Fresh food

[gothwalk]

I have just been down to the Dun Laoghaire farmers market. I have returned with: three vast aubergines (eggplants - why are they called eggplants?), tomatoes, onions, courgettes, red chillis, button mushrooms, pleurotus mushroom(s)¹, brazil nuts, hazelnuts coated in yoghurt, dried cranberries, and artichoke hearts.

Culinary success can only follow a lineup like that. I keep opening my bag to look at the selection inside.

¹ I have never heard of these before, but they had them - they're clumps of things like oyster mushrooms, all growing from one stem thing. They appear to be related to the oysters, but cost only about half as much.

Comments

[silja.livejournal.com]

ohh... those are lovely mushrooms, they grow wild quite a bit in Switzerland. Best just slightly borwned in the frying pan with a tiny bit of oil and black pepper, eaten on toast.

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Excellent. That's on the menu for the weekend, then.

[cartographer.livejournal.com]

The Google of Knowledge says

"If you've never seen a pure white egg-shaped eggplant, go look for one at a specialty produce store or farm stand--it truly does look like an egg!"

Saying that an eggshaped eggplant looks like an egg isn't particularly profound, I think. This is interesting though, if it's true:

"Even eggplant's British name, aubergine, traces its root to an Arabic word meaning "eggplant."

[spod.livejournal.com]

That market is brilliant. Haven't been there in a few weeks but it's a great place to go to get a tasty lunch as well as lots of organic veg.

My absolute fave though is the west cork organic choclatier type guy who does handmade 70% and 85% coco chocolate.

Nyom in a word.