Eating local means eating only those foods which are available in
your locality. It means eating foods that are grown locally and sold
locally. It means eating in seasonal fruits and vegetables. It means
that you can't always get or have what you want when you want it. You
see, we can talk about carbon emissions and how people should cut back
on driving but the bigger problem concerning driving that we should be
talking about is the trucking in, shipping in, flying in of fruits and
vegetables that are at every supermarket and local grocer that are not
in season nor ever grown locally.
Being brainy is
being frugal about local eating and that can mean sacrifice. We can't
always expect to have what we want; we can expect to have good food
though. Good food comes in many forms and from many different sources.
Good food practices are what the brainy gourmet is about. Check out the
website www.brainygourmet.om
Point being, if you can grow, do it. If you can buy local, do it.
Start with a chicken stock, add either canned tomato paste or a few peeled and crushed Italian Roma 'large plum size' tomatoes.
Add your favorite fresh herbs and simmer for about 350-40 min. You can add cooked rice or pasta if you like or just have your soup with croutons and a sprinkle of grated parmesan; you can also put a dab of sour cream with a sprig of parsley.
