Comments on: Hands off our food! http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hands-off-our-food/ Food, Fashion and Philosophy from an Italian Farm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:14:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: David http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hands-off-our-food/#comment-2583 David Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:52:13 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hands-off-our-food/#comment-2583 The fight can be frustrating. When I first returned to the US I made a pumpkin pie with fresh pumpkin. My mother ate the pie and said it was very good. She then asked me why I would go to all the trouble of cooking fresh pumpkin when the can mix was so available.... My heart sank. The fight can be frustrating. When I first returned to the US I made a pumpkin pie with fresh pumpkin.

My mother ate the pie and said it was very good. She then asked me why I would go to all the trouble of cooking fresh pumpkin when the can mix was so available….

My heart sank.

]]> By: admin http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hands-off-our-food/#comment-2589 admin Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:11:36 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hands-off-our-food/#comment-2589 Expats here will often walk past shelves full of squash or pumpkin and ask, "Where can you buy pumpkin in a can?" I have nothing against it at all, because otherwise the season for these would be short, but how have we forgotten that fresh is good and not all that much trouble? My British foodies are complaining about their January tomatoes being pallid and tasteless. I think there is no such thing in most northern countries as a January tomato. Expats here will often walk past shelves full of squash or pumpkin and ask, “Where can you buy pumpkin in a can?” I have nothing against it at all, because otherwise the season for these would be short, but how have we forgotten that fresh is good and not all that much trouble?

My British foodies are complaining about their January tomatoes being pallid and tasteless. I think there is no such thing in most northern countries as a January tomato.

]]> By: MissJoe http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hands-off-our-food/#comment-2610 MissJoe Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:39:23 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hands-off-our-food/#comment-2610 Frantic Fanny, my daughter did a pass through Saturday evening and we had a light supper at a new restaurant. The owner is from here, studied elsewhere and returned to open her own "Bakery" with meals. Her fresh only has surpassed all expectations. We enjoyed the veggie (I dislike cuties words) pizza of spinach, goat cheese, toasted walnuts with fresh sliced tomatoes and I think other stuff. Frances said she shuttered at the word pizza as she hasn't been brave enough to eat what we call pizza since her return. She is having difficulty with substitute stuff we call food. We sent you a soul food professional and you return a snob! Frantic Fanny, my daughter did a pass through Saturday evening and we had a light supper at a new restaurant. The owner is from here, studied elsewhere and returned to open her own “Bakery” with meals. Her fresh only has surpassed all expectations. We enjoyed the veggie (I dislike cuties words) pizza of spinach, goat cheese, toasted walnuts with fresh sliced tomatoes and I think other stuff. Frances said she shuttered at the word pizza as she hasn’t been brave enough to eat what we call pizza since her return. She is having difficulty with substitute stuff we call food. We sent you a soul food professional and you return a snob!

]]> By: admin http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hands-off-our-food/#comment-2611 admin Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:51:03 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hands-off-our-food/#comment-2611 Who was more soulful than Edna Lewis? And she believed in fresh is best. You just send those gals back in Umbria and we'll go food shopping! Also, go to this post: http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/the-sloppy-dough-revolution/ and Fanny can make her own pizza and she'll love it as long as she doesn't load it down with too much stuff. Who was more soulful than Edna Lewis? And she believed in fresh is best.

You just send those gals back in Umbria and we’ll go food shopping! Also, go to this post:
http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/the-sloppy-dough-revolution/
and Fanny can make her own pizza and she’ll love it as long as she doesn’t load it down with too much stuff.

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