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judith



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 08 3:32 pm    Post subject: One Local Summer challenge Reply with quote
    

Would anyone be interested in joining me in a One Local Summer challenge?

The basic premise is that you eat at least one meal every week that was grown, produced or foraged entirely within a given radius of home, barring salt. pepper, spices and oil (I am inclined to add yeast to the list as well). By local, I suggest a radius of 50 miles.
You then simply start your own thread in this section and let us know all about your meal each week. If possible, post a mouth-watering picture too. Tell us how you sourced the ingredients, any particular challenges you faced in putting the menu together and any new producers or suppliers you have discovered while taking part.

That’s all there is to it. It isn’t a competition. You won’t be disqualified if you forget one week, and there are no prizes at the end. I suggest we run the challenge for the next 8 weeks, and hope to read some imaginative recipes and ideas that I can introduce into my own menus.

Any takers?

sean
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 08 3:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Yep, we're in.

Jonnyboy



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 08 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

us too.

tahir



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 08 3:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Wish I was more useful at recording stuff and taking pics, we're coming into the time of year when loads of our meals will be entirely home grown.

judith



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 08 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Keep your camera in the kitchen.
Or just tell us all about what you had.

Mrs Fiddlesticks



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 08 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

hmm until the spuds are ready that could be a challenge - but yep we'll have a go! (cos I'm guessing rice and pasta are off limits then - oooh not if I make our own with local flour and our eggs cunning...)

jamanda
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 08 3:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mrs Fiddlesticks wrote:
hmm until the spuds are ready that could be a challenge - but yep we'll have a go! (cos I'm guessing rice and pasta are off limits then - oooh not if I make our own with local flour and our eggs cunning...)


We'd be fine with spuds, but flour might be tricky - hence bread.

judith



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 08 3:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mrs Fiddlesticks wrote:
I'm guessing rice and pasta are off limits then - oooh not if I make our own with local flour and our eggs cunning...)


Exactly! Gets you thinking, doesn't it?

Starches are my main challenge too. I think I can get locally-produced oats and flour - not sure about anything else. I suspect sugar might be out for me though, not that that is such a bad thing.

Mrs Fiddlesticks



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 08 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

judith wrote:
I suspect sugar might be out for me though, not that that is such a bad thing.


there's local honey though...

tahir



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 08 3:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

For flour does that mean milled or grown within the area?

judith



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 08 3:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mrs Fiddlesticks wrote:
judith wrote:
I suspect sugar might be out for me though, not that that is such a bad thing.


there's local honey though...


And I have a large stash courtesy of Chez, but I will be looking for hints on how to use it other than on toast!

vegplot



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 08 3:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Sounds like a good idea to me.

judith



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 08 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

tahir wrote:
For flour does that mean milled or grown within the area?


Dunno. What do you reckon? I'm inclined to let individual participants choose for themselves.

tahir



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 08 3:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Milled here is easy (Marriages are just up the road), grown here is harder, althouch Richard's supposed to be getting us some wheat from the college to test in our mill....

Depends how others view it I reckon.

judith



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 08 3:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Aren't you within 50 miles of wheat-growing country?

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