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Enchiladas, originally uploaded by jedimomma.


This was my first foray into the world of enchiladas, and can I just say damn. I am sooooo making these again. And again. And again. And then, just possibly, again. And then maybe I'll make it again next week, too. This was also my second attempt at making homemade tortillas. This is actually really really easy if you have a tortilla press, which, fortunately, I do. However, I cannot get local corn flour (masa), only local corn meal. But I did just get my very own grain mill, so I put the corn meal through the mill and got corn flour--ha! I'm not sure it was quite fine enough, and it certainly hadn't been nixamatalized (sp?), but it worked well enough. The tortillas broke when I tried to roll them, but I'm not sure if that was the fault of the tortilla or my own skills at prepping them--more investigation is needed. I guess I'll just hafta make more enchiladas! Here's the breakdown:

Tortillas
Corn meal: Bridgeton Mills, ~20 mi. (ground into masa at home)
[not local: shortening, salt]

Enchilada Sauce & finished dish
Chicken broth: L&A Farms chicken, ~25 mi, then homemade
Flour: some local place, ~120 mi
Cheese: Amish farmer, ~20 mi
Onion: Good Life Farms CSA, 54 mi
Cilantro: backyard
Sour cream: homemade from cowshare cream, ~20 mi
[not local: truckload of spices, sugar]

Apple Cider Vinegar Salad
Lettuce: backyard
Honey: somewhere local, nearby?
[not local: vinegar, oil, garlic powder, salt & pepper]

And hey, all you gamers what read my blog? Guess what you're getting to eat on Thursday.... hehe


Comments

[info]moonshineray wrote:
Jul. 7th, 2008 04:34 pm (UTC)
It is amazing how many local things you can get your hands on, the items that are further away, do you find them at a farmer's market?
[info]jedimomma wrote:
Jul. 7th, 2008 04:51 pm (UTC)
Actually, our town has this bizarre network of local goods which you basically have to be "initiated" into. I swear I am not making this up, but I have held mini-seminars in my living room about how to get ahold of local goods. Some of it comes across an email listserv I'm on that specializes in local & organic foods (e.g., "On Friday, a local farmer will be delivering fresh raspberries--no spray. $3.50/pint, purchase in multiples of 5-pint batches."). Sometimes I get these offers directly from friends who have connections. Sometimes I just have to hunt them down myself. A lot of this is available at the Farmer's Market, but if you want anything in quantity, what you have to do is talk to the farmer about bulk buying. It's just a big, messy, complex system of food availability. The messiness of it all is actually what finally pushed me over the edge to try and start a co-op; I thought, great gods, this is ridiculous? Why can't we just have a fricking store where all this stuff is made available to everyone?!

If you ever want to pursue things like this in your own area, hit the Farmer's Market, and start talking with the Farmers about what's available and when. They'll be happy to work with you and give you a heads-up on what's coming on. Sometimes they even have newsletters, which is a big help!
(Anonymous) wrote:
Jul. 7th, 2008 07:07 pm (UTC)
Mmmmm.

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