Sunday, August 01, 2010
the one about the veg
The summer isn't whoosing by as quickly as I thought it would, which is good because I don't have that fall, back-to-school feeling yet.
I want more summer sun.
That said, it is the first day of August. So, I should get myself prepared, as this is the month that is going to fly by.
I blame the vegetable patch. Toby's parents have a vegetable patch that I've been "shopping" at every weekend.
The courgettes (zucchini - I think Toby likes the American word better. How could you not? It starts with a "Z" afterall!) are monster-like.
Almost every dinner we've been eating involves a courgette.
I've had lots of firsts with the gooseberry. First time picking them...first time cooking with them (elderflower cordial and a bunch of unrefined caster sugar)...
...first time eating them!
We see garden veg wherever we go.
Okay, okay...we haven't gone that crazy.
I'm just saying, I'm enjoying our Summer of Veg. Got to get to the kitchen now. I've got a rhubarb crumble in the oven and I can't be having it burn.
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I'm a terrible veg eater, especially the 'Green' ones i.e. Cabbage, and Brussels. My mum used to despair.
Saying that, I can't get enough of Leeks, I seem to be cooking loads of meals with them at the moment.
Enjoy all the homegrown crop, because it certainly tastes the best.
So jealous. I think we will rent a plot next year and grow some veggies. You've become quite the domestic with your zucchini and crumbles and whatnot. Well done you!
Gooseberries are a dream. I only ever see them in the U.S. in preserves made in Poland. Probably not looking in the right place...
I'm not altogether sure if I had ever heard of gooseberries before I came to the UK! Keeping hunting as gooseberries are awesome.
hey! the veggies are looking great! i love the cushiony pods that the broad beans come in. my mum used to grow bucketloads of them - never much liked them to eat - just liked squishing the cushiony pods!
mmmmmmm, crumble... either gooseberry or rhubarb - hmm, that's making me a bit homesick...
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