It was a custard apple. And very tasty it was too. This week, nothing unrecognizeable...well, okay, I wouldn't have known it was kale but the bag was labelled. What do I do with kale? Anyway, I'll figure it out. Everything goes in soup!
We leave for Canada in less than a week - 5 days actually. It's working out well as two friends have now volunteered to stay and watch lovely Logan and little Laila. I hope the weather is Christmas-y. Here - it's not so much. Last night tho, just to force in some cheer, Nas, I, and some friends went down to the German Kristkringlemarkt in the city and had some food and beer - deliciously meaty! I should've taken a photo - now there is no evidence of the staggering amount of meat we ate...
Saturday, December 09, 2006
Sunday, December 03, 2006
my favourite vegetables
Last Thursday, in our fruit box, we got a pineapple and a mango. Pretty sweet. With our lovely friend Susan, (and she really is one of those rare people who is truly 'lovely'), we've been splitting organic fruit and veg boxes. It's really fantastic - every week thus far we've gotten a mystery fruit or veg: one turned out to be a kohlrabi (quite tasty in our veg biryani). The mystery fruit (Susan keeps passing them off - her turn next time!) remains an enigma of the fruit world. It was really tasty but I've no idea what it was... Kinda pineapple like in consistency, but softer and less stringy; sweetness like a guava (but without the gritty texture); shaped kinda like a fat mango. It had very hard pips throughout and the skin looked like a kid had made it out of moddelling clay with her thumbs to make a pattern.
We started on this cause we realised that the green-grocers on our corner was actually a trap...it's like having a huge extension on the kitchen. And we were going every day for something or other. So now, we split a huge box of fruit and a regular box of veg and we're all happy chappies.
It's from Goosemoor organics - a farm near Weatherby. They don't taste quite as nice as our own allotment veggies...but our allotment has a way to go before it can sustain us year round.
We started on this cause we realised that the green-grocers on our corner was actually a trap...it's like having a huge extension on the kitchen. And we were going every day for something or other. So now, we split a huge box of fruit and a regular box of veg and we're all happy chappies.
It's from Goosemoor organics - a farm near Weatherby. They don't taste quite as nice as our own allotment veggies...but our allotment has a way to go before it can sustain us year round.
