Just as an antidote to my last post:
1. The
first windfall* apples have dropped from the ancient Bramley tree. I’ve peeled them, cleaned out the brown bits,
sliced, lightly stewed and frozen them.
They’ll be delicious for breakfast, see #3 below. Only a couple of dozen left hanging, but that’s
more than enough for my needs. (They’re
the size of bowling balls, some of them.
Well, nearly.)
2. I
had the first four tomatoes for lunch, with some mozzarella; perfectly ripe,
ten minutes from plant to plate, still warm from the sun. I added some torn basil, but it wasn’t really
needed. A glut is coming soon, that’s
fine. I know how to make passata, and
the remaining green ones, if any, will become chutney in October.
3. At
the last visit to the caravan, a couple of weeks ago, we thought there was
probably going to be a bumper crop of blackberries around the hedge. If so, and if the other scavenging
inhabitants of the site don’t get in first, pounds of them will be picked,
carted home and frozen. They can then be
quickly cooked down with the apples and dosed with yogurt whenever we fancy a
comfort breakfast in the autumn.
4. By
way of penance, I bought some courgettes this morning. I sliced them thinly and stir-fried in the
wok with some garlic and parsley. They
were delicious with the braised lamb cutlets.
5. What
was #5? Oh yes, passion fruit. We are passionate about passion fruit. Best thing since sliced mango.
*Dunno why I call them that; there’s no wind, but they fall
anyway.
A friend was telling me at the weekend that fried green tomatoes are really good. I've never tried them, largely because I keep the last tomatoes on the windowsill until they ripen, but I might have a try.
ReplyDeleteLook at you all self-sufficient!
ReplyDeleteWe had a few blackberries out of the garden the other day. They weren't all that nice to be honest. Most of them are out of my reach so the birds will no doubt scoff most of them.