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That does sound disgusting, but they're good! At least the good ones are good. Imagine a rich, flaky pastry and pork that's not overcooked. I think the Brits stopped overcooking their pork long before we did. While the taste is obviously different, they'd remind you of a world class chicken pot pie.
Everyone says that! A good friend of mine's father was a Brit, and she's visited many times. She was describing the pork pies sold on the street. Fatty and pink inside, she said. I was gagging at the description. My father's side left Manchester for the U.S. in 1863. We thought it was because the cotton mills were closing due to the war here. Maybe it was the food!
England did give us cheddar, though.
English pork pies or "Porkies" are absolutely gross, I tried one & threw it out, and they aren't cheap! It's almost like they were trying to reproduce the delicious Cornish Pasties but the ink on the recipe got wet.
That does sound disgusting, but they're good! At least the good ones are good. Imagine a rich, flaky pastry and pork that's not overcooked. I think the Brits stopped overcooking their pork long before we did. While the taste is obviously different, they'd remind you of a world class chicken pot pie.
I must have gotten a bad one, it was quite rare, rather greasy and had some kind of congealed crud in it that looked like aspic. I have no idea why but when I tasted it I got this idea stuck in my head that it was probably what eating human flesh would be like, that gave me some bad dreams for awhile.
I love the US, and there are aspects of our culture and society that are better than anywhere else in the world, but the lock that mega agra companies have on the production and distribution of our food is not anything to be proud of.
If you read the entire thread carefully, you'll find that some of us have already pointed out the ways to avoid some, many, or all of the products from the mega agra companies, depending on your individual will.
And now the OP is going to visit a farm market! Hooray! So something sunk in.
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But I think there are some agriculture-related restrictions on that at the airport. I don't think you are allowed to bring seeds with you from abroad...or am I wrong?...
No, you're correct. A friend of mine tried to bring me some zucchini seeds from Italy, and they were confiscated. I hope the customs agent got a nice yield out of them.
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Yes, I would love to travel to California just for those FM. I heard great things about them!
Sure, I am jealous of those who live there and have such nice access to great produce
You don't need to go to California; there are farm markets in every corner of every state that sell local produce in season. California, of course, has a perpetual growing season and grows just about everything.
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Then what are you doing here reading it?
Did you miss the part where she said it was an interesting thread?
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We are spoilt for choice and quality.
We really are.
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If you hang out with expats you will talk food sooner then later. The need to hang onto things
Hey, I can understand that. I import Skyline Chili in cans from Cincinnati.
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Perfect example: Today I walked several blocks to a farmer's market in Manhattan where there were farmers from NJ and PA. I got beautiful red leaf lettuce, tomatoes, beets, peaches, nectarines, and a cucumber. They had samples out so you could taste the peaches, nectarines, cantaloupes, and tomatoes before you buy. I didn't buy the cantaloupes because they didn't have that much flavor, but the other items were delicious. The fruit and vegetables were not all perfectly shaped and uniform in size.
Your shopping day was pretty much like mine, although I drove directly to the farms to get better prices than at the weekend farmers' markets: eggs and blueberries from one farm, onions and pickling and slicing cucumbers from another, garlic, lettuce and peaches from a third. Saturday I'll go to another farm to pick blackberries and more blueberries for canning. I love living just a few minutes' drive from so many farm stands.
That does sound disgusting, but they're good! At least the good ones are good. Imagine a rich, flaky pastry and pork that's not overcooked. I think the Brits stopped overcooking their pork long before we did. While the taste is obviously different, they'd remind you of a world class chicken pot pie.
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Hmm. I would try it, then.
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English pork pies or "Porkies" are absolutely gross, I tried one & threw it out, and they aren't cheap! It's almost like they were trying to reproduce the delicious Cornish Pasties but the ink on the recipe got wet.
Your shopping day was pretty much like mine, although I drove directly to the farms to get better prices than at the weekend farmers' markets: eggs and blueberries from one farm, onions and pickling and slicing cucumbers from another, garlic, lettuce and peaches from a third. Saturday I'll go to another farm to pick blackberries and more blueberries for canning. I love living just a few minutes' drive from so many farm stands.
I do, too. I work in the city, though, and since I didn't bring lunch and knew there was a Wednesday FM in Tribeca, I went for fresh salad ingredients. Bought a few other things, which I had to haul home on the trains.
I got a nice bunch of beets with good greens. Cooking them now. The beets are boiling, and I already sauteed the greens with the last bit of a Vidalia onion and half a red pepper I had in the fridge.
I'm thinking of putting the beets on top of the greens and adding some havarti cheese I have.
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..... I miss the fennel that grew along the walking trails near my Northern California home and the cheese makers we visited on our drive to the coast, not to mention the fish we bought right off the boat once we arrived.
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Yes, I would love to travel to California just for those FM. I heard great things about them!
Sure, I am jealous of those who live there and have such nice access to great produce...but then again, I could never afford to live on the West Coast.
That would be southern Northern California, I suppose coastal around the San Francisco bay area. The other hotspot for cool foods is Los Angeles. Aside from a select few farmer's markets in those two areas, I don't think the FMs are anything special - particularly not in northern Northern California where I live.
That would be southern Northern California, I suppose coastal around the San Francisco bay area. The other hotspot for cool foods is Los Angeles. Aside from a select few farmer's markets in those two areas, I don't think the FMs are anything special - particularly not in northern Northern California where I live.
Fair enough. Yes, I'm referring to Marin, Sonoma, and Napa. The food there was definitely special. I miss it something terrible.
That would be southern Northern California, I suppose coastal around the San Francisco bay area. The other hotspot for cool foods is Los Angeles. Aside from a select few farmer's markets in those two areas, I don't think the FMs are anything special - particularly not in northern Northern California where I live.
I'm in Sacramento, there are 4 or 5 farmer's markets within a few miles of me but I generally don't buy much at them, they are just too expensive. I can grow all the heirloom tomatoes I want so I'm not impressed by $5.00 a pound heirlooms at a farmers market. I prefer the Asian, Mexican and Russian grocers in the area, I don't know where they get their produce but it's pretty darned good, and cheaper than chain grocery stores or farmer's markets.
Another place that has some real good bargains on produce is the farmer's market in an old flea market "Denio's Swap Meet" in Roseville. There are even farmers there selling chickens and fresh eggs. If you are ever in the area check it out & if you can't find produce you can find some really ugly dashboard covers, dice for your rear view mirror and rugs with aztec warriors on them. It's weird and funky but fun.
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