Poplar Hill Happenings

Eggs, tomatos and community

Yesterday I had to travel to Litchfield, KY and was unable to convince my daughter (11) to eat at a local establishment (one step at a time!). At least she has moved from eating McD's to Subway and healthier choices. However, I had a grand time in the kitchen after I got home making zucchini bread. Local eggs, locally milled flour (Nunn Better-Evansville, IN) along with my garden zucchini I froze last year made up the bulk of the bread. If you ever make zucchini bread using frozen zucchini remember to omit the water the recipe calls for. I shred 2 1/2 to 3 cups of zucchini and freeze it in zip lock bags for a winter time treat. I think this summer I may even shred 3 1/2 cups for the purpose because I like the zucchini flecks showing up in the bread.

Well having used the last of the farm fresh eggs I get from a friend I was in need. I called my friends up and asked if there was some way we could arrange an egg transfer. She has a daughter the same age as mine so we arrange to meet 1/2 way between our places and have an egg and child hand off. Her husband brought the eggs and his daughter on his way to pick up salvaged brick for the house they are building (mortgage free!). He and I chatted over the trucks (not the fence post) about local eating and communities. We both agreed local eating puts us in contact with others. Building a community strengthens our food supply and food culture or is it local food supplies strengthen our communities….anyway. If your not familiar with this concept please search the web and read about local food supplies, permaculture and food paths. One good example of why this is important is the recent tomato salmonella situation. FDA has no way of knowing where the contaminated food is coming from because we have lost even the simplest of methods of tracking how our food gets to us!

I am counting the days until I can get a home grown tomato. It will be interesting to see who has one first, me, my friends or the farmers market. You can bet that if it's my friends I'll be begging for one (and have a lot of fun) or if it's at the farmers market I will be buying one (and strengthening my local economy) or if it's me I'll enjoy the fruits of my labor and know I just went a few 100 feet to get it (having reduced my carbon footprint)!

Today's Food at Poplar Hill:  Breakfast: Sourdough French Toast (Local eggs).  Lunch:  Homemade Pizza (Homemade crust with locally milled flour, my own tomatoes in the sauce and cheese-no local source for cheese yet). Gosh it's almost time to go start.: : Dinner:  Farmers Market Grilled Veggies and whatever else we manage to grub up.:

Please if you know of any Ohio River Valley Slow Food please post here and let me know the source. Thanks, Christine

 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philp. 4:6-7

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11:31, 2008-Jul-3 .. Posted by Schatzi

Just stopping by to say hi...and hope you are the first to get a tomato:-)

Blessings,

Connie