I was so excited for tonight's meal. Everything would be local and also very delicious. I had purchased salmon that from the outward appearance was within 100 miles of where I lived. The sides were going to be fresh roasted potato wedges and a garden salad.
As I was prepping the salmon I turned the packaging over and started reading the fine print at the bottom. I read a lot more labels ever since reading the omnivore's dilemma. Anyways I discovered that 1. my salmon was from Alaska not BC
and 2. that it was a product of CHINA!
So my supposed very wonderful salmon from BC was now shipped to China to be processed! My husband and I both felt deceived.
I have a feeling that as I continue this 100 mile journey I am going to discover more products like this. They say one thing and then in all reality are from somewhere else. I still ate the salmon but it was not as satisfying knowing that I was eating something that was packaged far far away.
Noooo! That is so disappointing!
ReplyDeleteThey can be so sneaky! I've been encountering this too, and it drives me bananas. I'll see a "from Abbotsford, BC" note, and then read somewhere else on the package that it's a product of the USA. sad!
ReplyDeleteboo. I think many of us are deceived by our foods. Or as Michael Pollan would suggest, that many of our foods aren't even "food." (gawsh, I love that guy).
ReplyDeleteMy hubs and I stopped at this little roadside farmstand to get some snacks and such - including their advertised deer jerky. I thought "Cool! Some guy is just hunting deer and selling jerky! I've never had that before! How unique! blah blah blah.." It was from Colorado. And was way overpriced still. uck. I felt very cheated.
cheers,
Daisy