I made a marinade of what we had in the house —limes, herbs, grapefruit, and a little olive oil and yuzu vinegar — and served with with swordfish and zucchini.
June, 2010
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Swordfish Supper
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Charlie’s Chickens
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010Our neighbor, as we might have mentioned, has some chickens. While Tasha and Shannon were taking care of them one evening, we went over for another look.
Bees Bearding and Buzzing
Sunday, June 27th, 2010Garden Update: Blueberries, Apricots, Daisies
Sunday, June 27th, 2010A look at how the fields and crops are doing as of the end of June. Blueberries are still in full force:
Saturday Supper: Korean Lettuce Wraps with Boo and Irene
Saturday, June 26th, 2010A beautiful Saturday evening for fried zucchini blossoms, rib eye with Korean spices and a Melissa Clark’s Twice-Baked Sour Cherry Pie. Don’t you think?
Homegrown Strawberries and a Carrot Harvest
Saturday, June 26th, 2010Breakfast at the farm this fine June morning: Ricotta from the Valley Shepherding Company, our own strawberries and local honey:
More of our harvest, after the jump.
Pretty Flowers
Thursday, June 24th, 2010An intern at the paper, Colin Muldoon, brought in some flowers for both Karen and me after his time with us. Very sweet. And very pretty, too!
Berries at the Nyack Farmers Market
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Garden Update: Currants, Bees, Apples
Monday, June 21st, 2010Upon returning from Minnesota, we found many crops ripening. We harvested the currants.
Sunday Barbecue with Bob’s Smoked Chicken and Pork
Sunday, June 20th, 2010Pretty much right after breakfast, Bob got started smoking some chickens and pork ribs for a lovely Father’s Day barbecue. Here’s the chef at work!
More photos of the food and the guests, after the jump.
Recipe: Salted Nut-Roll Bars
Sunday, June 20th, 2010This is not the kind of recipe you’d typically find on Sour Cherry Farm. I don’t think there’s one ingredient that we could grow ourselves. But let me tell you: after one bite, you won’t be able to resist these. Salted Nut-Rolls like a candy bar and a cookie all rolled into one.
They’re the ones on this platter with the peanuts. And yes, they were the first to go:
The recipe, after the jump.
Sunday Morning Breakfast at the House
Sunday, June 20th, 2010With Angie in the house, we two cooks couldn’t resist making breakfast for the family. So we have: Scrambled eggs with herbs and cheese, candied bacon and diced potatoes with onions and peppers:
Yum. More, after.
Wine Tasting at Indian Island Winery
Saturday, June 19th, 2010For our Saturday evening activity, we headed out to Indian Island, a new winery that just completed construction on its tasting room and grounds. (Are you sensing a pattern here? Brewery, pizza, farmers market, winery? Well certainly Bob and Ann planned activities to suit their audience!) We had a bunch of fun:
Lunch at Westwood
Saturday, June 19th, 2010And now, the Weber-Wendt families pose on the docks of Lake Washington after a meal of fried fish and burgers:
Want to see our lunch? Photos after the jump.
A Trip to the Mankato Farmers Market, Wherein Greg Orders a Bag o Donuts
Saturday, June 19th, 2010I put this little video together about our Saturday morning breakfast order at the Mankato Farmers Market. Hope you enjoy.
Photos of the market, after the jump.
Mankato Historic Pub Crawl: Red Sky
Friday, June 18th, 2010For our fourth and final stop on the Mankato Historic Pub Crawl, we hit Red Sky Lounge. It is by far the hippest spot on the tour, but alas, we learned the least about its history. Instead, we heard more about what bars it had been over the years, and how the current owners came to take it over and what they’d done to renovate. Still, worth a look.
Historic Mankato Pub Crawl: Pub 500
Friday, June 18th, 2010The third spot on the pub crawl was a spot called Pub 500. For a long time, it was a gas station, conveniently located near a tire store (that’s still in business). Today, it’s a pub and restaurant, owned by the same people who own the Happy Chef chain of restaurants. Betcha didn’t know the Happy Chef was based in Mankato, Minn., didya?
Historic Mankato Pub Crawl: Blue Bricks
Friday, June 18th, 2010Our next stop on the Historic Mankato Pub Crawl was a spot called Blue Bricks.
Historic Mankato Pub Crawl: A Walking Tour with a Twist
Friday, June 18th, 2010Here’s one way to learn about this history of your town: take a walking tour — and have cocktails at the same time!
OK, it was more like pints, rather than cocktails, but we learned a lot and had fun too. Our first stop. Rounders in Mankato, after the jump.
Detour: Schmidt’s Meat Market
Friday, June 18th, 2010On the way home from our visit to Schell’s, we made a detour to Nicollet, Minnesota to check out Schmidt’s Meat Market. This is the spot where Bob and Ann get goodies each year around Christmas time and send us a nice care package. We were so excited to meet the meat in person.
Schell’s: The (Second) Oldest U.S. Brewery
Friday, June 18th, 2010Schell’s Brewery in New Ulm, Minn. was established in 1860, making it the second oldest brewery in the US. (The first is Yuengling.) We went for a tour and a tasting on a beautiful Friday afternoon.
Jake’s Stadium Pizza: A Last Visit
Thursday, June 17th, 2010Jake’s Stadium Pizza — one of Greg’s favorites because of its thin, crackery crust and fun toppings, such as Canadian bacon — is moving to make way for a CVS. We were there on its last weekend in the old location.
A Drive through the Prairie
Thursday, June 17th, 2010After lunch, we took the car out to the prairie for some sightseeing and nostalgic visits to places like “the home place,” where Greg’s dad grew up. When the wind whistles the tall grass and it sways back and forth like waves along the fields, you start to understand such references as “for amber waves of grain.” Even though these are green.
Salads with Doris
Thursday, June 17th, 2010We arrived in Minnesota around lunchtime on a Thursday. Doris had salads ready and waiting for us.
The Sour Cherry Harvest
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010We harvested 94 cherries this year. We think next year is going to be the breakout year. If we can just hold on!
A video of the harvest:
Dinner and a Walk with Grandmom
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010We took Grandmom out for an early supper in Piermont, and afterwards, we drove out to the end of the pier to look at the view.
Supper: Hickory Smoked Chicken and AB’s Baked Beans
Monday, June 14th, 2010The recipe for these here amazing baked beans can be found on this post here. I recommend serving it, as we did, with chicken and cole slaw:
Sour Cherry Galette
Monday, June 14th, 2010The second sour cherry pie of the season seemed to work out a little better. I gathered the dough a little tighter and didn’t put quite as much filling inside. This sour cherry pie filling, by the way, is great with David Tanis’ pie dough recipe, which I had frozen from all the way back in the fall when we were making apple tarts.
The First Sour Cherry Pie of the Season
Sunday, June 13th, 2010I must admit. The first sour cherry pie of the season was a bit of a failure. Not an abject failure — I was able to salvage it. But not what I’d been hoping and dreaming of for a year. Come along and I’ll show you why.
Amazing Barbecue Baked Beans, a Recipe
Sunday, June 13th, 2010When I tell you that these are the best baked beans you’ll ever have, you should believe me. They’re from an Alton Brown recipe, and I originally discovered it on the Serious Eats blog. (I wish my photo looked as good as that one, but you’re going to have to take my word for it. These are kick ass. I mean Kick. Ass.)
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