Slow Food and Cittaslow

The movement rallies against the kind of fast food McDonald's stands for - and globalisation, mass production and flavourless fast food.

Now an offshoot of the food movement is gathering momentum. Cittaslow - Slow Cities - relates to towns and cities committed to improving the quality of life for locals with particular regard to food but it's much more. It's about banning cars where possible, and walking or using bikes as a preferred mode of transport, about supporting local producers and artisans who keep alive traditions that otherwise would be lost.

_______________________________________

What has all this to do with hunting?

Maybe nothing. Some of the participants would argue strongly against hunting being of the so-called "green" and "organic" persuasion. But you will find many are not and find game extremely interesting in their recipes. Some buy the game others harvest it themselves.

BUT what is slower food than harvesting one's own wild game. Game that is more than free range, it is completely free. No artificial feed pellets, or a monotony of grains. Seeds and food harvested from crop, from stream, from lake or grassland. A cornucopia of variety.

After the game is down, it does not magically appear on shrink wrapped styrofoam trays, it must be skun, gutted, hung, butchered and prepared.

Then cooked to perfection and enjoyed more so as to is origin.

Slow flow and Cittaslow talk about small towns and country. Of tradition and down to earth values. Of living life not the rat race. Sound familiar?

Welcome any comments.