A Really Late Lunch

Sharon and I made noodles last night. I put all mine in a plastic bag and chucked them in the fridge when I got home last night. They all clumped up so I had to rework them all. I came in for lunch at about 2:30, and didn't get done until almost 5.

Today's lunch, I'll still call it that since I still plan to eat later, consisted of;

Linguine with tomato basil sauce

Garlic bread

Hot apples w/maple sugar

1/2 cup grape juice

Let me just comment that,thus far, everything in this challenge is fantastic in comparison to the last one. I had probably 2 or 3 meals in the last challenge I would call good.  The rest of the time eating was a chore.

To start, I overcooked the noodles. Not the end of the world, they were a bit mushy but still palatable. They were made from wheat flour, water, and egg. The sauce I had canned earlier this year, it is comprised of tomatoes, garlic, basil, and salt. We pressure canned it and it looked a little runny in the jar. I did have to cook it down some but it turned out fine.

Sharon and I baked the bread last night, the garlic from a forage in early summer. I peeled the garlic, put it into an egg pan, and then just laid the slices of bread on top.

I canned the apples in light syrup some time in the fall, I don't remember if I picked them myself or traded for them. The maple sugar came from our project last march at the Lohman's.

The grape juice was from grapes I got in trade from my mom. She gave me way more than I had expected and I ended up juicing some of them.

On a side note, I have made a new press cylinder for extracting oil and juice from rose hips. I blew the screen out with too much pressure twice already, but it does work! It is pretty cold out in the shop and I have had the rose hips in the freezer so the oil comes out like butter. Once I brought it into the house it melted away from the berry essence and into the bottom of the cup.

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Lunch, Day 7

Lunch today - polenta, roasted bean cake, goose with lambs quarter, mulberry cobbler, cucumber slices, applesauce, and blueberries.

For the bean cake I took the cooked soybeans and smashed them up real good with a kitchen hammer. I added some basil, sage, and garlic, and then put them in the oven for 20 mins @ 350. Pretty good, egg would have held them together better, but I don't have any more egg. I made this because I wanted to use up the rest of the cooked soybeans. I really didn't expect it to taste good. I'll have a few to bring with me to the feast tonight

Goose and lambs quarter was just that, I put both ingredients in a saucepan with a little water and covered it with a lid to cook.

The polenta was Sarah's idea - I didn't have any salt but I did use the last of the goose oil that I had. I used a 4:1 water/cornmeal ratio. It had the consistency of grits when I ate it; it has since solidified in the pan. I'll have some of this for the feast as well.

The cobbler was another taste given to me by Sharon a few days ago - she said it was bitter but I thought it was pretty good. This was the last of the applesauce I traded for too.

Lunch, Day 6

For lunch today, pan cooked vegetables with goose, and a cabbage salad.

Pan Cooked Vegetables with Goose:

kohlrabi

soybeans

summer squash

carrot

garlic

basil

sage

I have a lot of work to get done today, and I didn't want to spend much time making this lunch. I threw all my ingredients in the skillet with 2 cups of water. I put a lid on it for about 10 mins, then took the lid off and cooked all the water off of it.

The cabbage salad included bell pepper and cucumbers. I want more to be full than to enjoy flavor right now, this is a simple and filling lunch.

Lunch, Day 5

Todays lunch - former soups revisited, cabbage salad, and blackberries.

I had a bit of broth left from the squirrel stew I made day 1 and some corn chowder from yesterday. I combined them with a bit of goose meat, some garlic and basil, and some soybeans I cooked yesterday.

I need to learn that just because I have a lot of oregano doesn't mean I should use a lot of oregano. the soup is not bad though, and it is quote hearty.

This is the last of the blackberries I have.

Lunch, Day 4

Half-way meal! Lunch today is corn chowder, an apple, and the last stuffed cabbage.

Corn Chowder:

1 cup dried meal corn

1/2 cup hominy

4 cups water

2 small carrots

1 small onion

1/4 summer squash

1 /2 cup sifted cornmeal

1 oz mulberry syrup

Put ingredients in pot, bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for 90 mins. The original recipe calls for fresh sweet corn, but I have what I have. It also called for maple syrup which I used mulberry instead, and for celery which I substituted summer squash. I added the rest of the hominy I had made along with the salty water it was preserved in. The meal corn gives your chewers a good work-out. Good taste to it though.

Lunch, Day 3

Lunch today is vegetable shish kebabs - bell pepper, garlic, potato, turnip, tomato, apple, cucumber, and summer squash out on the grill. This was supposed to be yesterday's dinner, but there wasn't a grill at the party we went to. This vegetarian stuff is for the birds.

Best flavors, garlic and apples. The apples pretty much turned to mush but they taste great. Jessica contends, 'The garlic is nasty! Its too much.' The turnips don't seem to be cooked enough, they were much better in the soup I made yesterday.

Lunch, Day 2

For lunch today, vegetable soup and a fresh cucumber. I also had one of the veggie patties Sharon made on Thursday.

The soup had turnips, kohlrabi, carrots, summer squash, a few small beets, a handful of corn, and some frozen spinach. Add garlic and various spices as well. I cooked some salted meat in it but removed them for later consumption. My wife said it needed salt, I didn't eat anything with salt in it yesterday so the salt from the meat is almost too much for me.

I've made a tea with linden flowers, mint, and stevia for the afternoon. I've been snacking on soynuts and apricot leather while watching TV, waiting for a party this afternoon.

On a different note Kathy, Jeff, Todd, and I went fishing in the canal last night - mostly a lot of standing around, but Todd caught a nice little catfish. Maybe he'll post pictures :)

Lunch, Day 1

Applesauce, salad consisting of lettuce, carrots, and wine-pickled radishes with a apricot-wine dressing, green beans, and veggie patties (as made by Sharon.)

I added a few soybeans to my plate. My wife only ate a few bites of her food, I can see her interest is waning. I am going to have to work extra-hard to keep her into it! I made her an egg, which had a double-yoke.