Had oysters (from the farmer's market, they were all good, but the Kumamotos are a little small and "creamy" right now-I don't want to know what the "cream" is) and stout. This is a traditional accompaniment to raw oysters, but I'm not sure I get it yet. I googled oysters and stout to see what the deal was and this charming little Michael Jackson piece is what came up first. R.I.P. for sure. We are sitting shiva for him around our house.
Watanabe farms told me that this coming sunday (the 9th) might be their last at the farmers market for the season, so I stocked up this time and made a summer salad with tomatoes, cukes, mint, corn, red onions, and a little red wine vinegar and olive oil. The 9th is also the antique faire!
The summer-ending show has got to be Olsen's going away. The city will be a less musical place without him. I particularly enjoyed the old-timey Strokes song he played with Seven Arms of Shiva and his guest turn with the Four Eyes, on both the 'bone...
and the 'ba.
I also celebrated the end of summer by making perhaps my last summer produce pie, a peach one. That's a weed leaf rendering on top. Thanks to Marletta for the pastry cookbook, it was my favorite crust yet. However, due to lack of a double-crust peach pie recipe I screwed the pooch and undercooked it so that it became a double-crust, double-cooked pie. Speaking of pie, does anyone else think that Freeport Bakery is just so-so? Or at least just their pies. The Real Pie Co. berry pie blew theirs out of the water! Too bad the Real Pie Co. seems like it's never open or when it is open is out of pies. A victim of its own success!
Greg was sad that he didn't get to meet you, since he's more or less the big foodster over at SacRag and has long been an admirer of yours, Ms. Heck. He was the dude playing the banjo.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it was a fun party. I could hardly tell, because there were so many annoying people walking up trying to give me hugs and tell me goodbye. Jeesh.
I kid because I love.
I agree about Freeport's overall quality being just above OK. I always want their brioche to be delicious and it's always mediocre.
ReplyDeleteI've been to the Real Pie Co. three times now, alway right as they are opening. Every time, they've been 100% cleaned out. Obviously, this means that when I get to actually eat one of the pies, it will be the best pie ever.
yeah, it pretty much is the best pie ever. i think she'll get her shit worked out soon and have more than 5 pies a day to sell. she should auction off the few she has and she could probably at least double her profits.
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