Windy chilly walk on Thursday morning, the kind you tell yourself you'll be glad you did, which I was. There was what my weather app calls a moderate wind and I call a howling gale because I'm out in it.
I often like to bring home a souvenir of a walk if I didn't feel like going out, and in the middle of my purloined ivy, now taking root, is a new, paler, bit from a different area, this morning's haul.
I might develop a collection of ivy for hanging all over the house this winter. There's plenty growing in the trees, English, not the poison kind.
Misfits was having website issues today, a lot of difficulty getting in to track my box, and I noticed Rameer working endlessly on his screen when he came to deliver.
So here's this week's food. Extra cans for the food pantry, carrots for soup along with the pumpkin still out on the step, very small potatoes, fine for my purposes, though, for roasting to go with mushroom omelette, mushrooms sliced in freezer, eggs you see here.
Apples and blueberries, staple fruit, yogurt to go in desserts, on soup, and maybe in a vegetable curry. Fair trade sugar for desserts and Handsome Son's tea.
All good, prices still manageable, organic food. And Misfits is now handling bananas, big news. I ordered for next week. I haven't had bananas in years, because I shop at Misfits and they haven't had any before. I hope they become a staple.
And here's beautiful fruit, and vegetables cooking ahead.
I find that's helpful for making other dishes, when the vegs are partly cooked. They taste good, because not overdone, but they're easier to use.
Partly boiled potatoes make great roast potatoes, crisp outside, fluffy inside. And partly boiled carrots make a rapid soup or anything else -- maybe mashed for cake.
Happy day everyone! I now have the Bananaz theme going on repeat. Until they release the Epstein files.
Has there ever been a modern tv viewing mother feeding her baby a spoonful of mashed banana who didn't sing along Bananazzzz Dumdiddledumdiddledumdiddledumpty...?
Harking back to yesterday: Where I grew up (northeast US), beechnuts had husks, which contained beechnuts in papery nutshells. What you brought home, the wonderful geometric shaped part, is the husk. The shell is a papery covering of the nut kernel itself. Hope that helps!
ReplyDeleteGood decision on the car. What a headache they can be. I bet it'll be snapped up in no time by some lucky person.
For today: windy, drizzly day here. A good November day. From "Egg Thoughts By Frances" (author Russell Hoban): "If you look before you go/outside in the rain or snow,/it look colder,/it looks wetter through the window/It is better/when you're outside in it." There are days I have to recite this to myself a couple of times to get me out the door.
Chris from Boise
Thank you for the explainer on the nuts. Between you and Mitchell I'm all facted up now.
DeleteI don't actually believe it's better outside. It's better when you get home to a cup of tea!
I think someone's going to be happy with the car. It still has the owner's manual! And it's all fixed. Never been smoked in. All that.
Oh, the mess those Epstein tapes are going to expose. I look forward to it. Your Misfits table looks like a farmer’s bounty. I LOVE bananas. Just had one with breakfast.
ReplyDeleteThe lack of bananas is the only thing I've not liked about misfits. Turns out according to them they've been trying for seven years to source them. I do like a banana.
DeleteI love bananas. Have you ever had Canary Island bananas? For me, there’s nothing better.
DeleteIf they're the small ones, yes, I love them. Hard to find though. We only have one or two varieties of banana in the US, but there are others.
DeleteSlowly slowly the house of cards will tumble. And I’m sure this is far wider that we could imagine.
ReplyDeleteI don’t know that banana song. We have another from advertising and I definitely sing that one. In my head
It's from the old TV series Bonanza, not really about bananas.
DeleteGood news on the banana front. I ordered small bananas the other week and they are the smallest bananas I've ever seen - amazing.
ReplyDeleteThere are quite a few varieties of banana, but we only see a couple in stores. I like the small ones, but rarely see them.
DeleteHa ha, thanks for explaining the Bonanza/Banana song. Too cute! Glad you'll get some bananas. Excellent!
ReplyDeleteAbout Bananaz, I think you had to be there.
DeleteThat's a good tip about partially cooking potatoes before roasting! That's a good misfits bin!
ReplyDeleteI had some of those tiny potatoes last evening, sliced in half, roasted, and very good with a mushroom omelette. Since I started partly cooking ahead, I've liked roasted a lot more.
DeleteThe good ole, pink, imperfect van makes its weekly appearance.
ReplyDeleteIt's like a weekly landmark.
DeleteIvy has always been one of my favourite plants. I can't grow it worth a damn though, which is too bad.
ReplyDeleteThat's odd, usually it's unstoppable. But with plants there's a lot we don't know.
DeleteYou eat so healthy. I'm glad you'll be able to get bananas, I'm not a fan of them myself, but Jack loves bananas. I'm looking outside this morning, not looking forward to my walk. It's windy and cold with a thin layer of snow.
ReplyDeleteDo you ever roast your carrots? I like mine with olive oil, maple syrup, rosemary, and crushed chili peppers.
I've roasted carrots but not a fan. They're a bit too sweet for me roasted. Your recipe sounds festive!
DeleteIn my efforts to include more fruit and protein into my diet, I have discovered that bananas sliced into cottage cheese with pineapple and/or blueberries is very nice. They're great in yogurt, too, of course. Or by themselves.
ReplyDeleteI like to parboil my potatoes before I roast them too. The little ones are the best.
The tiny potatoes are very useful to me. But they're rejected by the supermarkets, too small!
DeleteI knew the Bonanza reference immediately! I eat a banana almost everyday. And an orange. You got lots of carrots in this order. I like Ivy, how lucky to find some you can propagate.
ReplyDeleteGary has plenty so there's always a supply next door. I'm glad you picked up on the Bananaz joke!
DeleteI didn't know the Bananaz song you mentioned either until you explained about Bonanza. It's warming up here in Illinois for two days (60s!) before it turns chilly again on Sunday so I am hoping to get some walks in! Have a good weekend!
ReplyDeleteGood thing I explained. More of a niche joke than I realized.
DeleteLooks like a great haul! Bananas will be such a nice change when you haven't had them for so long. :)
ReplyDeleteBanana bread!
DeleteThere's a song that's something like a century old titled "Yes, We Have No Bananas"".
ReplyDeleteI'd need to update it to Yes, we do have bananas!
DeleteThose bananas, after not having them for so long, will definitely be a treat.
ReplyDeleteI ordered two bunches, one to eat one to mash for banana bread. I plan to enjoy this. I've also made a nice frozen dessert with bananas and yogurt. Watch this space!
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