[Yes, I do have some suppressed rage.]
This was the other day's tomato, still at Union Square. I bought it. It became my tomato. Last night I sliced its top off and scooped out its insides, which tasted very good. I reserved most of them, and lots of juice for gazpacho. [Click here for another tomato-juice application]
I bought a punnet of chanterelles from an uncommunicative dude in black leather and shiny sunglasses who had an icechest full of them.
When I tipped them out of their brown paper bag, at home, this walked out of their accompanying pine needles:
Spiders for supper. My favourite.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
After I'd calmed down I chopped some scallions/green onions, parsley, and some cubes of slab bacon I had baked last weekend, Hussar-style (long story), and sauteed that lot along with about a quarter of the tomato's insides. In went the sliced chanterelles. Then added some basmati rice cooked in chicken stock with a squeeze of lemon and tiny bit of brown sugar. And stuffed all that, with chopped terrace parsley, into the empty tomato. Baked for about 3/4's of an hour at 350'F adding a little water now and then.
Wow, chanterelles, in the middle of summer, isn't that odd?
ReplyDeleteNope, I just looked it up. I didn't know they appeared that early! Lucky you. :-)
It looks beautiful that cooked tomato of yours, but wait, right hand side - at the back- stripey things - are they spider legs?
ReplyDeleteThe dish needed extra protein...
ReplyDeleteThat spider did have all its legs! What sort of spider is it, it looks similar to our housespider? I love stuffed peppers but would you believe I have never eaten a stuffed tomato, it looks absolutely delicious. You are such a great cook! x
ReplyDeleteSpider legs? Marie, I'm afraid Bobo is having a bad influence on you...
ReplyDeleteCentvingt - yes you would have gone silly at the sight of all of them. Not sure where they come from - will ask the dude next time. His persona did not invite pleasantries. Mushroom trade must be rough.
ReplyDeletePam - you made me look!
Louise - actually...I see 7 legs??? No idea what sort of spider. A pine needle spider?
Sigrid: yes...damn cat. He will post a picture of his breakfast later, I believe. He prefers the soft green cicadas. This one was different and a little spiky, I suspect. The angst in his stuffed-mouth miaowmmmm spoke volumes: he needed help. How do I ead thees???
Reading this blog at 8am is probably a silly idea - I'll have my mind focussed on food now when it should be focussed on work!
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