Buy Local Food : If you were to turn back the clock 100 years, what would gardeners in your area be growing? Try regional heirloom varieties of garden standbys such as beans, squash, tomatoes and melons, which were selected for their flavors and reliability in the days when personal survival often depended upon a garden’s success. Appalachian “greasy” beans or creamy New England-bred butternut squash can help open the door to great flavors from the past.

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Buy Local Food : Take a child shopping with you, pick up one of the offending products and say quite loudly "Well we’re not buying that, think of the energy it’s used up just getting here!"

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Buy Local Food : ...but at the same time, figure out what makes sense. It is more energy efficient to raise lambs in New Zealand and ship them to the UK than to raise them in the UK, because New Zealand lamb farming is more energy efficient. It is also more energy efficient to buy produce raised in Spain, than produce that has to be grown in greenhouses in the UK. Baby steps require figuring out which things make sense and which don't.

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About beef

You are usually better doing your shopping at a proper butcher instead of a self-service store. A specialist butcher should really serve a better range of beef cuts than the self-service store, he will know the history of his beef, is more likely to have looked after it correctly, and he will be able to advise you on how best too cook it.

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Beef is an awful lot more in demand in the United states than anyplace else in the world. If you were to total all the steaks, burgers and chilis devoured on the planet, you would discover that the Usa is responsible for almost 25% of it.

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Excellent Steak Diane Recipe
Excellent Steak Diane Category Beef Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

4 Sirloin Steaks (6 oz ea)

2 tb Butter

4 Shallots, finely chopped

2 tb Worcestershire sauce

Salt,pepper Parsley Put 4 sirloin steaks,each about 6 ounces,between pieces of waxed paper and pound to a 1/3" thickness. Heat in small saucepan: 2 tablespoons butter.Add: 4 tablespoons finely chopped shallots and cook until shallots are lightly browned.Add: 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce and heat to bubbling.Keep the sauce hot. Heat in 12" skillet or chafing dish: 6 tablespoons butter. When it begins to brown,add steaks and cook for 3 minutes. Turn and cook for 2 to 3 minutes longer or until done to taste. Transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with salt and a generous amount of freshly ground pepper. Presentation: Spread the shallot sauce over the steaks and sprinkle with chopped parsley.

 
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