The Splendid Table: Locavore Nation

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Margaret Hochla
El Reno, Oklahoma

I have been married for 27 years to Victor and have 4 children. The two girls and two boys range in age from 25-10 years. We are pleased to still have one grandparent from each side of the family ... More about Margaret

Sareen Dunleavy-Keenan
Minneapolis, Minnesota

I live in Minneapolis, in 1.5 story craftsman bungalow with beautiful woodwork, but a tiny lot. Sharing this space is my husband Brendan, 'baby' (5/07) and 'new baby' who is expected to join the fold in August. More about Sareen

Gina Keenan-Klages
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

My name is Gina, and my husband's name is Patrick. We have three children, ranging in ages from 1 to 5 years. Our household also includes my mother, who is living with us from September to May. More about Gina

Donna McClurkan
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Early January may seem an inauspicious time to begin an "eat local" project in Southwest Michigan. As if to underscore that point, nearly a foot of snow fell in Kalamazoo on January 3. More about Donna

Cher Stuewe-Portnoff
St Louis, Missouri

My first father-in-law taught me to garden in the mid-1960s. Over the next few years, with a family of five to feed, I read everything I could find about nutrition ... More about Cher

Vera Schabicki
Ashland, Mississippi

Four years ago my five children, one husband, two dogs, one cat and I moved to the rural South from a large northern California city. We went from .12 acres to a rambling 57 acres. More about Vera

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Funny moment

Posted at 9:53 PM on April 26, 2008 by Vera Schabicki (2 Comments)

The other day my oldest came out to talk to me while I was working in the garden, she was very serious and upset looking......I braced myself and she said "I can tell our money problems have gotten a lot worse", I looked at her quizzically and asked what she meant. She said "well, I was looking through our fridge and pantry and freezer and noticed we have almost no food........I laughed and said "oh no, that is just because we are Locavores". Funny moment.

Vera, great story! We have 2 small pantries and both are very low on food, too. Truth be told, it makes me a bit uncomfortable. Do you envision re-stocking with canned & preserved food? That's the plan here, though getting to that point will take a while since we won't get much locally until mid-June (and we're newbies at canning and putting up food).
Donna

Posted by Donna McClurkan | April 27, 2008 4:45 PM

Dear Donna,

I wonder how many of us are at this point, and yes it makes me uncomfortable. One of the things that makes me most uncomfortable is the thought of having to rely on my canning and putting up food abilities.....I have never canned food...I just aquired a chest freezer, I cannot get seeds to sprout, thinking that I will preserve our food supply is intimidating at best ( does any one else suffer from a severe time crunch, we are so on the road and we get home and the kids are collapsing from the excitement and I have to go make bread and cook dinner....I am pooped, I cooked alot before but this is getting ridiculous). I am curious what our group is eating now, maybe I will post the question as a blog (if I ever get time on the computer, my precious angels and a pile of dishes await, we had local collards with local onion sprouts over delicious home made pasta (thank you Ashley) with some asparagus sauteed in sesame oil and soy sauce.....rounded out with frozen corn and parmegiano cheese, it all takes time).

Best wishes, Vera

Posted by vera schabicki | April 29, 2008 10:25 PM

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