At the risk of giving further fuel to the Eat Local detractors who say that we are taking this too far, you have GOT to read about cookiecrumb's adventures in trying to get ocean water and boil it down for it's salt. It's part of her one week challenge to herself to try and only eat food from within her county (Marin County, California). After that, she'll "ease up" and let in food from surrounding counties for the rest of the month.
Salt Collecting, Part I
I had some wins and some losses in the challenge today and yesterday. I think that's probably the way it will be all month. As much as I worked on motivating everyone for the challenge, I didn't properly prepare for the first couple days. But ... I went to the farmer's market today, and all seems to be looking up.
Find of the day: Golden Gate Meat Company is selling some lamb that is from Napa County. At $9.50/lb for the lamb shoulder chop, it's a splurge, but since I am the only one in the household eating meat it is an ok price for me.
Find of the day #2: Short Night Farm (Ferry Plaza, Saturdays) is from Lodi and has some delicious dried garbanzo beans. I bought them a few weeks ago, but cooked them up yesterday and they were divine.
Item I am searching for: Lemons! Does anyone have a thought on the closest lemon grower to San Francisco? Brokaw sells lemons that are grown in Soledad which is 125 miles away but that's the closest I can find. If it were winter time, we'd have lots of Meyers, but I am afraid that "regular" lemons may not grow here ... can anyone thing of a good local acid substitute?
Recent Comments