Comments | siglinde99: Cooking all the things!

siglinde99

Cooking all the things!

Jul 29, 2016 06:17

I love summer, but OMG the garden and my CSA basket are exploding. And I can't resist a bargain... Yesterday's adventures included the purchase of okra because it was on sale. Which meant I needed to buy chicken and look up a recipe for frango com quiabo (chicken with okra, a traditional recipe from Minas Gerais, Brazil). I also have beets cooking ( Read more... )

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spikesgirl58 July 29 2016, 13:09:41 UTC

It sounds like you are in veggie heaven! Happy sigh.

We live in the Central Valley of California so we are blessed with fresh produce year round and have a weekly farmers market not far from our home.

However, there are still certain seasons. Right now it's all about tomatoes and corn - they are the stars of the market. I'm really anticipating Fuyu persimmons and figs, though. They are never around long enough for me.

I adore experimenting with new recipes, as well as preparing old favorites.

siglinde99 July 29 2016, 13:27:19 UTC

I'm a bit envious, though I do increasingly enjoy the challenge of eating locally right through the winter. Corn is starting here too. I must get out and buy some. We have a farmer's market nearby, but I don't often go. I'm only interested in the veggies and it seems to be more of an artisan market some weeks. It doesn't carry the local and heritage meats of the large farmer's market.

You are a bad influence when it comes to recipe experimenting. I love reading about your adventures.

spikesgirl58 July 29 2016, 15:41:56 UTC

YAY! I'm a bad influence! And my Da said I'd never amount to anything! :DDD

To be honest, it helps to have friends who are also foodies and push the envelope every time we get together. It also helps to have such an abundance at our hands. I remember back home when the garden would start to really produce and it was so wonderful to have fresh veggies and fruit. It's nice to be somewhere that this is year round.

opakele July 30 2016, 01:56:29 UTC

A few weeks ago I bought a flat of blackberries (Kotata), raspberries and blue berries. They've been frozen.

Gypsy texted there were beautiful apple (green!) and plum (yellow!) trees at her new house, did I want any? I've wanted to do some applesauce and apple butter and said yes to those. They will keep until I can get up there. I think she is going to pit and freeze the plums for me, too.

Then today at work a co-worker shared some tiny little crabapples with me. I've been trying to grow a crabapple in Raymond all these years and the elk keep knocking it down. I've been wanted to do a crabapple jelly... I'm hoping there is more where these came from...

So, I'll be busy. Probably in September. It will be an all day extravaganza and I will collapse into bed exhausted and fully jellied.