Farmers market fabulousness

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Well, I think apple season needs another week or two to really kick into gear. Instead, today, we went for other beautiful treats: just look at these pears and plums. I don't know what I'll do yet with the pears but poaching them in a spiced liquid sounds promising. And I think I'm just going to have to make a jam with these plums. T and I were noodling about a possible spice addition and thought allspice might be nice. But we'll see.

I also thought that some grilled potatoes with the thyme pesto and lemon cream we made a few weeks back (obviously a new batch of this pesto) would be a nice Sunday night dish. Thinking of that and another round of my Lusty Sungold Love for tonight...

The farmer from whom I bought the pears is also one of the primary sources of apples at the Dupont market. She definitely knows her apples but is rather tyrannical about it all. True story: when Ol was a few months old, he, J and I went to the market. I had O in the baby carrier, Jack in a stroller, and I was at the apple gal's stand for apples to make sauce. Not necessarily sauce for the boys as I love it just as much. But sauce for the boys was her assumption. She told me that I would NOT be using the apples I'd picked out (and she took them out of my hands) but those she chose because when they cooked down, they would be a fine enough consistency. I was totally taken aback by the dictatorial exchange at hand but just kinda went with it and tried to feel appreciation for an oddly expressed kind of concern(?). Since then, I return to her stand when I see she's engaged with other patrons and I talk to the nice girls who work for her, feeling a little sorry for them all the while.

And now for a daily ricotta update. It + Molly's stewed prunes makes for a mean breakfast. Whoa!

Apple season

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The apples are coming! The apples are coming! I usually kick off apple season with a batch of my applesauce. I got the recipe from my Aunt Renee years ago and feel it is pretty perfect. I'll post the recipe after O and I return from the farmers market. This year I want to just into apple butter making. I love the stuff but have never made it on my own before. The boys love fresh cider, then there are pies to be made, apples to be roasted with onions and sweet potatoes...Aah, fall is in the air!