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baratron!It's raining again, and lurking in the mid-60s Fahrenheit. This is about the least summery summer solstice I can remember. However, there are cherries for sale all over--I bought two pounds for $3 on Canal Street--and good strawberries at the Greenmarket.
I meteleanor, the man she calls H-B, and her stepdaughter Betsy, and volund for dim sum today. As seems to be our norm, much good food and not much conversation--I suspect the layout of dim sum places is to blame, since I never seem to get to talk much beyond "how much sticky rice should we get?" when I have dim sum. I'd bought a pound of ginger just before lunch, also on Canal Street, for a dollar; I gave Ellie part of it, since there's no way I'll use a pound of ginger before it goes bad.
By the time we finished lunch, it was raining steadily. I walked a bit with Volund, and then we caught the uptown IRT. Union Square provided not only strawberries, but shallots and mushrooms (mmm dinner) and some periwinkles (the flower, not the animal) to plantif when the rain lets up for a bit.
I fedporcinea's animals and had a cup of tea. Karma was a nuisance, one of the rabbits tried to nip my hand to get at a raisin, and Trouble was a delight, rubbing against my legs and then sitting on the arm of my chair to be stroked while I drank tea.
I met
eleanor, the man she calls H-B, and her stepdaughter Betsy, and volund for dim sum today. As seems to be our norm, much good food and not much conversation--I suspect the layout of dim sum places is to blame, since I never seem to get to talk much beyond "how much sticky rice should we get?" when I have dim sum. I'd bought a pound of ginger just before lunch, also on Canal Street, for a dollar; I gave Ellie part of it, since there's no way I'll use a pound of ginger before it goes bad.By the time we finished lunch, it was raining steadily. I walked a bit with Volund, and then we caught the uptown IRT. Union Square provided not only strawberries, but shallots and mushrooms (mmm dinner) and some periwinkles (the flower, not the animal) to plant
I fed
porcinea's animals and had a cup of tea. Karma was a nuisance, one of the rabbits tried to nip my hand to get at a raisin, and Trouble was a delight, rubbing against my legs and then sitting on the arm of my chair to be stroked while I drank tea.It's raining again, and lurking in the mid-60s Fahrenheit. This is about the least summery summer solstice I can remember. However, there are cherries for sale all over--I bought two pounds for $3 on Canal Street--and good strawberries at the Greenmarket.
I meteleanor, the man she calls H-B, and her stepdaughter Betsy, and volund for dim sum today. As seems to be our norm, much good food and not much conversation--I suspect the layout of dim sum places is to blame, since I never seem to get to talk much beyond "how much sticky rice should we get?" when I have dim sum. I'd bought a pound of ginger just before lunch, also on Canal Street, for a dollar; I gave Ellie part of it, since there's no way I'll use a pound of ginger before it goes bad.
By the time we finished lunch, it was raining steadily. I walked a bit with Volund, and then we caught the uptown IRT. Union Square provided not only strawberries, but shallots and mushrooms (mmm dinner) and some periwinkles (the flower, not the animal) to plantif when the rain lets up for a bit.
I fedporcinea's animals and had a cup of tea. Karma was a nuisance, one of the rabbits tried to nip my hand to get at a raisin, and Trouble was a delight, rubbing against my legs and then sitting on the arm of my chair to be stroked while I drank tea.
I met
eleanor, the man she calls H-B, and her stepdaughter Betsy, and volund for dim sum today. As seems to be our norm, much good food and not much conversation--I suspect the layout of dim sum places is to blame, since I never seem to get to talk much beyond "how much sticky rice should we get?" when I have dim sum. I'd bought a pound of ginger just before lunch, also on Canal Street, for a dollar; I gave Ellie part of it, since there's no way I'll use a pound of ginger before it goes bad.By the time we finished lunch, it was raining steadily. I walked a bit with Volund, and then we caught the uptown IRT. Union Square provided not only strawberries, but shallots and mushrooms (mmm dinner) and some periwinkles (the flower, not the animal) to plant
I fed
porcinea's animals and had a cup of tea. Karma was a nuisance, one of the rabbits tried to nip my hand to get at a raisin, and Trouble was a delight, rubbing against my legs and then sitting on the arm of my chair to be stroked while I drank tea.Since I have all these fresh strawberries, I decided to drop one piece of strawberry each on top of half the apple cakelings I was making.
It's still food, but baking doesn't improve fresh strawberries, nor does the strawberry improve the pastry. Ah, well. Such a shame to have 11 homemade cakelings sitting there while I debate what to do with mushrooms that will turn them into dinner.
It's still food, but baking doesn't improve fresh strawberries, nor does the strawberry improve the pastry. Ah, well. Such a shame to have 11 homemade cakelings sitting there while I debate what to do with mushrooms that will turn them into dinner.
Since I have all these fresh strawberries, I decided to drop one piece of strawberry each on top of half the apple cakelings I was making.
It's still food, but baking doesn't improve fresh strawberries, nor does the strawberry improve the pastry. Ah, well. Such a shame to have 11 homemade cakelings sitting there while I debate what to do with mushrooms that will turn them into dinner.
It's still food, but baking doesn't improve fresh strawberries, nor does the strawberry improve the pastry. Ah, well. Such a shame to have 11 homemade cakelings sitting there while I debate what to do with mushrooms that will turn them into dinner.
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