off the vine. i have just spent the past couple of hours processing bags and bags of spinach. it is a time consuming process and it didn't yield very much, but we will have a few bags in the freezer which won't last long.
it makes me sad that the peas won't be around all summer, but i think that makes them all the more special and adds a certain excitement and specialness to life. to look forward to the first crop of peas and to enjoy them throughly while they are in season. i feel like something is being robbed from us by having produce all year round. Yes, now we have everything available to us all the time but none of it is special any longer as it is always there. Our society has lost a sense of what makes things special and it has permeated all aspects of our lives. As well, most of the fruits and veggies we get all year round actually suck - oh, they look great but mostly they are tasteless, a pale replacement for that very special first peach of summer - fruit truly in season. I feel a sense of loss for kids growing up today in the environment of everything all of the time. Sure you have peaches in December - but is it really what a peach ought to be - picked unripe and shipped thousands of miles? I think not. Possibly going local can contribute more to our culture than we suspect. I would hope we can recapture that in all facets of our lives.
There have been some food producers that are speaking out against the Obama's organic garden and that they emphasize eating locally. Here is a quote from a guy about trying to eat locally and seasonally that makes him sound like a complete and total dumbass. "It's a charming idea and everything, but it's not practical," says Xavier Equihua, who represents the Chilean Exporters Association as well as the Chilean Avocado Committee. The main problem, he says, is that local food is seasonal. For example, avocadoes grow in California during the summer months. Same with grapes. "What happens if you want some grapes during the month of December?" says Equihua. "What are you going to do? Not eat grapes?"
YES! You choose not to eat grapes because they are out of season. And I would rather look forward to when they are in season and enjoy the delicious taste of grape when it is suppose to be eaten. Because of the amount of gas and waste it cost to get you those grapes that aren't even going to taste good. Oh my god someone might actually have to deny themselves something. HOLY SHIT why that is unheard of.
I suppose I can feel high and mighty because I have a yard and I have a garden. But even without it. I would try very hard to shop at the farmer's market and try to eat locally and seasonally. Even if that meant that I couldn't have grapes in December. Perish the thought. Or if I couldn't have an awful, tasteless, forced ripen tomato in the winter. Gross. I would rather just do without. After all we live in wonderland and I should take advantage of everything that I so rightly deserve.
And with that I am going to make homemade salad dressing to go on my lettuce. I have been looking forward to that all day. I think that there might even be some carrots ready!!
it makes me sad that the peas won't be around all summer, but i think that makes them all the more special and adds a certain excitement and specialness to life. to look forward to the first crop of peas and to enjoy them throughly while they are in season. i feel like something is being robbed from us by having produce all year round. Yes, now we have everything available to us all the time but none of it is special any longer as it is always there. Our society has lost a sense of what makes things special and it has permeated all aspects of our lives. As well, most of the fruits and veggies we get all year round actually suck - oh, they look great but mostly they are tasteless, a pale replacement for that very special first peach of summer - fruit truly in season. I feel a sense of loss for kids growing up today in the environment of everything all of the time. Sure you have peaches in December - but is it really what a peach ought to be - picked unripe and shipped thousands of miles? I think not. Possibly going local can contribute more to our culture than we suspect. I would hope we can recapture that in all facets of our lives.
There have been some food producers that are speaking out against the Obama's organic garden and that they emphasize eating locally. Here is a quote from a guy about trying to eat locally and seasonally that makes him sound like a complete and total dumbass. "It's a charming idea and everything, but it's not practical," says Xavier Equihua, who represents the Chilean Exporters Association as well as the Chilean Avocado Committee. The main problem, he says, is that local food is seasonal. For example, avocadoes grow in California during the summer months. Same with grapes. "What happens if you want some grapes during the month of December?" says Equihua. "What are you going to do? Not eat grapes?"
YES! You choose not to eat grapes because they are out of season. And I would rather look forward to when they are in season and enjoy the delicious taste of grape when it is suppose to be eaten. Because of the amount of gas and waste it cost to get you those grapes that aren't even going to taste good. Oh my god someone might actually have to deny themselves something. HOLY SHIT why that is unheard of.
I suppose I can feel high and mighty because I have a yard and I have a garden. But even without it. I would try very hard to shop at the farmer's market and try to eat locally and seasonally. Even if that meant that I couldn't have grapes in December. Perish the thought. Or if I couldn't have an awful, tasteless, forced ripen tomato in the winter. Gross. I would rather just do without. After all we live in wonderland and I should take advantage of everything that I so rightly deserve.
And with that I am going to make homemade salad dressing to go on my lettuce. I have been looking forward to that all day. I think that there might even be some carrots ready!!