Scrumptious.Our entirely local meal this week was baked stuffed tomatoes, fresh beans and musk melon. The tomatoes were stuffed with bread crumbs, herbs from the garden and goat parmesan. The only non-local items in the dish were the olive oil and salt and pepper.
We thought we'd died and gone to heaven.
Literally.
The beans were from our garden and topped with local butter.
The musk melon came from southern Indiana, but dh brought it back with him from a business trip to said location. Oh, and it and the 3 other melons and the watermelon he brought home were all free. Apparently, the guys at the research station dh visited watch for melons that fall off of trucks transporting them to market. This "road kill" is then given away for free!
This is a piece of blueberry pie, topped w/homemade ice cream. All ingredients were local, except for the shortening in the crust and the sugar. I'm contemplating buying some local lard from my Farm to Folk CSA for use in pie crusts, but haven't yet done so.
2 comments:
It looks really good. I can't wait until we get melons here.
My in-laws that live in California get stuff that falls from trucks. The main thing has been tomatoes. They do have their own olive trees. They are organic. Some one comes by to make them into oil and then pays my in-laws in the processed oil. The get honey by allowing a guy to put his honey bees on their land and feed on star thistle. I like how there is no labor on their part just great products.
delsood
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