Food

 

After watching "Food inc" and also reading Tim Flannery's book  'Here on earth' to a lesser extent, sourcing the type of food and how it has been produced has become important to me. 

Some options in Cowes which we are utilizing are ::

• Phillip Island food fanatics, Organic Veges which come in a box every Monday. Organized by a collective of like minded people. So far you get some interesting things. Never had persinnon... 
• Phillip Island primary produce, chemical free pasture feed beef and sheep. Just needs to be poultry to be perfect.

The Vegetables are probably about the same cost but its pot luck a lot of the food is seasonal. Hopefully in a year or so the garden will be able to supplement this. Meat is more expensive but we never really ate much anyway but its a nice treat.

"Donalds Dad?"

Yesterday as we were traveling past the golden arches, Jemima let out "Donalds Dad". As she asked so nicely and it had a play ground I couldn't say no.

McDonalds do a lot of things right especially for familiys.

*kids are welcome

*The kids like the food and there is a little "suprise" toy at the end

*clean

McDondalds also have some points to improve and have slipped in some area...

*Nothing really for vegetarians. They used to have a vegetarian burger but it has gone. The only thing I can eat is salad, chips and the fish burger.

*Kids menus, used to have pasta, which the girls loved, now gone. When I asked for the apple piece there were non in the store.

*Coffee improved but... I was on the way to Bendigo stopped at the Macdonalds near Sunbury and got a coffee. I heard the person say "What is the difference between a flat white and a latte." Why are people who ask this type of question even close to an espresso machine?

I also have to ask myself why don't they use "fair trade, certified" coffee, whats this "coffee alliance" thing. I can't help thinking that there is something corporately suspicious when they have to invent there own certification....

Ranges Coffee

Ok, maybe not the greatest photo, but it was one of the best coffees that I've made on the Rancilio. The espresso pours have been constantly pretty good now that we have got the hang of things.

One thing which we have changed is the coffee. We have found a little coffee wholesaler about 2km from us. (Yes we can walk) Ranges Coffee. Here is the blurb about the coffee which we have been purchasing.

The Best Fairtrade organic decaf. A blend of Bolivian, Guatemalan, and unwashed Sumatran grade 1 Arabica, decaffeinated at SWISS WATER in Vancouver Canada - and the flavour is sensational!

Yep got to agree with that.

I think one of the reason it tastes pretty good is because there is a fairly large turnover. Most places that sell decaf coffee the product has probably been sitting on the shelfs for ages.

Ranges Coffee sells to a few cafe's around the hills and I'm lead to believe the pig and whistle. Though good coffee is only half the story. You get a fool making a flat white with the best beans in the world, you might as well drink international roast. Thus I don't drink coffee at the pig!