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jamanda
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Location: Devon

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 11:48 am Post subject:
I've been thinking about this. If we are to do it for eight weeks, and have a different meal each time, it will get quite challenging towards the end - it's all very well saying a Sunday roast is too easy - it is easy for us too - but the following weeks won't be!

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 12:20 pm Post subject:
Nah - chicken, lamb, beef, pork, venison, guinea fowl, rabbit, pheasant, goat I do see what you mean, though. Anyway, part of the fun will be to see what other people cook, and get inspiration from that. I think spag bol will have to wait for later in the summer here - one to aspire to! I reckon egg on toast I can do! I'm hoping to start tonight, but I'm not sure about the veg, yet.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
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Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 12:31 pm Post subject:

Shopping was interesting this morning - much peering at labels.
Dairy is looking OK, although the available sources only just snuck in at under 50 miles. Starches seem to be pretty much limited to flour, spuds and oats, meat isn't a problem and I found out at the fishmonger today that there is a trout farm/smokery about 30 miles away, which offers some possibilities.

One thing that did occur to me that is going to be very hard for me to find - vinegar! I have three lemons on our tree, which I'm going to have to eke out if I want salad dressings. The other alternative is to learn how to make vinegar. A bit drastic, but has anyone done it?

That and only using honey for sweetening are possibly my biggest challenges.

sean
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 12:47 pm Post subject:
You need to get a vinegar mother I think, wonder if Ascotts sell it?

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
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Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 12:50 pm Post subject:
I do have some unpasteurised cider vinegar with mother in it. If I use that to make my own, do you think that would remain within the spirit?

sean
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 12:51 pm Post subject:
Yep, and you'd never have to buy vinegar again once you got it going so there might even be bonus points.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 12:51 pm Post subject:
Yay - I found a local vineyard! Phew! Found 'em here: https://www.englishwineproducers.com/index.htm

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
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Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 1:24 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

Yay - I found a local vineyard! Phew!

That's a relief

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 2:31 pm Post subject:

OK I'm in.

I bought Shropshire spuds yesterday, and we have at least 2 vineyards within the zone, rape-seed oil in Shropshire, Pimhill & Bacheldre flours. Dairy I'll have to find out about though. So Monday I'll do something with our own pork (although the pigs' feed isn't that local!), the spuds, leeks from the garden... There are plenty of herbs out there too, along with lettuces and I have local rocket in the fridge. And we can have strawberries afterwards.

judith: if you have any luck with doing vinegar I'll buy a bit of mother from you...

I wonder where Rachel's Dairy and Calon Wen are?

sean
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 2:46 pm Post subject:
Rachel's Dairy is Aberystwyth I think.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
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Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 3:09 pm Post subject:
Rachel's started near Aber but is now too big to be included, I think! And Calon Wen farms are mainly Denbigh/Pembroke so also no go. Ah well, dairy's out for the cahllenge then for me. Unless I get the old chap to relent on goats...

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 3:58 pm Post subject:
Rachel's dairy still produces a lot of things in the factory in Aberystwyth. The school does very well at every do with a van load of their products. Interesting line to draw. The local Co-op has long stocked their (Rachel's Dairy) products but it is only when they got big that the big one here stared to. I think supermarkets should be encouraged to buy locally.

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 5059
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 5:39 pm Post subject:
There's plenty of Welsh dairy stuff about---can't help feeling the "Welsh Tea" they sell doesn't really qualify though.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 5:58 pm Post subject:
Shouldn't special trips in a car to source an ingredient or two also be banned? I expect I could drive out to buy some localish spuds but that'll produce more CO2 than picking up a bag from a local shop.

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
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Location: ceredigion

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 6:04 pm Post subject:
The village shop stocks Welsh milk,butter,cheese,cream ,sausage,bacon and the eggs are very local---so the high cholesterol route should be a doddle.

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