http://christinabartlett.com/delacasa/2013/05/12/eating-well-in-the-north/ Mon, 23 Oct 2017 06:23:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.7 http://christinabartlett.com/delacasa/2013/05/12/eating-well-in-the-north/#comment-1318 Sat, 07 Sep 2013 19:36:28 +0000 http://delacasa.wordpress.com/?p=3047#comment-1318 Well I always thought people who indulged in desserts were umm.. you know very healthy.:)
Compliments aside, sweet potato is pronounced as “kumro” in Bengali ( an Indian language ). Guess I need to dig out the origins of this word!

]]> http://christinabartlett.com/delacasa/2013/05/12/eating-well-in-the-north/#comment-1317 Sat, 07 Sep 2013 19:09:49 +0000 http://delacasa.wordpress.com/?p=3047#comment-1317 Of course – I certainly don’t bake just to photograph! I have only heard the word Kumara in NZ. Would be interested to know what other languages use the word.

]]> http://christinabartlett.com/delacasa/2013/05/12/eating-well-in-the-north/#comment-1316 Sat, 07 Sep 2013 18:00:04 +0000 http://delacasa.wordpress.com/?p=3047#comment-1316 Lovely blog. Wonder whether you actually eat all those desserts 🙂 Noticed the use of “kumara” for sweet potato and was curious because few Indian languages pronounce it similarly ( not exactly though )

]]> http://christinabartlett.com/delacasa/2013/05/12/eating-well-in-the-north/#comment-1315 Thu, 16 May 2013 23:03:32 +0000 http://delacasa.wordpress.com/?p=3047#comment-1315 I read your blog too much! Here we are – tried to plant some herbs (not that we have any issues buying fresh here). For some reason you will be more successful growing things up North, than us, here, in sunny California…

]]> http://christinabartlett.com/delacasa/2013/05/12/eating-well-in-the-north/#comment-1314 Mon, 13 May 2013 13:08:31 +0000 http://delacasa.wordpress.com/?p=3047#comment-1314 Oh CSA boxes would be a dream! Instead we write a great shopping list and email it to a supermarket in the nearest city and hope we receive close enough to the same items sometime within the week. But its completely up to us to work out what is seasonal and likely to last a week of travel! So pleased Auckland does it – hope other cities catch on! I have learnt so much about planting too in the last 3 years – a lot of it does come down to common sense but a little reading here and there sure helps.

]]> http://christinabartlett.com/delacasa/2013/05/12/eating-well-in-the-north/#comment-1313 Mon, 13 May 2013 03:56:40 +0000 http://delacasa.wordpress.com/?p=3047#comment-1313 Growing food is a learning process. We planted our first vegetable garden over summer and I already feel wise compared to what I knew just a few months ago. Out of season tomatoes are not worth buying at all. We always have lots of cans in the pantry and the flavour is decent and they’re so cheap and versatile. Do you have CSA boxes where you are? Auckland is starting to do these and it’s a nice surprise every week or fortnight to get a bunch of in season vegetables delivered. The price is very competitive too.

]]> http://christinabartlett.com/delacasa/2013/05/12/eating-well-in-the-north/#comment-1312 Sun, 12 May 2013 19:41:22 +0000 http://delacasa.wordpress.com/?p=3047#comment-1312 Yeah, warm year-round would be totally boring! Love your attitude Christina 🙂

]]> http://christinabartlett.com/delacasa/2013/05/12/eating-well-in-the-north/#comment-1311 Sun, 12 May 2013 18:25:52 +0000 http://delacasa.wordpress.com/?p=3047#comment-1311 Boring.. 😉

]]> http://christinabartlett.com/delacasa/2013/05/12/eating-well-in-the-north/#comment-1310 Sun, 12 May 2013 18:09:45 +0000 http://delacasa.wordpress.com/?p=3047#comment-1310 I think your next relocation needs to be somewhere that is warm all year round.

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