By LACY MEEKS
The Tweed News
Close to 40 people gathered at St. John’s United Church in Tweed on Saturday, January 26th for a “Meal at the World dinner table.” The evening included a potluck dinner with dishes prepared from recipes around the world. Members of Tweed Green-up and St. John’s United Church in Tweed worked together to organize the event.
All of the evening’s delicious dishes carried an energy unit rating. Everyone was given an opportunity to see the energy consumption difference between many North American dishes and other popular dishes around the world. The food production processes in North America makes the energy consumption of many products very high.
Tweed Green-up and St. John’s United Church gave
the scoop on food around the world
Members of Tweed Green-up and St. John’s United Church gathered together recently for a potluck meal with food from around the world. Everyone had an opportunity to see that preparing and eating delicious food doesn’t have to use a great deal of energy. Shown in picture above are, Emily VanderWey, Jean McMaster, Sue VanderWey, Penny Vance, Bill McMaster, Vicki McCulloch, Denice Wilkins and Maggie Ives.
The evening was organized so everyone present could have an enjoyable time. Penny Vance, member of Tweed Green-up, explained that the dinner was not about lecturing people to change their diets to reduce energy use, it was instead about giving people an opportunity to see for themselves that eating healthy and delicious meals can be done without high energy costs and in the end the choice is up to them.
The dining area was well decorated with artifacts from around the world. Several cook books and pamphlets were on display, and music from different cultures was playing. The meal presented an experience for everyone present and it gave people the knowledge that food choices can make a difference to the environment.
Republished here courtesy of the Tweed News
1 Comment
February 9, 2008 at 10:26 am
Looks like it was a great evening! What a fantastic idea. Would you consider posting some recipes?