I don’t know really. Last fall I had an amazing time canning tomatoes and pickles and I became very interested in the notion of being able to preserve a piece of summer in a jar. Summer, when the air is hot, the tomatoes taste of earth and sunshine and a wide variety of local produce is easily accessible. And when the cold days of February leave you worn and tired, you can make a quick warm tomato soup with the same fresh taste as last summer’s gazpacho.
So, I want to learn more. I want to pay attention to what’s in season for a year and try to understand what we should just eat lots of while it is in season and what can be preserved and eaten later in the year. Local is the new organic! Am I just a big cliché or is this how we all should really be eating? I think that the food we get locally just tastes better. I like the environmental notion, however it is taste and nutrition I am after. I don’t want to eat mealy fruit from California in the winter. It just tastes bad and I know it is not as healthy as the stuff that comes from my proverbial backyard!
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You are truly amazing and an inspiration. Good luck with this new and admirable endeavour. I will be following with great interest. With all the yummy fresh Ontario fruit and veg you will be very busy canning this summer but the benefits will be wonderful. Have you picked a start date ? Good luck whenever you do start.
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"Auntie" Sue
You make me want to do more preserving this summer---especially tomatoes.
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Well, our locally-farmed-feast on Saturday was delicious, so I think it will go fine. Winter is always a bit more of a challenge, as you know, but you're creative and motivated enough to make it work.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, do Pop-Tarts count if they make them in Guelph?