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    in New York

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    On 9/29/2023 at 8:07 PM, mongo said:

     

    a bit worried about the seeming disappearance of uni from the menu.

     

    Any decent fish market or Asian grocery will have it in a wooden tray. 

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    in At the shops

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    On 10/1/2023 at 1:53 AM, Sneakeater said:

    (I don't even want to think what the cashier must think about my eating habits.)

    S/he thinks you’re a college student. 

    Supper

    in In the kitchen

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    I’ve had this recipe in my “make this, why don’t you” file for quite some time, and I finally pulled the trigger. It’s billed as “spicy bourbon shrimp,” although it is not spicy as written. And following the directions will absolutely result in grievously overcooked shrimp. I made adjustments.

    dinner
     
    Seen here with cream of cauliflower soup, which never fails. And is the perfect end to a “my city just fucking flooded, what the hell” day.
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    What's in your garden?

    in Gardens and gardening

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    This has not been a stellar year for either of my gardens. Downstate, my Sungold offered up 50 fruit, which sounds pretty good, but that's half of the usual yield. The Pink Berkeley Tie Dyes and Premios were even worse - just a few fruits each. I got three Anaheim peppers - which is actually a pretty good haul for me - and a fine amount of kale, chard, parsley, dill, thyme, sage and tarragon. The basil, mint, cilantro and oregano keeled over dead before doing anything useful.

    Upstate, I'm very hopeful to get more cukes. Last time we were there, the vines were covered in flowers and infant fruits, and I've already made a very respectable batch of pickles. The green beans have been uncharacteristically anemic, and of the peas, the less said, the better. H shamed me by growing a fine crop of yellow pear tomatoes in this, his first year out as a vegetable grower, while none of my tomatoes did squat. (He's in charge of flowers. I don't give a damn about flowers. I can't eat flowers.) I was reasonably successful with carrots this year, likely due to my next-door neighbor getting a countertop composter (she has no need of compost, but I do). I continue to bang my head against the wall trying to grow okra and beets, both of which obviously hate me.

    Looking forward to 2024 at this point.

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