25 July 2007
Oh dear, do you see how long I've been away? I've been living out in the real world, with actual people (not that you're not an actual person, of course -- it's the rest of them that I mean), doing things in the here and now. Very unusual, all that. I think last weekend hosted more meals out than I've had in a long while. And only some of them were composed purely of ice cream.
The vegetable garden has been hard at work, producing several zucchini as big as my forearm (you forget to check just one day...); there are also three fine looking eggplants in the works, another serving of broccoli florets to cut, peppers reddening, and tomatoes ripening the entire time. I had the first of my larger (heirloom) variety tomatoes yesterday, and it was delicious. I'm still not sold on the little guys above, though. No matter how red they get, they're still a bit too sour. 'Supersweet' my eye.
I paired them with fresh herbs from Sara's planters (which I'm caring for while she (undoubtedly) astounds one and all with her excellent performance on the bar exams), olive paste, and orzo, for a cooling pasta salad:
I'm not too picky when it comes to pasta salad, generally speaking. I hardly ever have pasta, so it's a treat in whatever form it takes. But salads made with floppy, cold bowties are a bit depressing, no? Orzo is perfect for cold salads, if you ask me.
So I'm back to running around, doing summer things without you, the Internets. But I'll try to check back in soon.
Aw, I'm so jealous of your vegetable crop! I'm also growing tomatoes and courgettes but here in rainy old England nothing is growing at all. On the other hand, the slugs and snails are having a wonderful time.
posted by Louisa at July 25, 2007 08:38 PM
Thank for the nice words Anna! I'm hoping you're right about the bar exam. But I'll be done tomorrow either way!
posted by sara at July 26, 2007 01:22 AM
You should try this pasta salad from BBC Good Food - my hubby loves it and he HATES cold food. http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2227/tricolore-tagliatelle-.jsp
posted by StomarKate at July 26, 2007 08:19 PM
Johnny's Selected Seeds used to have a wild cherry tomato from Mexico that was sweeter than the hybrids in my garden. It wasn't a heavy producer, but that's not such a bad thing with cherry tomatoes. Sorry I can't remember the name; I'll work on it.
posted by anne at July 29, 2007 09:01 PM
Love the cute tomatoes..fantastic pics!
posted by Arch at July 31, 2007 02:12 PM