Scotland 19 Try 100-Mile Diet
NOVEMBER 2, 2007 - Starting today, 19 people (and counting) have pledged to do the 100-Mile Diet in Scotland’s county Fife for one year, Scotsman reports. A bold move in in November in northerly latitudes, though of course a year of local eating (which these participants call the “Fife Diet”) would have to include winter eventually.
“A lot of people start by saying, ‘What could you possibly eat, it’s impossible’, but it’s only in the last 20 to 30 years that people have stopped eating from around their local area,” says founder Mike Small, whose wife and three-year-old son and baby are also taking part. Their launch meal today at the Falkland Estate is to include beef stew or vegetarian “stovies”.
While there were a number of scoffers on the Scotsman website (”what would you like with your coal burgers and seafood relish??” asked druidh) we are confident that the Fife Dieters, like anyone else in the world with local-food traditions, will have a very tasty year. You can follow their experiment online. -ADS
