LOCAL
FOOD
It’s where you find it
or grow it!
October, 2011
BATCH 215
Bob bottled a
California Steam Beer on the first day of October. If that’s not the right
way to start out the month, we don’t know what is!
MULTI USE
VEHICLE
On this day,
Blanche doubles as transportation and a flat surface for drying rice before
putting it through the thresher at the college.
FOOD PORN
We’ve taken to
taking pictures of our food lately. This was a cabbage stir fry, daikon
steaks, fried quorn “chicken” patties, rice with roasted sweet peppers
and Mae Ploy sweet chili sauce.
HERICIUM
ERINACEAUS
Last year we found
a tasty Lions Mane mushroom on this tree, so when the season was ripe, we went
back to that tree and sure enough, there was another one! Bob cut this
beauty off the tree with his pocket knife.
937 GRAMS
Camille poses with
our prize. She had harvested a smaller Lions Mane earlier in the day while
on horseback. While riding along a narrow trail, Camille just happened to
look up and there it was, growing just above her head. She pulled Sonny to
a halt, reached up and wrenched the mushroom off the tree trunk and put it in
her saddle pack. The two mushrooms weighed exactly 937 grams or 2.09
pounds.
WHAT A
THING TO EAT
Years ago, we
wouldn’t have been brave enough to eat a mushroom we found growing in the
woods. But after much guidance we have come to learn the species which are
both unmistakable and choice. Lions Mane is one of these. The
texture is like abalone and the taste reminiscent of lobster.
ANNUAL
RICE SALE
We’ve said it
before and we’ll say it again – rice is nice and living next door to a farm that
grows rice is fantastic! Gary and Ilana were a couple of many people who
drove out to Edible Earthscapes on October 23rd to buy a share of this year’s
rice crop.
Pretty much
everyone who values local food and the great work Jason and Haruka are doing
came out to the rice sale.
KEEPING
SHOP
Haruka weighed
rice and sold vegetables while Jason and Garth gave tours of the farm.
CHESTNUTS
I think we’ll
stay. For years, we swore we wouldn’t live anywhere breadfruit didn’t grow
but this month we discovered locally grown chestnuts and well, they are every
bit as good as breadfruit! These beauties came from Lyle and Tami’s
chestnut tree just a ten minute walk through the woods. More on this story
here.
