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jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 8:00 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

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.

Not banned - how strict you want to be is down to you.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 8:08 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Not banned - how strict you want to be is down to you.

It's an excellent point though. I certainly think it's something we should reflect on when reporting back.

sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 8:12 pm Post subject:
If you've had to change your shopping habits to do it then it's worth mentioning. I think that most people who are likely to do the challenge aren't dim enough to start driving an extra couple of hundred miles per week for it though.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 08 8:21 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

This is my problem - it's worth taking a special trip to buy local meat on a monthly basis, but trekking twenty miles every few days for veg is plainly daft - it's got to be better that it's shipped in bulk. Meat is easy, dairy is easy, sundries aren't too bad (and more rarely bought) but veg is hard. I really should be a better kitchen gardener. At least its one thing I can do with an ordinary garden. If it were easy to get veg and beef hard, there would be nothing I could realistically do about it.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 9:20 am Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

Treacodactyl wrote:

For us we'll have a problem with dairy and starch, I'm not sure it there are any local producers of, say, spuds and if there are it'll take a special car trip so we'll not do it. On the other hand we'll mostly be eating veg from the garden for all our meals in a few weeks so I'll not worry about buying pasta etc in bulk from Suma.

sean
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 9:22 am Post subject:
It's only meant to be one meal/week isn't it?

wellington womble

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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 10:38 am Post subject:
Yes, but you know, some people always get carried away..

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 12:00 pm Post subject:
Fish fingers and oven chips, with Hellman's mayonnaise and Heinz tomato ketchup. We'll start next week.

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 12:11 pm Post subject:
Just me's sausages for tea as made by Lawrence at the skills weekend so not today here either then

mochyn

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

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 6:55 pm Post subject:
Wel, wedi fflabergastio. I've drawn a 50m radius on a map. It reaches from Liverpool to Brecon and from well west of Aberystwyth to Cannock! So I can use my beloved Calon Wen milk and butter after all, and maybe Halen Mon salt will be inside, but I suspect it's just outside... Double fflabergastio! It's just within the circle! So I can have sea salt! Woohoo!

jamanda
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Location: Devon

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 7:02 pm Post subject:
We did it! Do I start a separate thread then?

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
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Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 7:05 pm Post subject:
go on then. Thought 50 miles would cover quite an area. I intend to stay as local as possible. I have to to make up for today's slip ups.

mochyn

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

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 7:08 pm Post subject:
What about sprouting seeds? You're growing them at home, but the seeds probably come from a distance. Of course, unless you save seed, outdoor grown veg are from 'imported' seed too...

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
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Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 7:15 pm Post subject:
ggnngnghghggh It's the spirit of it isn't it. And it raises these interesting questions.

jamanda
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 8:04 pm Post subject:
Done it. As regards seed - well I think it would be impossible - I think we have to say if it was grown here that's good enough. Ditto things like wine and jams - the sugar won't be local.

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