1-866-786-5972. Texas snitchline, I mean tipline. Just sayin'. I'm supplying you with sand here. Especially if you're in Texas.
I made it to the pond Friday, hot but manageable and not too wet underfoot. Frogs basking on the banks screamed and flew through the air into the water. Some already in the shallows with heads out, just watched me quietly.
The Friday duffers were out on the golf course. I'd already found and shied back a golf ball far out of bounds. Good thing there's a belt of trees outside the boundary. I hear shots rattling off them before they land near me. There's a great Wooster and Jeeves scene like that, ball ricocheting wildly and Bertie ducking.
And the cooking requirements of the day, spinach quiche and plum torte, both need the same oven temperature I find. So why not do both at once. In my two Corningware pie dishes.
They'll both work to avoid cooking for several days.
The quiche is crustless, as I like it, so it needs a lot of eggs, five, to hold it together.
The torte, look up Marian Burros if you want to bake it, really needs 12 small prune plums halved. We rarely see them, so I use whatever plums I can find in August, plum time. These are larger, so I cut them in quarters and all the plum quarters that fit got in there.
Sprinkled with lemon juice, sugar and cinnamon, seen here, as the quiche comes out, the torte goes in.
Not a bad day in the kitchen. Or in defence of democracy in Alaska. Some of the signs they carried were great.
Happy day everyone, keep finding and applying sand. We can do this. Next, since creating is resisting, I need to choose and frame the artwork for the fall group show. We can do this, sez Ted and Big Ursy
Quiche Torte combo looks delicious. I'll see if i can find that plum torte recipe.
ReplyDeleteIt's an easy recipe, definitely worth trying.
DeleteGood work Alaskans, although I believe it is a #47 supporting state.
ReplyDeleteYes, Alaska returns gop
DeleteThat published while I was typing. Yes, all their moc are gop. But with a population so small, 750k approx, they only have one House seat.
DeleteI’m in awe of your creations. The quiche and torte look so good.
ReplyDeleteThey were a happy coincidence, with finding out they used the same oven temp.
DeleteLots of words from the Orange One about Alaska, all saying precisely nothing. He will attempt to bully Zelenskyy into ceding the invaded land to Russia. It makes my blood boil.
ReplyDeleteOn a lighter note, tasty dishes, by the way.
They're good, and save cooking for a couple of days.
DeleteApplying sand is a new idiom to me. I approve. 😀
ReplyDeleteSand in the gears is an old metaphor for resistance. I like it.
DeleteThat quiche and plum torte look delicious!
ReplyDeleteThey're good, and will save cooking for a couple of days.
DeleteYou've made beautiful looking tasty food! I had to laugh because I have 2 corning ware bread pans...which don't look anything as pristine as your pie pans...lots of burned on oil still.
ReplyDeleteThese have held up well over decades of use, unlike some of my corningware which got unfixably stained. Not sure why these always come up well.
DeleteI’m definitely going to look up the plum tort. I always try and cook multiple dishes when I have the oven on. You save energy and you have left overs for the next day.
ReplyDeleteI think you'll like the torte. I'm planning to look at my favorite foods to see which use the same oven setting, for future use.
DeleteI did the same with my dinner last night- three things in the oven at once. Baked potatoes, a small meatloaf, and for the last twenty minutes corn still in the husk. I like it when I can do that. I haven't made quiche in a long time. I should think about that. I have some broccoli languishing in the refrigerator.
ReplyDeleteI normally do that when it's all one meal. But I'm now checking into different meals that can cook together, now that I noticed this combo.
DeleteI was glad to see the protests in Alaska. I'm going to another one today and there is one coming up for Labor Day weekend that I will do.
ReplyDeleteYour food looks yummy!
Ellen, thank you for your activism, putting yourself out there. You're a gem.
DeleteI usually leave out the crust, too. Not because I prefer it but because I don't feel like making a crust. The food looks good and it's a great use of energy using the oven for multiple baking.
ReplyDeleteI don't like crust. In fact I don't like pie as much as crumble, because of the crust. So this recipe, really a Passover workaround, suits me fine.
DeleteExcellent to see the resistance in Alaska. I hope Putin saw it too.
ReplyDeleteYour plum torte looks like the clafoutis I make. I've been wanting to try plums and one of these days I will.
ReplyDeleteThe sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon sprinkled on top form a crust, then the cake is tender and the plums tart. It's a lovely thing. Yes, try it with whatever plums you can get, but not Victoria plums, too sweet I think.
DeleteGood to see all the protests in Alaska. Your quiche and plum tart looks delicious! Ted and Big Ursy are a great way to end your post.
ReplyDeleteT and BU often express me quite well. The food is good, thank you.
DeleteYou had a pie day. They look so good. The frogs and the golf balls are an interesting combination!
ReplyDeleteI expect there are plenty of golf balls in the pond since it's on the golf course.
DeleteThe quiche and torte both look delicious and I'm reminded of the plum cakes my dad used to make, basic butter cake recipe with sliced plums on top sprinkled with sugar, baked in a slice pan.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand the "sand" reference for Texas, can you explain that please?
It sounds just like what I made, really good but easier than you'd think. The expression putting sand in the gears refers to resistance against any hostile force or attempted takeover. In rl sand brings an engine to an agonizing halt! So when I'm providing sand, it means I'm offering people an immediate way to resist.
DeleteThe orange idiot's comment recently about making Alaska a state was just one more in a long line of stupid comments he's come up with. Hope lots of people visit that snitchline and put lots of sand in his boxer shorts.
ReplyDeleteAlaska is a state. The snitchline is not federal, strictly Texas. But I did have fun reporting the crime wave in the White House.
DeleteI know Alaska is a state but obviously the orange idiot has no idea.
DeleteI think what he has in mind is to annex Canada!! Lots of luck with that one.
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