The Food Beat
After some thought I have decided to close this blog and set up this one The Food Beat.
thanks for reading.
February 5, 2008
February 2, 2008
USDA Asks Five Texas School Systems to Put a Hold on Meat
Five school systems in Texas have been ordered to not serve meat purchased from Hallmark Meat Packing Co. The order is a result of undercover work by the United States Humane Society.
February 1, 2008
the organic lawn
Our passion, perhaps for some an obsession with our lawns dates back to a time when not using space to grow food was a sign of wealth, well perhaps not much has changed over the years.
People still devote hours and dollars to maintain a lawn that may look good but requires constant attention and far too many rely on toxic chemicals to keep the green, green.
January 30, 2008
A&W Kid’s Meals Have Highest Salt Content
A&W has won the first national Salt Lick Award for the distinction of serving a kid’s meal with the highest sodium content, the Chubby Junior Kids’ Meal has 1,910 milligrams of sodium.
January 29, 2008
January 26, 2008
Basic Beef Stew: A Recipe
I may be an imperfect cook but there are three categories of food that I seem to be able to improve each time that I prepare them. They are also the three that I would advise anyone who is learning to cook for the first time, to get to know well.
The palette of ingredients and spices for these three basics is wide. recipe
January 25, 2008
Seed Saving
There are many great reasons to garden; you can provide food and flowers for your own table; you can grow herbs to flavour your food and make tea; you can spend time outdoors interacting with nature. Seed saving
January 24, 2008
Pickling Garlic
Garlic , you either love it or hate it. We love it and eat it regularly. We are finding it difficult to get good quality fresh garlic. When we lived in Northern Ontario we had a great source of organic locally grown garlic.
January 23, 2008
How to Build Healthy Soil
What is soil?
· Soil makes up the outermost layer of our planet.
· Topsoil is the most productive soil layer.
