Saturday 27 February 2010
Day 10: Black Friday
Breakfast: Shredded Wheat, Homemade Soda Bread, with butter and Honey, Hot Apple and Blackcurrant Juice.
Lunch: Cheese Omelette and Baked Potato
Tea Time: Sweet Potato Soup; Red Onion Tart with beetroot and feta salad.
Drinks: Copious amounts of Scottish originated beer and whiskey.
Eating Out: I had lunch in the Oasis Cafe which is in the building I work in. I know the staff a bit and had told them of my diet- so after deliberation from the menu I opted for the above which seemed to be all UK ingredients.
At Tea-time I was meeting friends for night out number 238. We went to the Red Onion which was very nice. I chose things which potentially could have been UK produced as far As I could- but we don't get sweet potatoes, feta cheese, rocket (at this time of the year),. I decided that my forfiet for this should be the whole cost of the meal.
I would really recommend both the Oasis - they have a great afternoon tea- very cheap, and Red Onion and intend to visit again with Yvonne- maybe after Lent though.
Forfiets £14
Lunch: Cheese Omelette and Baked Potato
Tea Time: Sweet Potato Soup; Red Onion Tart with beetroot and feta salad.
Drinks: Copious amounts of Scottish originated beer and whiskey.
Eating Out: I had lunch in the Oasis Cafe which is in the building I work in. I know the staff a bit and had told them of my diet- so after deliberation from the menu I opted for the above which seemed to be all UK ingredients.
At Tea-time I was meeting friends for night out number 238. We went to the Red Onion which was very nice. I chose things which potentially could have been UK produced as far As I could- but we don't get sweet potatoes, feta cheese, rocket (at this time of the year),. I decided that my forfiet for this should be the whole cost of the meal.
I would really recommend both the Oasis - they have a great afternoon tea- very cheap, and Red Onion and intend to visit again with Yvonne- maybe after Lent though.
Forfiets £14
Friday 26 February 2010
Day 9
Breakfast: Shredded Wheat; Scones and Honey; Hot Apple and Blackcurrant.
Lunch: Oatcakes and Cheese; Braeburn Apples; Apple Juice and spring water.
Tea Time: Carrot and Parsnip Soup; Baked Potatoes with Cheese and Salad of Red Cabbage, Onion, Carrot and Brussel Sprouts
Snack: Biscuits and Rock Cakes.
Apples in February? How do they do that? Mainly by shipping them halfway round the world- but.. these were from the UK.
I thought it was most likely due to Irradiation.
But I thought I would see if I could find out. The apples I had were Braeburns from Hazel Street Farm in Kent. Here's what I found out on the interwebs: (I was pleasantly surprised.)
From the www.highweald.org website
Hazel Street Farm is a fruit farm managed by Richard Greenwood. Richard grows apples and pears and has cold stores and a pack house on site where the fruit is packed. The farm is a member of Produced in Kent and does much work to manage the land for wildlife as well as food. Wonderful views over the High Weald can be seen from the farm. Richard is very keen for young people to have a chance to see and take part in the process of producing fruit and sending it to supermarket.
And there is other information about storing apples for a few months without resorting to nuclear power on these websites. Link Link.
Lunch: Oatcakes and Cheese; Braeburn Apples; Apple Juice and spring water.
Tea Time: Carrot and Parsnip Soup; Baked Potatoes with Cheese and Salad of Red Cabbage, Onion, Carrot and Brussel Sprouts
Snack: Biscuits and Rock Cakes.
Apples in February? How do they do that? Mainly by shipping them halfway round the world- but.. these were from the UK.
I thought it was most likely due to Irradiation.
But I thought I would see if I could find out. The apples I had were Braeburns from Hazel Street Farm in Kent. Here's what I found out on the interwebs: (I was pleasantly surprised.)
From the www.highweald.org website
Hazel Street Farm is a fruit farm managed by Richard Greenwood. Richard grows apples and pears and has cold stores and a pack house on site where the fruit is packed. The farm is a member of Produced in Kent and does much work to manage the land for wildlife as well as food. Wonderful views over the High Weald can be seen from the farm. Richard is very keen for young people to have a chance to see and take part in the process of producing fruit and sending it to supermarket.
And there is other information about storing apples for a few months without resorting to nuclear power on these websites. Link Link.
Thursday 25 February 2010
Day 8
Breakfast: Porridge, Homemade Scone with Scottish Borders Honey, Hot Blackcurrant and Apple Juice.
Lunch: Oatcakes and Cheese. Co-op Raspberry and spring water drink.
