(no subject)
Nov. 11th, 2007 09:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
allanaToday has been pretty awesome.
For ages we've been saying that we should shop more at farm shops, especially after we went to the Bristol Organic Food Festival earlier in the year. And today we finally did!
Call me odd, but I can't help but feel warm and fuzzy when I pick up a bunch of carrots--fluffy green tops still attached--and pop them into a nice sturdy basket. Virtuously putting knobbly little potatoes into a brown paper bag comes a close second, though.
This was by far the best farm shop I've ever been to. Loads of choice (although I was sad that they didn't have any normal sized onions), well laid out, and the shelves were positively groaning with goodies. Even something as simple as milk looks better than the usual supermarket fare--the whole milk that we bought for Lucas has a gorgeous buttery yellow colour which bodes well for his Weetabix in the morning.
I'm really excited to see how the produce performs over the week. Tonight we had Chicken Tikka Masala with saffron rice--low fat but you'd never know it--and tomorrow we're feasting on Beef Stifado with Rosemary Roast Potatoes which Lucas will share for the first time. I made the stifado this afternoon so that it can steep in delicious goodness overnight. I haven't tasted it yet, but I already know that it'll be amazing. The beef was just so good. You'd have been hard pressed to separate it from venison in terms of colour--seriously well hung meat.
Over the rest of the week I'm going to braise some of the plump spicy pork sausages we got from the butchers counter with lentils and winter veg, toss together beef chimichangas, make a huge vat of my favourite tomato sauce and loads of other yummy stuff.
It's so good to be cooking again :D I can't quite believe how energised and enthusiastic I feel after pottering around the shop for half an hour. I've got all these ideas buzzing around in my head. Heck, I might even update my food blog :P
For ages we've been saying that we should shop more at farm shops, especially after we went to the Bristol Organic Food Festival earlier in the year. And today we finally did!
Call me odd, but I can't help but feel warm and fuzzy when I pick up a bunch of carrots--fluffy green tops still attached--and pop them into a nice sturdy basket. Virtuously putting knobbly little potatoes into a brown paper bag comes a close second, though.
This was by far the best farm shop I've ever been to. Loads of choice (although I was sad that they didn't have any normal sized onions), well laid out, and the shelves were positively groaning with goodies. Even something as simple as milk looks better than the usual supermarket fare--the whole milk that we bought for Lucas has a gorgeous buttery yellow colour which bodes well for his Weetabix in the morning.
I'm really excited to see how the produce performs over the week. Tonight we had Chicken Tikka Masala with saffron rice--low fat but you'd never know it--and tomorrow we're feasting on Beef Stifado with Rosemary Roast Potatoes which Lucas will share for the first time. I made the stifado this afternoon so that it can steep in delicious goodness overnight. I haven't tasted it yet, but I already know that it'll be amazing. The beef was just so good. You'd have been hard pressed to separate it from venison in terms of colour--seriously well hung meat.
Over the rest of the week I'm going to braise some of the plump spicy pork sausages we got from the butchers counter with lentils and winter veg, toss together beef chimichangas, make a huge vat of my favourite tomato sauce and loads of other yummy stuff.
It's so good to be cooking again :D I can't quite believe how energised and enthusiastic I feel after pottering around the shop for half an hour. I've got all these ideas buzzing around in my head. Heck, I might even update my food blog :P
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2007-11-11 10:43 pm (UTC)And I really think I would LOVE to try your Rosemary Roast Potatoes. YUMMY!!
no subject
Date: 2007-11-11 10:51 pm (UTC)My work here is done :D
Winter veg? Carrots, celery, maybe some parsnip chunks or some swede/rutabaga too. Lashings of fresh rosemary, too! Nice sturdy stuff with big flavours to stand up to the sausages. No need for potatoes as I'll be using puy lentils for cars.
How goes the renovation?
no subject
Date: 2007-11-11 10:55 pm (UTC)Renovation goes slowly, m'dear, slowly. Ben has two speeds, slow and even slower. *sigh* I want my house back! But we'll get there. :)
no subject
Date: 2007-11-12 12:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-16 11:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-12 10:45 am (UTC)Maybe since I have this day off I will raid Dad's cook books and scan some recipes!
no subject
Date: 2007-11-16 11:48 pm (UTC)There's probably a more local farmer's market in the 'smith....
no subject
Date: 2007-11-12 03:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-16 11:49 pm (UTC)I keep meaning to go to our village farmer's market but it's only once a month and I always seem to remember about it half an hour after it finishes :P