I'm all for a good deal, I get so excited at finding a good price on something, its like a game to me, the hunt and capture. Sets off all sorts of primal images doesn't it?
Just as important to me as the price of a deal is the quality of the purchase.
I've had more then one conversation with my sister, mother, husband about how tomatoes don't taste the same as they did when we were kids, same with strawberries and other fruits and veggies.
Some of the food network shows, and cooks on there have started to raise the whole where is our food coming from issue, what is happening to it before it finds itself on our table. Slowly it is sinking into our collective minds that price isn't the only factor when buying food.
A good eye opening documentary to watch about our food is food.inc.
Its a quietly disturbing film, and before you shake it off as being just American, think about the fact that lots of Canadian food is imported from the states. My Mom told me, don't know where she heard it from, that if the food is packaged in Canada and the packaging is more or equal to the cost of the food then, it gets labeled as Canadian. I read packages and lots just say packaged in Canada, not that the food comes from Canadian growers.
This time of the year Farmers markets are opening up all across Canada, sure you might pay a bit more for your eggs or your produce but... just TASTE the difference, and you are putting money back into your community.
I don't and can't buy all my food locally, don't know anyone who grows coffee or chocolate two necessary things for life, also there are a lot of connivance foods that make life a little easier or a little tastier that I wouldn't want to do without.
Still get out of bed early on a Saturday, browse your farmers market get to know the people in your area that grow the food near you. Buy a coffee, and a muffin make a morning of it and you never know you might find a good deal.
Sti
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