See these pancakes? I didn’t make them, Husband did. From all local ingredients. He made bacon, too. All while I was fast asleep, dreaming of the days without children. Perhaps now would be a good time to stop taking him for granted?
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Eat Local Challenge Recap: 10/9 – 10/13
Thursday, October 9
Breakfast: Yogurt, homemade granola, whole wheat toast with jam, raspberries, apple cider
Lunch: Grilled cheese sandwiches, pear, pepper slices
Dinner: Ham steak with cider-mustard pan sauce, roasted potatoes, braised cabbage and apples
Friday, October 10
Breakfast: Yogurt, toast, raspberries, apple cider
Lunch: Leftover lentils and pita bread. The kids had hard-boiled eggs, baguette, cheese, bok choy slices, and apples
Snack: Baguette with sliced turnips and tarragon/chive butter (kids just had plain bread and butter)
Dinner: Pita pizzas with peppers and sausages, green salad
Saturday, October 11
Away for the weekend—rules suspended
Sunday, October 12
Away for the weekend—rules suspended
Monday, October 13
Brunch: Blueberry whole wheat pancakes with maple syrup, bacon, apple cider (Husband cooked!)
Snack: Apples, cheese
Dinner: Homemade fish and clam chowder, whole wheat toast, green salad with peppers, Smuttynose Shoals Pale Ale
Sources:
Drumlin Farm CSA, Lincoln, MA: raspberries, peppers, potatoes, cabbage, onions, garlic, tomatoes, turnips, tarragon, lettuce, shallots
Milk: Our Family Farms of Western Massachusetts, Bernardston, MA (Russo’s)
Butter, cheese: Cabot, Cabot, VT
Eggs: Chip-In Farm, Bedford, MA (Russo’s)
Cream: High Lawn Farm, Lee, MA (Russo’s)
Yogurt: Stonyfield Farm, Londonderry, NH
Flour, oats: Wood Prairie Farm, Bridgewater, ME (mail order)
Baguettes: Russo’s, Watertown, MA
Pita bread: Bay State Bakery, Worcester, MA (Russo’s)
Honey: Golden Meadow, Reseska Apiaries, Holliston, MA (Russo's)
Jam: Trappist, Saint Joseph’s Abbey, Spencer, MA
Maple sugar, maple syrup: The Warren Farm & Sugarhouse, North Brookfield, MA (Waltham Farmer’s Market)
Apples, pears: Autumn Hills Orchard, Groton, MA
Frozen wild blueberries: Wyman’s, Milbridge, ME
Apple cider: Box Mill Farms, Carver Hill Orchard, Stow, MA (Russo's)
Apple cider vinegar: Carlson Orchards, Harvard, MA (Russo's)
Celery, onions: Dick’s Market Garden, Lunenburg, MA (Waltham Farmer’s Market)
Lentils, flax seed: Baer’s Best, Moraine Farm, Beverly, MA (Russo’s)
Sausages: DePasquale’s, Newton, MA
Ham steak, bacon: Codman Farm, Lincoln, MA
Gloucester haddock, Maine clams: Steamers, Newton, MA
Mustard: Raye’s, Eastport, ME (mail order)
Beer: Smuttynose Brewing Co., Portsmouth, NH
I found out about this challenge 2 days before it began. Excuses, excuse, but I decided it was just not enough time to make the commitment. Even so, I have noticed a new awareness that wasn't there before. For instance, last week I needed butter, and when I reached for the usual store brand, I notice a local brand available for about $1.30 more. Now, we use about a pound of butter a month, and I thought, in the grand scheme of things, it's not a whole lot more money. So I thank you for raising my consciousness, even if for this year it only manifests in small ways!
Posted by: Melissa | October 13, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Oh mercy those look good! Go hubby!
Do you happen to have a recipe for the fish and clam chowder? I made one for the first time a few weeks ago and LOVED it. Now I'm curious for other variations and recipes to try.
Posted by: April in CT | October 13, 2008 at 11:30 PM
Wow, that looks great! I was thinking of you as I made an eat local meal the other day. I blogged the recipes here if you're interested: http://veggieproject.blogspot.com/2008/10/potato-pancakes-apple-compote-and.html
Mmm, pancakes. I think we might be having breakfast for dinner!
Posted by: What A Card | October 14, 2008 at 10:12 AM
You can take me for granted, but the pancakes demand the appropriate recognition!
Posted by: Husband | October 14, 2008 at 01:53 PM
Husband: That's so sweet! Okay.
Whatacard: Hey, that looks good! And I didn't know about your group blog. I'll have to add that to my local food blog links.
April in CT: I'll work on writing up notes on that chowder. It did come out good. We'll turn you into a Yankee, yet!
Melissa: Two days is definitely not enough time to prepare yourself for something like this. But a whole bunch of little things add up to a lot. Thanks for your comment!
Posted by: Tammy | October 14, 2008 at 09:59 PM
Thank you Tammy!
Can I get away with something like "Pahk the cah at Hahvad Yahd, y'all."?
Posted by: April in CT | October 15, 2008 at 10:18 AM
I'm seething with envy. Hmph.
Posted by: Melissa | October 15, 2008 at 07:16 PM