The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #108608 Message #2263315
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
15-Feb-08 - 02:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Story of Stuff
Subject: RE: BS: The Story of Stuff
Good Lord, Mr. Happy! buy local seasonal food"? Nonsense! Here it is February in prairie Canada, and I need un-seasonable, un-local food to nourish myself and to keep my spirits up! Grapes from Chile Cantaloupe from Honduras and Costa Rica Blackberries, strawberries, tomatoes and avocados from Mexico Apples and pears and sweet onions from Washington Potatoes from Idaho Oranges from Texas and China, grapefruit from Texas Mangos from Peru Carrots, lettuce, celery, zuchini, peppers, cauliflower, dates, etc. etc. from California et cetera and so forth! Most of the above either on hand or eaten in the last two weeks.
'Local' potatoes and vegetables long gone from the stores, eaten or gone bad. Frozen stuff often unappetizing. All that is left is dry prairie grass as fodder for the near-starved wild vegetarians.