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Buy Local Food : Cultivate an awareness of how far your food travels. When Rich Pirog, Food Systems Program Leader for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, tracked the miles traveled for 16 types of produce, he found that locally sourced fruits and vegetables such as apples, lettuce and tomatoes traveled an average of 56 miles, compared to 1,494 miles — nearly 27 times farther — for the same fruits and vegetables delivered through conventional retail channels. Things get stickier with combination foods, strawberry yogurt for example. Pirog came up with 2,216 miles by adding up the distance traveled for the yogurt’s milk, sugar and strawberries. That figure could be slashed by 90 percent if you buy plain yogurt and stir in some locally grown honey and fruit.

Buy Local Food : Check out farmers markets, roadside farm stands and tailgate markets (where parking lots are temporarily transformed into areas of commerce), and don’t be afraid to ask questions about where the food is grown.

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Party Nibbles- Ginger Shrimp Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

2 lb Large shrimp

1/4 c Vegetable oil

1/4 c Lime juice

2 tb Fresh gingerroot, minced

2 Garlic cloves, minced

2 sm Jalapeno peppers,

-coarsely chopped 1 pn Pepper

Lime wedges Peel and devein shrimp, leaving tails on. In blender, pure half of the oil, lime juice, giger, garlic, jalapeno peppers and pepper; toss gently with shrimp to coat well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Meanwhile, soak wooden skewers in cold water for 30 minutes. Thread 3 or 4 shrimp onto each skewer. Discard remaining marinade. Brush one side of shrimp with some of the remaining oil. cook shrimp, oiled side down, over medium-hot grill or broil for about 2 minutes per side or until pink and firm to the touch, turning once and brushing with remaining oil. Transfer to serving place; garnish with lime. Source: Canadian Living magazine Nov 94 by Rose Murray [author/writer] [-=PAM=-]

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<h1>Party Nibbles- Ginger Shrimp</h1>
    <b>Ingredients And Procedures</b><p>
        <TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=3 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><P>2 lb Large shrimp <P>1/4 c Vegetable oil <P>1/4 c Lime juice <P>2 tb Fresh gingerroot, minced <P>2 Garlic cloves, minced <P>2 sm Jalapeno peppers, <P>-coarsely chopped 1 pn Pepper <P>Lime wedges Peel and devein shrimp, leaving tails on. In blender, pure half of the oil, lime juice, giger, garlic, jalapeno peppers and pepper; toss gently with shrimp to coat well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Meanwhile, soak wooden skewers in cold water for 30 minutes. Thread 3 or 4 shrimp onto each skewer. Discard remaining marinade. Brush one side of shrimp with some of the remaining oil. cook shrimp, oiled side down, over medium-hot grill or broil for about 2 minutes per side or until pink and firm to the touch, turning once and brushing with remaining oil. Transfer to serving place; garnish with lime. Source: Canadian Living magazine Nov 94 by Rose Murray [author/writer] [-=PAM=-] <BR><BR></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>     <p>
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