Last Tomato
This is the last tomato of the season. It was still not quite ripe when I picked it earlier this week, but it looks about ready to go.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Vegetable Stock #2
I made stock again last night. Same basic idea as before. I usually cook stuff like this outside on the side burner of the grill to keep the smells down in the house and because our inside stove is electric. I still prefer gas. Lots of different veg remainders in this one; lemons,red peppers, ends of haricots vert, and who knows what else. It smelled really good while cooking and in the end produced about 3 full quarts of stock. I have been using the last batch to make risotto and the flavors are really subtle. Give it a try sometime. So much better than composting if like us you don’t have a vegetable garden.
Vegetable Stock
My dear friend John Wilson makes stock out of any vegetable materials left over from his cooking preparations. When Peter and I were with him in March he told me how he does it. So for the past several months I have been collecting bits of carrot, onion, garlic, brussels sprouts, celery, tomato; well, you get the idea. I have put them in a bag in the freezer while waiting for a good time to start the process. I have no idea how it will turn out, but I’ll know more in about 3 hours. It is smelling pretty good so far.
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