Have you ever made dirty rice? It's a delicious mess of rice made exciting with all sorts of bits and pieces. The Southern Creole dish looks a bit different in our house, but I hope I capture its spirit. One of the staple ingredients in my various versions is dried daylilies. Hemerocallis fulva is still in bloom here in Brooklyn, and the spent flowers are a delicacy (I think), once dried, with an unexpected flavor of carob. Daylilies are dead easy to dry, and last pretty much indefinitely.
My recipe for dirty daylily rice is now up on Gardenista, along with the how-to of drying. Bon appétit!
(Oh: the salad above? Just watermelon pieces with various basils from our terrace, a little salt, and little olive oil, and a drizzle of good balsamic vinegar.)
It has been months - literally MONTHS - since I last checked in on you and The Frenchman. Sounds like all is well, at least I hope so. Looks like Tuna Wobble for dinner tonight. It sounds delicious. I think of you every time I use my Capetown Net on the deck, which is often. Hope it's cooler for you all in August. We are headed for 95+ for the next week, so cool dinners will be the only way to go. And, thanks for the photo of The Don. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteHi Win - thank you! We've been using our Cape Town net, too - for the mini flying things that seem to like salad dressing, or acid. It promises to be extremely hot in NYC tomorrow, too. We've had a bit of a break, but it will be a triple watering day, I think (I overplanted the windowboxes - big mistake). Love to you both.
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