General kitchen advice

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.

A local veg box shared between friends is a few quid a week, and the perfect way to slash your food miles while eating good food. So if you're self-catering at university why not try a doorstep delivery from one of the many veg box scheme providers?

Spicy Applesauce Mold

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Ingredients And Procedures

1/2 c Apple juice

1 T Unflavored gelatin

-(Equiv = 1 envelope) 3 T Red cinnamon candy

2 c Applesauce

1/4 t Nutmeg

1 t Lemon juice

Sprinkle gelatin over apple juice in small saucepan; let stand a few minutes. Heat, stirring, until gelatin is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and stir in candies, stirring until dissolved. Stir in remaining ingredients. Turn into small mold and chill until firm.

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