Tea Time: Carrot and Parsnip Soup, Vegetable Hot Pot and Potato Wedges.
Evening Snack: Home made Rock Bun and Biscuits.
The Honey was very nice this morning, but for some products the closer you buy them to home the more expensive they can be: This Honey cost £4 something out of the Farm Shop. You could buy mixed honey from EC and Non EC countries for about a £1 something. In The Health Food Shop they had single source Welsh Honey for about £4 as well- but single source stuff from South America was half the price. I know there will be economic arguments about bulk production of things- but I struggle to see how it can be cheaper to bring something from the other side of the world and it still cost less than something from a couple of hundred miles away.
Oatcakes you would think would be a fairly Scottish and local product. But next time you see a pack have a look at the ingredients. Nairn's Rough Oatcakes and Sainsbury's Oatcakes both contain Palm Oil! Palm Oil is one of the products that contributes to deforestation in the world. Link Here. Why is there Palm Oil in Oatcakes?
Lunch: Oatcakes and Cheese. Co-op Raspberry and spring water drink.
Tea Time: Carrot and Parsnip Soup, Vegetable Hot Pot and Potato Wedges.
Evening Snack: Home made Rock Bun and Biscuits.
The Honey was very nice this morning, but for some products the closer you buy them to home the more expensive they can be: This Honey cost £4 something out of the Farm Shop. You could buy mixed honey from EC and Non EC countries for about a £1 something. In The Health Food Shop they had single source Welsh Honey for about £4 as well- but single source stuff from South America was half the price. I know there will be economic arguments about bulk production of things- but I struggle to see how it can be cheaper to bring something from the other side of the world and it still cost less than something from a couple of hundred miles away.
Oatcakes you would think would be a fairly Scottish and local product. But next time you see a pack have a look at the ingredients. Nairn's Rough Oatcakes and Sainsbury's Oatcakes both contain Palm Oil! Palm Oil is one of the products that contributes to deforestation in the world. Link Here. Why is there Palm Oil in Oatcakes?
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Day 7
Breakfast: Porridge; Cheese Scone; Hot Blackcurrant and Apple Juice.
Lunch: Vegetable Pie; Beetroot and Parsnip Salad; Homemade Scone and Rock Cake
Afternoon: Hot Water> Aarghh!!!!
Tea Time: Carrot and Parsnip Soup; Split Pea and Cheese Wedge, Potato wedges.
Snacks: Home made biscuits, Rock Cakes, Scones.
I am likely taking in a lot of calories. I use butter for the cooking and I am getting through it at a fair whack. As I said yesterday I think- there is a lot of cheese too.
But Hot water- That's mad, it was also all I could think of that I would be able to have at my Mum's house. It tasted almost as good as herbal tea at least which makes you think. Maybe all I like is the hot water.
I used the Split peas in place of lentils and the recipie worked very well- I've made that before and I think it might have been better with split peas. Funny colour though.
Lunch: Vegetable Pie; Beetroot and Parsnip Salad; Homemade Scone and Rock Cake
Afternoon: Hot Water> Aarghh!!!!
Tea Time: Carrot and Parsnip Soup; Split Pea and Cheese Wedge, Potato wedges.
Snacks: Home made biscuits, Rock Cakes, Scones.
I am likely taking in a lot of calories. I use butter for the cooking and I am getting through it at a fair whack. As I said yesterday I think- there is a lot of cheese too.
But Hot water- That's mad, it was also all I could think of that I would be able to have at my Mum's house. It tasted almost as good as herbal tea at least which makes you think. Maybe all I like is the hot water.
I used the Split peas in place of lentils and the recipie worked very well- I've made that before and I think it might have been better with split peas. Funny colour though.
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Day 6
Breakfast: Shredded Wheat, Cheese Scone, Hot apple and Blackcurrant.
Lunch: Cheese Sandwich
Tea Time: Baked potato and cheese, Apple Juice
Late evening: Vegetable pie, Beetroot and parsnip salad, cottage cheese.
This was my first day with fast food as I was out at the Friends of the Earth. But I managed to get a baked potato. My other option was going to be Chips... and cheese. I am eating a whole lot of cheese!
I'm vegetarian which limits what I can eat a bit anyway. In the farm shop they had a fridge full of meat that I stayed away from. The people who did the Fife Diet (eating food within 50 miles of Fife) did have to stop being vegetarian- you need to have protein in your diet- much of which vegetarians get from soya and other beans which are mainly from abroad. For 40 days I'll be ok, but I don't know if it would be possible to be vegetarian and eat UK food for the rest of your life. I've been vegetarian for coming on for 30 years, and my diet now reminds me of what it was like eating veggie in the early 80's.
