Things at work are crazy - no time for long winded explanations; but it's bothering me that I'm not keeping track. So here are the last two weeks in one post.
Got the first winter share, all root vegetables all the time. The list of what's included looks short, but we always get a lot of everything.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Weekend Evaluation: Greatest of All Time (aka Stop Saying 'Low and Slow')
We went out for lunch on Saturday (Red Hook Lobster Pound....this was fine), and dinner on Sunday (Paulie Gee's - always good - my favorite crust texture). So not a lot going on here in terms of volume.
Finally tackled the goat shoulder in the freezer. Next up: rabbit, and another ham.
Gretchen decided goat is gross- although she pretty much eats anything else; which to me makes no sense. First of all, I'm pretty sure she's had it when I've gotten it out - and I mean what's the difference really.
In fact goat is the world's most consumed meat. Plus, it tastes pretty much like lamb or mutton - and she likes lamb in general.
So I had to come up with some way to break it into portions so I could handle eating it; but I still wanted to roast some of it. It did take forever to cook; but that's my fault.
Last regular CSA of the year this week - on to all root vegetables all of the time.
Finally tackled the goat shoulder in the freezer. Next up: rabbit, and another ham.
Gretchen decided goat is gross- although she pretty much eats anything else; which to me makes no sense. First of all, I'm pretty sure she's had it when I've gotten it out - and I mean what's the difference really.
In fact goat is the world's most consumed meat. Plus, it tastes pretty much like lamb or mutton - and she likes lamb in general.
So I had to come up with some way to break it into portions so I could handle eating it; but I still wanted to roast some of it. It did take forever to cook; but that's my fault.
Last regular CSA of the year this week - on to all root vegetables all of the time.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Weekend Evaluation: the long weekend was not long enough
The past couple of years we've had people over for Gretchen's birthday. I usually try to take a dish or ingredient that she's really liked over the past year and put some kind of creative spin on it. This time I started with the short rib croquette and worked backwards, and went with a German-leaning menu again (after the Alsatian/Germanic food last year: tarte flambe/sweet potato spaetzle).
Although I wanted the food to be good, I also really want to make sure I can hang out when we have friends over. The past couple of times we've had people over I feel like I spend too much time in the kitchen, and I think from that standpoint dinner was a success.
The food was okay, definitely not great, but scaling to larger quantities is not something I'm used to. So to feel like things weren't horrible and my planning was good; it went okay.
Since we had all week off, I'm including two weekends, I just didn't have time to finish the post last week. We're also coming up on the end of the normal CSA share - the final share is this week- and then the winter share starts. Get ready for rutabaga.
Although I wanted the food to be good, I also really want to make sure I can hang out when we have friends over. The past couple of times we've had people over I feel like I spend too much time in the kitchen, and I think from that standpoint dinner was a success.
The food was okay, definitely not great, but scaling to larger quantities is not something I'm used to. So to feel like things weren't horrible and my planning was good; it went okay.
Since we had all week off, I'm including two weekends, I just didn't have time to finish the post last week. We're also coming up on the end of the normal CSA share - the final share is this week- and then the winter share starts. Get ready for rutabaga.
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