FOOD FAIL.
(If you were wondering, Samurai Fail > Food Fail)
So, I picked up my farmshare today and saw that there was lemon balm - so I picked up a double handful (even though I didn't request it, ssh, don't tell). I got home and prepared a delicious dinner of a slice of homemade bread with tomatoes, cream cheese and turkey, a slice with brie and turkey and an ear of corn. Then I got to work. I made a lemon balm pesto and put it in the fridge for later use. This was about two hours ago. The top has since oxidized. Then I decided to try to make a lemon balm & chamomile iced tea. I used way too much water - most recipes say 4 cups of water for 1 cup of lemon balm leaves... I put in 10 cups and then threw in all of the stalks w/ flowers, then boiled it probably 5 minutes longer than I should have. The result is a brown mess that tastes like hay. I put a bunch of honey in to sweeten it up and now it just tastes vaguely like brown water. I'm probably going to throw it out.
And I'm now officially too tired to do anything else. I may just curl up in bed with a book until Girlio gets home.
So, I picked up my farmshare today and saw that there was lemon balm - so I picked up a double handful (even though I didn't request it, ssh, don't tell). I got home and prepared a delicious dinner of a slice of homemade bread with tomatoes, cream cheese and turkey, a slice with brie and turkey and an ear of corn. Then I got to work. I made a lemon balm pesto and put it in the fridge for later use. This was about two hours ago. The top has since oxidized. Then I decided to try to make a lemon balm & chamomile iced tea. I used way too much water - most recipes say 4 cups of water for 1 cup of lemon balm leaves... I put in 10 cups and then threw in all of the stalks w/ flowers, then boiled it probably 5 minutes longer than I should have. The result is a brown mess that tastes like hay. I put a bunch of honey in to sweeten it up and now it just tastes vaguely like brown water. I'm probably going to throw it out.
And I'm now officially too tired to do anything else. I may just curl up in bed with a book until Girlio gets home.