Friday 10 June 2011

Food For Free.

We've now had some rain; in fact, quite a lot (it's raining again this morning). Enough for us, yesterday, to have our first lunchtime Girolle omelet of the season. We should be finding these now for quite a while to come, and if we're lucky a few cepes as well in about a week's time.

At Haddock's everything has burst into life, and there are all sorts of veg's that are now edible. If we were more sensible we would begin to live almost entirely from what we grow; we have potatoes, beans, onions, artichokes, courgettes, salads, and spinach. We also have rhubarb, cherries, red currants, and blackcurrants. But being an avid meat eater, and addicted to certain local pork, and duck, specialities, our weekly shopping trips shall continue.

So, we're well into the season where our pockets are always stuffed with plastic bags. And with any luck the fridge' will be a regular home to a good bowlful of delicious mushrooms for several weeks to come.

15 comments:

  1. How nice to have fresh produce on hand. I'm so glad you finally got some rain.

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  2. You've reminded me to get my citric acid today. It's elderflower season and cordial making time.

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  3. I make Elderflower Champagne. We did ours several weeks ago, and it's already wonderful. I've never made cordial; more complicated I think

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  4. How fresh they look yumm,sounds like you only need to buy meat really...although how does mouse taste yukk get off that subject lol.

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  5. Hello:
    There is, surely, nothing nicer than to eat home grown produce. Much work is involved, but the rewards are, we feel, well worth it.

    Raining here today too. We are glad for you after such a prolonged dry period.

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  6. Oh bloody hell Cro - you've done it again. Now I am also jealous of the early start to your mushroom season again, as well as your tower.

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  7. Actually, Tom, it's a late start. We usually have our first girolles mid-May. And Cepes have already been found (but not by me).

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  8. My husband, who is Polish, told me that mushroom picking is the national sport of Poland. At first I was leary of eating those odd looking fungi, but learned to love and appreciate them as the years went by.

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  9. Wow they look real tasty Cro. Did you grow them yourself or foraged for them? Love to do that here but I've heard it can be risky identifying the right ones....

    ...love the Laguiole knife, looking for one myself at the moment.

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  10. The rain will certainly bring the mushrooms on especially after all that warm weather. Don't usually get any mushrooms here until about August.

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  11. Yum! Really cool knife, by the way.

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  12. Chris. All our mushrooms are wild. As for the knife, I trust only two makes; Laguiole and Opinel. I did once own a Taylor's Eye Witness, which my daughter lost in Australia.... but that's another story!

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  13. We love muchrooms too. Although it is safer for me to buy mine in a store than try to pick my own.

    My husband is also a meat eater. I enjoy fish and chicken but he could be happy for the rest of his days if all he got was beef.

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