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Cabrito del Bosque

On 5/24/2015 1:36 PM, wrote:
> On Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 11:10:44 AM UTC-7, cshenk wrote:
>> Paul M. Cook wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>>
>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> I have noticed several people here mention California. We have had
>>>> a lot of stuff on tv about the lack of water there. We were shown
>>>> the huge reservoirs with very little water in them. They were
>>>> showing how people with lush grass and full swimming pools were
>>>> being demonised.
>>>>
>>>> Is anyone here affected? It sounds very frightening!
>>>
>>> Everyone in CA is affected. And since CA grows half the country's
>>> food, half the country is affected as well. My town is ordering a
>>> 35% cutback on water use with fines for offenders. NASA says this is
>>> the last year we will have water in the reservoirs. So next year we
>>> should be in full anarchy mode I expect. Fox News blames it on
>>> illegal immigrants.
>>>
>
>
>> Paul, major correction. California grows maybe 5% of our food. It's
>> only a major cropper of some items and those can be grown elsewhere.
>>
>
> Mexico, Turkey, Iran, and Spain.

Costly.

> Milk will be flown in daily from
> Wisconsin.

And cheese?