Comments on: The Last Local Supper? http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/05/31/the-last-local-supper/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:22:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on The Last Local Supper? by: Grace Dykstra http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/05/31/the-last-local-supper/#comment-38964 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:44:31 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/05/31/the-last-local-supper/#comment-38964 I freeze ginger. I food-save it and it freezes beautifully - it retains it's lovely colour and then when I need some, I just take it out of the freezer and grate it. Works like a charm. I freeze ginger. I food-save it and it freezes beautifully - it retains it’s lovely colour and then when I need some, I just take it out of the freezer and grate it. Works like a charm.

]]> Comment on The Last Local Supper? by: Mel http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/05/31/the-last-local-supper/#comment-4343 Fri, 02 Jun 2006 23:46:34 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/05/31/the-last-local-supper/#comment-4343 Phoo. I'll just have to see if I can find another alternative, I guess (greenhouses don't seem to be common around here). Phoo. I’ll just have to see if I can find another alternative, I guess (greenhouses don’t seem to be common around here).

]]> Comment on The Last Local Supper? by: Barbara http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/05/31/the-last-local-supper/#comment-4336 Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:43:33 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/05/31/the-last-local-supper/#comment-4336 Starrie--that sounds pretty good! I probably would never do it that way, but it still sounds good to me. Pamela--eating local food retrains your palate--look out! Once you start getting used to the intense flavors of real, honest whole foods that are truly fresh, it is hard to go back to the old way of shopping and eating through the grocery store. Nothing tastes as good anymore! Champ potatoes--are those the ones that are mashed with leeks and butter? Starrie–that sounds pretty good! I probably would never do it that way, but it still sounds good to me.

Pamela–eating local food retrains your palate–look out! Once you start getting used to the intense flavors of real, honest whole foods that are truly fresh, it is hard to go back to the old way of shopping and eating through the grocery store. Nothing tastes as good anymore!

Champ potatoes–are those the ones that are mashed with leeks and butter?

]]> Comment on The Last Local Supper? by: Barbara http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/05/31/the-last-local-supper/#comment-4333 Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:20:03 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/05/31/the-last-local-supper/#comment-4333 Ginger I still buy at the store, Castiron. It can only be grown easily in heated greenhouses, and most of the folks who run greenhouses here use passive solar or water pipes to heat, so it is just impractical to grow real tropical stuff here. Onions, garlic and potatoes I buy when the folks at the farmer's market run out, so I am not totally local, not yet. Mel--for winter, I can still buy at the farmer's market. Folks raise lettuces and greens and herbs here year round in greenhouses, and sell their storage potatoes and winter squash, carrots, turnips and apples all winter long, too. It is hard to go completely local in the winter on vegetables, but we try. I did freeze the following last year, and I would like to try my hand at canning tomatoes during the glut this year. I froze pesto, various chiles--of which I am running out of Thai chiles, but still have way too many jalapenos and habeneros, so I know which to freeze more of, and which to cut back on, tomatoes, and homemade pasta sauce and salsa. I might do some jams and jellies this year, though I can buy those year round at the farmer's market, too. Ginger I still buy at the store, Castiron. It can only be grown easily in heated greenhouses, and most of the folks who run greenhouses here use passive solar or water pipes to heat, so it is just impractical to grow real tropical stuff here. Onions, garlic and potatoes I buy when the folks at the farmer’s market run out, so I am not totally local, not yet.

Mel–for winter, I can still buy at the farmer’s market. Folks raise lettuces and greens and herbs here year round in greenhouses, and sell their storage potatoes and winter squash, carrots, turnips and apples all winter long, too. It is hard to go completely local in the winter on vegetables, but we try.

I did freeze the following last year, and I would like to try my hand at canning tomatoes during the glut this year. I froze pesto, various chiles–of which I am running out of Thai chiles, but still have way too many jalapenos and habeneros, so I know which to freeze more of, and which to cut back on, tomatoes, and homemade pasta sauce and salsa.

I might do some jams and jellies this year, though I can buy those year round at the farmer’s market, too.

]]> Comment on The Last Local Supper? by: Mel http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/05/31/the-last-local-supper/#comment-4319 Fri, 02 Jun 2006 04:43:48 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/05/31/the-last-local-supper/#comment-4319 I'm curious what you do for produce in winter. I'd like to eat more local produce, but our farmer's market is only in summer and I'm hesitant about the co-ops around here (expensive, and only one of them allows you to pick your food). Do you just freeze/can/otherwise preserve food for winter? I’m curious what you do for produce in winter. I’d like to eat more local produce, but our farmer’s market is only in summer and I’m hesitant about the co-ops around here (expensive, and only one of them allows you to pick your food). Do you just freeze/can/otherwise preserve food for winter?

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