Monday, April 14th, 2008
Last night, I made some more Collard Greens. Since I was out of garlic, I decided to pick up some of my favorite garlic from the supermarket…elephant garlic.
According to the Wikipedia page, elephant garlic isn’t really a garlic at all. It’s “actually a variant of the species to which the garden leek belongs.” I will tell you this, I do love it. It has a much more mellow flavor than regular garlic and it is so much easier to work with. It is more expensive and less potent, but the flavor is great.
As I was cooking the Collard Greens, I tasted them and told Laura that they weren’t that great this time. She told me about her friend that uses sugar while cooking hers. Oh yeah, I forgot the honey. Here is what I use to make my Collard Greens:
- Olive oil
- Garlic
- White onion
- Mushrooms
- Collard greens
- Spices
- Honey
Use you imagination if you want to make this stuff. For the spices, I use a cracked pepper/sea salt mixture.
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Laura and I took a walk down to a local shop yesterday for some really neat little candles, lotions and even honey. This shop is run by one of our neighbors, so we were very pleased to give her some business.
During our visit, we started talking about food. We mentioned that our local supermarket doesn’t have the greatest produce in the world…well, not in the middle of Winter anyway. Even in the Summer, there is something to be desired. Our neighbor started talking about the Phillies Bridge Farm Project CSA up near New Paltz. She said they have great produce and that people can buy “shares” of the season’s crop. She also mentioned that they have a great website that offers all sorts of good information on their program.
I gave the website a once over last night and found a very interesting program. Local people (who eat a lot of produce) are able to buy shares of each crop. The benefits of this must be weighed with the risks. People pay the farmers upfront, so the farmers are protected throughout the season. If it’s a great season, there is tons of food to go around. If the season is terrible, people don’t get all that much food. I think it’s a pretty fun thing to do overall.
Wherever we end up, I am definitely going to look for a similar program to this one. I really enjoy getting involved in stuff like this.
Peace out.
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