A new passion…

I have a new interest. Food. Food is interesting. And because we have to eat it should be as interesting and as enjoyable as possible.

This isn’t of course my theory. I have been reading alot recently. My first book of the summer was a collection of articles from Hugh Fearnly Whittingstalls Book,”Hugh FearlessyEats it All.” I am not a foodie or a competent cook but If im eating every day then from now on I am going to make it a enjoyable experience.

These are three things that I have decided to make me enjoy food more:

* To gather as  much of my own food as possible- so far Ive had trout, wild garlic, snails, nettles, duck all with in a half a mile of my house in Ambleside.

* To completely understand where meat comes from and the conditions it was reared and prepared. If your not happy with it then don’t eat it, I think it is disrespectful to eat meat f your detatched from what it once was. This is just my opinion, I am not preaching. Though for me knowing more about the meat and animals will make me happier and some what less guilty.

* I am going to grow as much of my own food is possible, I will keep you updated to how I get on. This idea was sparked by a great book called “Alloted Time” by Robert Shelton. Proving how happy and rewarding growing your own produce is.

That all makes me sound like a portentous knob, because I am not a 100% sure if I know what Im on about or weather I’m right but I’m on the way to finding out.

~ by liamkirkham on August 29, 2007.