Comments on: How Local Can You Realistically Go? http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/07/14/how-local-can-you-realistically-go/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:30:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on How Local Can You Realistically Go? by: michelle & brandon http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/07/14/how-local-can-you-realistically-go/#comment-112136 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:20:10 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/07/14/how-local-can-you-realistically-go/#comment-112136 Just a quick update & and a few answers to the posts. Our main objective in choosing crops was to look at the highest nutrition grains and seeds. All are noted for high protein content. We steered from wheat for a few reasons, primarily that we want to focus on food that delivers nutrition to those who are wheat sensitive and we knew that bread wheat does not grow well in our region. This year we are growing larger plots of meal corn, adzuki and black beans, sunflower (for cooking oil), millet, and amaranth. There's so much going on! Google Appalachian Staple Foods Collaborative to find out more. Michelle Just a quick update & and a few answers to the posts.
Our main objective in choosing crops was to look at the highest nutrition grains and seeds. All are noted for high protein content. We steered from wheat for a few reasons, primarily that we want to focus on food that delivers nutrition to those who are wheat sensitive and we knew that bread wheat does not grow well in our region.
This year we are growing larger plots of meal corn, adzuki and black beans, sunflower (for cooking oil), millet, and amaranth.
There’s so much going on! Google Appalachian Staple Foods Collaborative to find out more.
Michelle

]]> Comment on How Local Can You Realistically Go? by: Christy http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/07/14/how-local-can-you-realistically-go/#comment-57400 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:13:46 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/07/14/how-local-can-you-realistically-go/#comment-57400 That's odd, because I think I cooked it for a very long time. Much longer than it said on the recipe I was working with. And I had to keep adding liquid and cooking it longer and longer. That’s odd, because I think I cooked it for a very long time. Much longer than it said on the recipe I was working with. And I had to keep adding liquid and cooking it longer and longer.

]]> Comment on How Local Can You Realistically Go? by: vegoftheweek http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/07/14/how-local-can-you-realistically-go/#comment-57382 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:13:35 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/07/14/how-local-can-you-realistically-go/#comment-57382 Christy, The Millet probably wasn't cooked long enough and that's why it tasted so grainy. Arrowhead Mills makes a brand with cooking instructions on the back that worked pretty well for me (don't have it with me, sorry) I actually blend millet with chickpeas and some other spices to make falafel and it's the best falafel I've eaten so far. Christy,

The Millet probably wasn’t cooked long enough and that’s why it tasted so grainy. Arrowhead Mills makes a brand with cooking instructions on the back that worked pretty well for me (don’t have it with me, sorry)

I actually blend millet with chickpeas and some other spices to make falafel and it’s the best falafel I’ve eaten so far.

]]> Comment on How Local Can You Realistically Go? by: Catkin http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/07/14/how-local-can-you-realistically-go/#comment-57348 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:45:42 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/07/14/how-local-can-you-realistically-go/#comment-57348 You make some really pertinent points about crops which grow well locally. However, I think you're missing the point about others. It has always been that some crops grow much better in some areas than others (where they might not grow at all - I live in Scotland, so no wheat for example). It's called comparative advantage and it's why nations trade. I could no more imagine my life without for example citrus fruit, spices, rice and, yes, pasta than fly. So, yes, grow and buy local as far as possible, but within limits. Or should I now count the whole of the European Union as local, in which case I'm doing very well in terms of buying local. You make some really pertinent points about crops which grow well locally. However, I think you’re missing the point about others. It has always been that some crops grow much better in some areas than others (where they might not grow at all - I live in Scotland, so no wheat for example). It’s called comparative advantage and it’s why nations trade. I could no more imagine my life without for example citrus fruit, spices, rice and, yes, pasta than fly. So, yes, grow and buy local as far as possible, but within limits. Or should I now count the whole of the European Union as local, in which case I’m doing very well in terms of buying local.

]]> Comment on How Local Can You Realistically Go? by: Christy http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/07/14/how-local-can-you-realistically-go/#comment-57343 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:24:20 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/07/14/how-local-can-you-realistically-go/#comment-57343 I have a question about millet, since you're talking about grains here. What's the best way to cook it? And does it always have a kind of weird, grainy texture? It was a bit like eating sand the one time I tried to make a pudding out of it. I have a question about millet, since you’re talking about grains here. What’s the best way to cook it? And does it always have a kind of weird, grainy texture? It was a bit like eating sand the one time I tried to make a pudding out of it.

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