Scantlings

Whoowee, we just got a turkey from the farm. No frozen bird for us! Her name was "Jeri."
Whole milk from a local dairy for coffee and mixing into mashed potatoes. Local white potatoes.
Local celery and a cool assortment of mushrooms for making the dressing.
Sweet potatoes from a neighbor.

Where is your closest vineyard?

He’d better hope he’s closer to something in Virginia than a Maryland vineyard.

That's really cool.

Portland is hipster HQ, so I can get a lot of stuff from in-state from my local co-op grocery store, but not quite as local as yours. I'm not sure I want to eat anything grown in Multnomah County. I do have an olde skool local butcher where I'll get my bird and eat a hot dog.

Maryland has many vineyards now and they seem to attract a lot of attention but as OM says, I've met plenty of people who feel that the grapes just aren't up to the task.
I guess it's our soil.

Ajax wrote:Maryland has many vineyards now and they seem to attract a lot of attention but as OM says, I've met plenty of people who feel that the grapes just aren't up to the task.
I guess it's our soil.

Too wet and too hot plus the alluvial soil. Virginia once you get away from the alluvial plain is a bit better but the grape varieties that will grow well here are not known for great wines. You end up with too much residual sugar among other things. Nasty. I compare it to some of the South African "Pinotage" wines. Dutch settlers worked hard to develop a hybrid grape that would grow well in the South African soil and climate. They succeeded but, to me, the wine isn't nice at all but when at a Military Dinner at the Castle of Good Hope, you raise a glass for the toasts and drink it.