Oh, I get so flustered when the photos start piling up, but I don't have anything in particular to say. I've got loads of garden photos to go through soon, and I suspect there are heaps of random food shots on my camera as well. Let's get these out of the way for now:
My stellas are going crazy outside, so I cut about a dozen stems and brought them in. The blooms only last about a day, but they seem to keep opening even now that they're cut.
We had a cool weekend here, which I really appreciated, although it could have rained a bit more, if you ask me. I've just about finished my More Work Than I Bargained For project of turning my side yard into a garden. Because my house doesn't have rain gutters, the water runs off the roof wherever it finds a convenient spot, so I've put in a 'dry creek bed' which makes sure that the water collects and then leaches into the ground at a safe distance from my foundation. But that's all a (very long) post of its own.
I was very restrained at the farmers market this week. There were strawberries everywhere, along with loads and loads of new potatoes. Have you ever seen the tiny, marble sized potatoes that show up at farmers markets? They would be very fun to deep fry. Or roast. Or cook in a pan. I guess they're just fun, period.
I also brought home garlic pickles, curry pickles, and nicoise olives. I really appreciate being able to buy only as much/many as I want. Because you don't need a huge jar when it comes to curry pickles.
My mom made another chocolate cake cheesecake the other week (she needs to be stopped), and really rather a lot of it found its way into my freezer. We've agreed that there's something not quite right about the chocolate cake and frosting this time, though, so I enjoyed a piece with those bits sliced off, leaving me with just the cheesecake and ganache. It was wonderful with the farmers market strawberries. I think I still managed to exceed my ganache tolerance levels, though.
Who made the pickles?! They look wonderful. I thought of you Saturday, because I had, what was definitely the best sandwich I have ever had in the Twin Cities at Lucia's to go http://www.lucias.com/bakery/bakery_right.asp. Smoked mozarella with tomatoes, cucumber, onion and pesto. I have been ruined for all else!
I am a huge pickle fan, but what in the world is a curry pickle! Does it taste like a pickle with curry, I wonder. Sounds good, though.
Could you sometime take pictures at the farmers market? I live in Manhattan and we have a ton of them, but I rarely go because it's very overwhelming and not so convenient to my apartment. But when I move out of state, I plan to go to them often.
Lisa -- I don't know who exactly makes the pickles. The pickle ladies at the Lyndale farmers market, I guess. I think there's only one pickle stand.
Alicia -- Yes, a pickle with curry, that's what it tastes like! Imagine a dill pickle, but instead of dill, curry powder.
I looooove cheesecake gosh and chocolate cheesecake must be out of this world!!!