Domestic goddess rating: 50% (am having work-fest at the moment so hubby’s cooking, but I’m still growing) Five-a-day: 5/5 Food miles: none
On the menu: toast, marmalade and juice (breakfast); pasta and pesto (lunch); chops, chips and home-grown swiss chard and pine nuts (supper)
I found a great article today, by a recent convert to seasonal eating – she liked it so much she left work and set up her own veg box scheme (even more extreme than me, then).
You can read it here. The bit I like is the comment from a local veggie farmer where she lives, in Bedfordshire, who when asked when his spring carrots would be ready said “When they’re ready.”
A man after my own heart. One of the nicest things about eating seasonally is that it’s the ultimate in slow food – you can’t hurry anything. The chard isn’t ready until it’s decided to grow: there’s not much you can do to hurry it up, so all you can do is wait a bit longer. All that anticipation makes it all the more delicious when it arrives. Too much instant gratification makes life very dull sometimes…
Filed under: Grow your own, Seasonal eating, healthy eating, the politics of seasonal eating | Tagged: chard, slow food, veg boxes, vegetable farming
Amen. Asparagus was 2-3 weeks later than I expected here in D.C., and it was actually really nice. It helped me remember that I, THE CUSTOMER, am not in control. Oh yeah, right, Mother Nature is. Easy to forget sometimes.
that’s interesting… we’re getting everything 2-3 weeks earlier here, what with global warming an’ all. And yes, it’s lovely to be reminded that we don’t have to be in charge – I kind of like it that way