Forfiets: £1 (still eating that UK bread at work with other stuff in it.)
Lunch: Cheese Sandwich
Tea Time: Baked potato and cheese, Apple Juice
Late evening: Vegetable pie, Beetroot and parsnip salad, cottage cheese.
This was my first day with fast food as I was out at the Friends of the Earth. But I managed to get a baked potato. My other option was going to be Chips... and cheese. I am eating a whole lot of cheese!
I'm vegetarian which limits what I can eat a bit anyway. In the farm shop they had a fridge full of meat that I stayed away from. The people who did the Fife Diet (eating food within 50 miles of Fife) did have to stop being vegetarian- you need to have protein in your diet- much of which vegetarians get from soya and other beans which are mainly from abroad. For 40 days I'll be ok, but I don't know if it would be possible to be vegetarian and eat UK food for the rest of your life. I've been vegetarian for coming on for 30 years, and my diet now reminds me of what it was like eating veggie in the early 80's.
Forfiets: £1 (still eating that UK bread at work with other stuff in it.)
Monday 22 February 2010
Day 5
Breakfast: Porridge, Cheese Scones (Home made), Hot Black Currant and Apple
Snacks: Homemade biscuits
Lunch: Oatcakes and Cottage Cheese, beetroot and parsnip salad.
Tea Time: Split Green Pea Soup; Vegetable Pie and a baked potato; Pear and rhubarb Crumble
Evening: Pear Cider.
I made a large vegetable hot pot with Pot Barley, loads of which I have frozen for later. I was using up stuff in the fridge and added red cabbage which made the whole thing go rather pink. Tastes nice though. I used some left over pastry to make it into pie too.
Snacks: Homemade biscuits
Lunch: Oatcakes and Cottage Cheese, beetroot and parsnip salad.
Tea Time: Split Green Pea Soup; Vegetable Pie and a baked potato; Pear and rhubarb Crumble
Evening: Pear Cider.
I made a large vegetable hot pot with Pot Barley, loads of which I have frozen for later. I was using up stuff in the fridge and added red cabbage which made the whole thing go rather pink. Tastes nice though. I used some left over pastry to make it into pie too.
Sunday 21 February 2010
Day 4
Hurrah! I made it 10% of the way through Lent.
Breakfast: porridge, Cheese Scones (Home made), Hot Black Currant and Apple
Snack: Homemade biscuits
Lunch: Oatcakes and Cottage Cheese.
Tea Time: Split Green Pea Soup; Caulifour Cheese.
Evening: Deuchars IPA, Biscuit.
Charlie and I went out to the farm shop at Wester Carmuirs to see what they had and supplement my veg box which won't last the week. I bought potatoes, parsnips, carrots, honey, oatcakes, butter and apple chutney -which I won't be able to use due to raisins:( Most things were local or uk wide but they had stuff from further afeild too- like lentils). The veg seemed extremely cheap to me. Recommended- its open Wednesday to Friday 10-5pm and 12-5pm on Saturdays.
I was out with Yvonne and Charlie in Edinburgh and suffered the temptations of Holyrood House Cafe. They had scones that maybe I could have eaten. I opted for some water.
I spent much of the rest of the day trying to cook stuff.
IPA is OK though!
Forfiets today: emm maybe £0. Where does baking powder come from? I did some internet searches but it might come from mineral springs. I know Cream of Tartar comes from Africa.
Breakfast: porridge, Cheese Scones (Home made), Hot Black Currant and Apple
Snack: Homemade biscuits
Lunch: Oatcakes and Cottage Cheese.
Tea Time: Split Green Pea Soup; Caulifour Cheese.
Evening: Deuchars IPA, Biscuit.
Charlie and I went out to the farm shop at Wester Carmuirs to see what they had and supplement my veg box which won't last the week. I bought potatoes, parsnips, carrots, honey, oatcakes, butter and apple chutney -which I won't be able to use due to raisins:( Most things were local or uk wide but they had stuff from further afeild too- like lentils). The veg seemed extremely cheap to me. Recommended- its open Wednesday to Friday 10-5pm and 12-5pm on Saturdays.
I was out with Yvonne and Charlie in Edinburgh and suffered the temptations of Holyrood House Cafe. They had scones that maybe I could have eaten. I opted for some water.
I spent much of the rest of the day trying to cook stuff.
IPA is OK though!
Forfiets today: emm maybe £0. Where does baking powder come from? I did some internet searches but it might come from mineral springs. I know Cream of Tartar comes from Africa.
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