If you want to look back at my one week eating local in November last year, it's HERE.
Returning to this year.
Breakfast of homemade bread toasted, with the local butter and local honey bought a couple of weeks ago (half a mile and many bee-miles!) I put it in the fridge and it's set nicely so doesn't run off the toast.
Lunch......... Egg (4 miles)+ Hill Farm Garlic Mayo sandwich with my own beetroot and little tomatoes
This simple Bacon, Brie and tomato salad was delicious. The leaves are rocket and small beetroot leaves from the garden. Topped with a large sliced home grown tomato. Then Brundish Farm(10 miles) local bacon bits fried until a bit crispy, the Suffolk Brie cheese (7 miles) and home made croutons.
Last of the raspberries - the few left are being attacked by wasps, I think there's a wasp nest somewhere down the meadow. I've tried to see where they are going but can't spot a nest anywhere.
My week eating local actually ended up being done in two parts and this first day was early last week before Eldest Daughter came. The day after this I had some bad effects and when I had another look at the Brie I found it was Not Good . I'd only bought it two days before but had no receipt so couldn't take it back. I shall be more careful with their cheese in future and check dates properly.
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Sue
Oh dear, I hope you are feeling better now , you poor thing ! :( Beautiful raspberries , we had a nice little harvest too :)
ReplyDeleteThank you I'm fine. As I said this was over a week ago. Raspberry crop was best in 4 years here
Deletethanks for the courgette warning, I'll have to check with Bill where ours came from.
ReplyDeleteRaspberries look good. Rotten about the cheese though, hate it when that happens.
I keep two jars of honey. One to spread, one for salad dressing. I had heard about the courgette warning. I read that if you nibble the courgette and it just doesn't taste right, bin the lot. I get my seeds from Franchi Seeds of Italy but so far not a peep from them about a recall.
ReplyDeleteYes they said touch tongue to cut edge and if straight away very bitter - chuck out.
DeleteHopefully Italian seeds are bred in Italy so shoud be OK
It was one particular batch from Fothergills. The batch number is on line. One family complained. It is very rare to be affected, and a naturally occurring toxin in courgettes. She probably under cooked them!
ReplyDeleteJust checked our packet - Johnsons Astia which are presumably OK. Being a new packet this year they'll keep us going for at least another two. We only have two plants on the go and are giving them away already.
ReplyDeleteI read about the courgette thing the other day. But all my plants are from seeds purchased last year, so Alan (who's at home and eating them) should be fine. I think the best thing people can do is to literally taste a courgette straight after picking, I've read that any of the off ones taste wrong straight away.
ReplyDeleteDodgy Brie however is a different matter and a more expensive one, what a shame, glad you're feeling okay now.
Yes, I saw that. I can't remember where I bought my seeds and yellow courgettes tend to be quite 'non-bitter' anyway so I live in hopes. I can't check the packet - I chucked it away ages ago.
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Old packet of seeds, and I pick small and more often than not eat them raw as part of a salad. But I had not read about this batch of seeds, hybridising, hmmm.
ReplyDeleteI din't know Brie could spoil? What happened with it?
ReplyDeleteI endeavour to eat British food and only seasonal produce so that's my contribution to local eating. I make an exception for Navel Oranges from South Africa because my mum bought them and they are so sweet and I don't eat much fruit.
ReplyDeleteThat all looks wonderfully delicious!
ReplyDeleteSorry that you became ill, but I am very glad you easily discovered why. Your days meals look wonderful.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.