I missed last week’s reporting because we were out of town, though we did enjoy a spectacular local meal of roast chicken, potatoes au gratin, sautéed greens, carrots with peas and simple salad.
This week, though, has been crazy. We’ve been nursing our two-year old through a vicious dog bite. I’ve been working a lot of extra hours. Add that to the work we do for the farmers market like holding a film screening of The Future of Food and getting all the last minute prep done for tomorrow’s first market day, and you have two people too swamped to think much of beautiful meal preparation.
Despite our simple lack of time, we managed a quasi-local meal a few times this week–unless, of course, you count the breakfasts of boiled eggs which are 100% local. But boiled eggs are not very interesting are they?
We ate at out twice: once at our local gas station cum burger bar which features grass-finished beef from 45 miles down the road and once at a barbecue benefit that also featured grass-finished beef from 45 miles down the road as well as hot Italian sausage from right here in town.
We’re thrilled about the market, and the prospect of increased access to local foods. In devising the goals and purposes of our market we’ve really tried to maintain an ethical standpoint regarding local foods: even our concessionaire is required to source ingredients locally which means you may see a few more One Local Summer meals that are not home-prepared.
Wish us luck on this years market!
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