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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.

Have a Local Food Party : Instead of counting time or distance, simply enjoy the pleasures of local food by organizing a potluck meal in which everything must be local. Keep your fingers crossed that someone will splurge on handmade goat cheese, and don’t forget some local wine, beer or juice. If you’re organizing a big catered event, the Society for Nutrition Education has a downloadable brochure to help you line up local food resources.

India Khir (Rice Pudding with Almonds) Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

1/2 ts Salt

1/4 c Uncooked rice

2 c Boiling water

1 qt Milk

1 tb Butter or margarine

3 tb Sugar

3 tb Chopped almonds

2 tb Fresh coconut, grated

1/3 c Raisins

Add salt and rice to boiling water. Cook, stirring often until water has evaporated and rice is almost dry. Place rice in well greased 2-quart casserole. Add milk, butter, and sugar. Bake in very slow oven (275 degrees F.) about 3 hours, stirring occasionally. In the last 10 minutes of cooking, add almonds, coconut, and raisins. Garnish with coconut, if desired. Serve either hot or cold from casserole. Recipe from: Mary Margaret McBride Encyclopedia of Cooking, Published by Homemakers Research Institute Evanston, Illinois Copyright 1959.

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<h1>India Khir (Rice Pudding with Almonds)</h1>
    <b>Ingredients And Procedures</b><p>
        <TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=3 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><P>1/2 ts Salt <P>1/4 c Uncooked rice <P>2 c Boiling water <P>1 qt Milk <P>1 tb Butter or margarine <P>3 tb Sugar <P>3 tb Chopped almonds <P>2 tb Fresh coconut, grated <P>1/3 c Raisins <P>Add salt and rice to boiling water. Cook, stirring often until water has evaporated and rice is almost dry. Place rice in well greased 2-quart casserole. Add milk, butter, and sugar. Bake in very slow oven (275 degrees F.) about 3 hours, stirring occasionally. In the last 10 minutes of cooking, add almonds, coconut, and raisins. Garnish with coconut, if desired. Serve either hot or cold from casserole. Recipe from: Mary Margaret McBride Encyclopedia of Cooking, Published by Homemakers Research Institute Evanston, Illinois Copyright 1959. <BR><BR></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>     <p>
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