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rosedraws

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Aug 23, 2009 - 9:02pm |
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MsJudi wrote:edit: (Oh lordy, and that little trip down memory lane reminds me of going INTO the corn field with Dad and picking cobs straight off the stalks into a large paper grocery sack. We'd take them home and sit outside and shuck- a job I loathed as a 6 year old. But corn on the cob would be the only thing we'd need for dinner that night.  And now my tummy is growling.) Seasonal food! To me, the out-of-season food at the grocery store tastes so lame that i don't even bother. We eat peaches during peach season (local!) And we gorge on apples 'round here in the fall. Eating something that you just picked is totally different than something that was picked in Chile 3 weeks ago. We've got crappy farmland here in NH... but hardy farmers, so they make a go of it. We had local corn tonight. Mmmmmmmmm.
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rosedraws

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Aug 23, 2009 - 8:59pm |
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oldviolin wrote: That's where the old folks had it right. They canned, swapped, shared, and stored.
 glad it's becoming popular again... but with both parents working I don't think there will be time.
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dionysius

Location: The People's Republic of Austin Gender:  
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Aug 23, 2009 - 3:07pm |
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I'm fer 'em both.
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MsJudi

Location: Houston, TX Gender:  
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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:57pm |
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MrsHobieJoe wrote:it's becos we're socialists (either that or we have a cooler climate that you).  Milkfloat:   Be still my heart (and move me to a cooler climate forthwith!)
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MrsHobieJoe

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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:54pm |
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MsJudi wrote: I didn't even know anyone did that anymore.
it's becos we're socialists (either that or we have a cooler climate that you).  Milkfloat:
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MsJudi

Location: Houston, TX Gender:  
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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:44pm |
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MrsHobieJoe wrote:
We still get our milk in glass bottles delivered to the doorstep.....
I didn't even know anyone did that anymore.
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MsJudi

Location: Houston, TX Gender:  
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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:43pm |
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oldviolin wrote:Don't eat them little worms... unless you need the protien... LOL once they're steamed in the corn pot, you'd never know they were... ok, I'm totally lying.  As a kid, I wouldn't even touch the cobs that had worms in them. I think my logic was that I'd get worm stuff on me and die.
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MrsHobieJoe

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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:41pm |
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MsJudi wrote:I remember the weekly trips to the dairy down the road where we bought our milk in glass bottles that we returned every week. And this wasn't back in the 1800s either.  We're talking late 60s, early 70s. We still get our milk in glass bottles delivered to the doorstep.....
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oldviolin

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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:40pm |
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MsJudi wrote: Don't eat them little worms... unless you need the protien...
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hippiechick

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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:37pm |
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The book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver describes in detail how to live on local food. A very enjoyable read.
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MsJudi

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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:35pm |
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oldviolin wrote: That's where the old folks had it right. They canned, swapped, shared, and stored.
    This is what my mother did every year, too. But we were in PA where we had almost unfettered access to fresh fruits and veggies and milk and steak straight outta the field. I remember the weekly trips to the dairy down the road where we bought our milk in glass bottles that we returned every week. And this wasn't back in the 1800s either.  We're talking late 60s, early 70s. edit: (Oh lordy, and that little trip down memory lane reminds me of going INTO the corn field with Dad and picking cobs straight off the stalks into a large paper grocery sack. We'd take them home and sit outside and shuck- a job I loathed as a 6 year old. But corn on the cob would be the only thing we'd need for dinner that night.  And now my tummy is growling.)
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oldviolin

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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:34pm |
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JrzyTmata wrote: they lived on farms or there was a lot more farmland around them. not so anymore in a lot of places. so now what?
magic wand?
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oldviolin

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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:31pm |
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ptooey wrote: I do like the buy local concept, and we try to hit the farmers market when we can and we do grow a lot of our own veggies, but that won't help us much in February. That's where the old folks had it right. They canned, swapped, shared, and stored.
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MrsHobieJoe

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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:28pm |
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JrzyTmata wrote: I'll trade you for corn and tomatoes!! wait. we can't do that. it's not local.
I think that they are really trying to reduce food miles- ie not having your fruit flown in from Australia at certain times of the year. Trying to eat as local as you can and concentrate on eating seasonal food rather than strawberries in December.
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ptooey

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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:27pm |
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JrzyTmata wrote: I'll trade you for corn and tomatoes!! wait. we can't do that. it's not local.
 I do like the buy local concept, and we try to hit the farmers market when we can and we do grow a lot of our own veggies, but that won't help us much in February.
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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:24pm |
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ptooey wrote:And a person can only eat so much beef.  I'll trade you for corn and tomatoes!! wait. we can't do that. it's not local.
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ptooey

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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:19pm |
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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:17pm |
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oldviolin wrote:So, what did the folks do before food was shipped in from far and often foreign places?
they lived on farms or there was a lot more farmland around them. not so anymore in a lot of places. so now what?
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oldviolin

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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:15pm |
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ptooey wrote: Died in their mid-40s.
All of them?
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ptooey

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Aug 23, 2009 - 2:15pm |
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oldviolin wrote:So, what did the folks do before food was shipped in from far and often foreign places?
Died in their mid-40s.
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