Can she bake a cherry pie?
Jun. 1st, 2009 09:12 pmI rather enjoy the "menu planning by what's ripe" aspect of the CSA box, but this week I'm getting it from all sides. I did a brief pass through the backyard yesterday when unloading the new roses and discovered that one branch of the cherry tree was perfectly ripe. (The cherry tree is a triple-graft and evidently the three varieties ripen at different times.) So tonight I'm having as much cherry pie as one can make with 20 cherries (and a few raspberries thrown in for make-weight). I also noticed that the sorrel had sent up some flower stalks, which had to be *ahem* nipped in the bud. So I had a good double-handful of sorrel leaves from those as well. Thus, the addition of sorrel soup to the menu tonight. The CSA contribution was a root vegetable dish that I've adapted from Anthimus nos. 52 & 53. ( To wit ... )