We are now on day 7 and discovering new things about food every day. Even Aarod, our 15 year old son is keen on this venture, and his cousin Connor who came to stay with us for a few days has become a convert too and may be influencing his mother Lisa's shopping list! I hope that you find this as interesting as we are, we are taking it slowly, easing into it as our (imported) pantry stores slowly diminish. I sense that as we get further along the track we will become more informed and hence more strict with our diet. I don't want to rush the process and want to keep it engaging, exploratory, and fun, not a regime that we end up rebelling against. Most importantly I want to make changes that we can live with long term. One of the foreign items in my pantry that I knew I would miss big time was anchovies, hence calling this blog "Life Without Anchovies". In all honesty, I love them so much that I buy them in a big jar, so we will not be running out for a few months.
Last night Michael made delicious bread from Tarlee-based Four Leaf (http://www.fourleafmilling.com.au/history.php) organic wholemeal spelt flour (bought from the Singing Cricket Food Co-op in Willunga). We enjoyed it fresh and hot with local Bio dynamic butter, so yum. We will be checking whether the spelt is actually grown in Tarlee soon when we arrange a visit to the farm.
Breakfast this morning was superb, also cooked by Michael on the gas BBQ, as we had a power blackout. On the gas hob he cooked free range eggs from our neighbourhood chooks, and asparagus spears from our garden, served on top of home made bread, topped with a dob of BD butter, and sprinkled with basil from the garden.
I am feeling a bit ashamed about the frequency with which we have been eating out lately. I think we have eaten out every day since the 1st of Jan. and as I write this, Michael is out trying to find locally sourced fish and chips! He left home with the instructions to find local fish, which we know is possible here. A few fish shops in Aldinga and Seaford have Coorong mullet and several varieties of fish from Victor Harbor. We have never asked where the potatoes are grown, I mean, they are so easy to grow, I assumed they are sourced locally. Alas, the past 5 days have taught me that I cannot make any assumptions. We agreed that I would cook our own chips at home if unable to find local ones, and Michael would simply bring home raw fish. However, in the door he came, triumphant with local fish and chips! The proprietor of the Aldinga Fish shop assured him that the chips were SA grown (Michael assumed this would be in Virginia, but still needs to do further verification) and prepared, although the proprietor refused to reveal the exact source as he said his competitors are always trying to find out where he gets his chips from! We enjoyed Victor Harbor Flake and rough cut chips, without salt - we added our own organic macrobiotic sea salt from the Great Barrier Reef (oops - still in the pantry and slowly being eaten - but soon to be replaced by salt harvested at Dry Creek (north of Adelaide) or from the Murray, I hope!).
I need to fess up that on Tuesday night we went to the movies and we fell off the wagon. We could not resist the hot popcorn, and bought a big bucket to share. We also had just been to a Funeral and Wake, where we ate all sorts of food provided by the Langhorne Creek Football Club (they did have local wine ofcourse). Our resolve was at a low ebb, but I will investigate where the corn comes from - need to call Wallis Cinemas and find out!
Last night Michael made delicious bread from Tarlee-based Four Leaf (http://www.fourleafmilling.com.au/history.php) organic wholemeal spelt flour (bought from the Singing Cricket Food Co-op in Willunga). We enjoyed it fresh and hot with local Bio dynamic butter, so yum. We will be checking whether the spelt is actually grown in Tarlee soon when we arrange a visit to the farm.
Breakfast this morning was superb, also cooked by Michael on the gas BBQ, as we had a power blackout. On the gas hob he cooked free range eggs from our neighbourhood chooks, and asparagus spears from our garden, served on top of home made bread, topped with a dob of BD butter, and sprinkled with basil from the garden.
I am feeling a bit ashamed about the frequency with which we have been eating out lately. I think we have eaten out every day since the 1st of Jan. and as I write this, Michael is out trying to find locally sourced fish and chips! He left home with the instructions to find local fish, which we know is possible here. A few fish shops in Aldinga and Seaford have Coorong mullet and several varieties of fish from Victor Harbor. We have never asked where the potatoes are grown, I mean, they are so easy to grow, I assumed they are sourced locally. Alas, the past 5 days have taught me that I cannot make any assumptions. We agreed that I would cook our own chips at home if unable to find local ones, and Michael would simply bring home raw fish. However, in the door he came, triumphant with local fish and chips! The proprietor of the Aldinga Fish shop assured him that the chips were SA grown (Michael assumed this would be in Virginia, but still needs to do further verification) and prepared, although the proprietor refused to reveal the exact source as he said his competitors are always trying to find out where he gets his chips from! We enjoyed Victor Harbor Flake and rough cut chips, without salt - we added our own organic macrobiotic sea salt from the Great Barrier Reef (oops - still in the pantry and slowly being eaten - but soon to be replaced by salt harvested at Dry Creek (north of Adelaide) or from the Murray, I hope!).
I need to fess up that on Tuesday night we went to the movies and we fell off the wagon. We could not resist the hot popcorn, and bought a big bucket to share. We also had just been to a Funeral and Wake, where we ate all sorts of food provided by the Langhorne Creek Football Club (they did have local wine ofcourse). Our resolve was at a low ebb, but I will investigate where the corn comes from - need to call Wallis Cinemas and find out!
Actually, we have a few things to research from the last 36 hours, including: sources of SA grown potatoes for chips, corn for popcorn at Wallis cinemas, sources of local rice (if any) and sources of local anchovies. We also will determine which of the Four Leaf products (including spelt) are homegrown. Then there are all the things we promised to investigate in the last 4 posts! Starting to get overwhelming!
Congratulations Bridget, Michael & Aarod! Very inspirational, it has raised many questions in our house and with our friends. I was hoping that you would do a blog so we can following what you're doing. Can't wait to see what the year brings, good luck!
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