Eating local

We've recently joined a CSA that provides us with a weekly box of fresh local vegetables. It's been a challenge, trying to cook all of the greens we've been getting. If anyone has any suggestions for how we can use up 2 large heads of lettuce without eating salads every day, please let us know!

I've been reading a lot lately about eating locally. It's an interesting idea, and one that makes sense. Why buy strawberries that have been shipped all the way across the continent instead of strawberries grown 30 minutes away?
There really are a lot of local food options for us here in the Lowcountry - seafood, meat, rice, grits, tea, honey, fruits, and veggies. Which brings me to the subject of our dinner last night: Cheeseburger salad.


Hamburger with mozzarella cheese, red and green leaf lettuce, daikon radish, and roasted beets. All the ingredients were grown and produced within an hour's drive from our apartment. Served with local beer and a semi-local salad dressing.

Other odds and ends:

-Mike will be finished with school on Friday!! Hooray!!

-Our trip to China is officially on, we'll be leaving on the 19th. We've gotten our shots, and we'll hopefully have our visas soon. I'm trying to learn a little bit of Cantonese, but it's tough. Thankfully, I think I'll be able to get away with just English in Hong Kong. The little Mandarin I know seems to be coming back to me, which may be useful in Shanghai. Then again, the odds are that if we're really in a bind, my ability to order a beer in Mandarin is probably not going to be that useful.

-We visited Atlanta a week ago. Got to do some shopping, eat dim sum, and visit family. It was a nice break from the usual grind here.