Preservation Orders and the Pantry (1)
I am a great believer in seasonal food and enjoying foods as they come into season, but I also love putting up food for those dark days of winter when everything is grey and cold. Being able to eat well during those grey days is what spurs me on to do more and more myself for my pantry shelf. But its not that far back that if we didn't put down a much food as we could - we just would not have survived through the winter months of the year. With large supermarkets containing near enough everything we could wish, dream or hope for - there would appear to be no need to do anything about it. But hey, life has a habit of kicking things into touch when you least expect it. I am not so sure about this practice of over-reliance as we only have to go back as far as the Second World War to see the effect of food not being available and everything being rationed. I think an over-reliance on what is available in the shop can be dangerous, and I think that is ...