Day 47
Day 47
I bought some really good honey from a lady with a small business from her home, a few miles away from where we are located, Its the first batch of honey this year, completely raw, and has not been heated in any way, so all the amazing healing qualities are there. It tastes amazing, especially on home made bread. We also visited the Charter Market, which is on every Friday in our little town. The market in this little historic town goes all the way back to the 14th Century and King Edward the II then, allowed his townspeople to have a market. In those days livestock was also sold. The market still goes on today, obviously, with a much more modern twist to it.
Its lovely to buy all the fresh fruits and vegetables in season and I managed to get loads of parsley and made us a huge bowl of tabbouleh (lebanese parsley, tomato and boorgulah salad). I bought some really nice cauliflower. In the past Cauliflower was either boiled, perhaps streamed or made into Cauliflower and Cheese in the oven. No one would think of doing anything else with Cauliflower in the Western World, anyway. Now, there are so many recipes with this humble vegetable such as steaks for Vegetarians, curries, stir fries, salads, pickles, mixed in rice, pasta and other grains. Lots of recipes have been taken from the Middle and Far East, where they were already cooking delicious recipes with cauliflower. I grilled my cauliflower florets with porcini flavoured rapeseed oil, fresh sage, onion, black garlic and a little grape molasses. The seasoning was just a little cumin and chilli flakes for a small kick. It turned out pretty well with the tabbouleh.
There was also a stall selling Olives and Olive oil from Crete, a fishmonger, lots of nick nacks and a few street food kiosks. I like this market compared to the bigger ones there are in other areas. And it goes with the little quaint town we live in.
The rain was away in the afternoon, so we were up at the cherry trees, making a mulch from recycled paper and boxes to keep around the trees. This apparently keeps the soil beneath them moist, even through a mini heat wave, which we luckily have not experienced this year so far. It also stops the grass from growing around the trees, as grass also takes away all the nutrition from our baby trees. Step by step, we learn more and more. I wonder if all thirty trees will be alive and stranding next Spring. It will be interesting to see. Both our Walnut and Hazelnut Tree, we planted three months ago are doing well.
Tabbouleh with Baked Cauliflower, Sage, Onion and Grape Molasses
