My entire life summed up in a menu
I went last weekend to replace the flowers on my mom’s grave – from the red roses of winter to the sunflowers of summer – her flowers were definitely in need of a pick me up. While I was there I was able to get on an ATV with my uncle and head to a neighbor’s farm that was overflowing with tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, corn, and watermelon. “Take what you want,” the farmer said. It was in a word – C R A Z Y!
I felt that I had won the lottery but as the days went by with me daydreaming of what I would make with all this bounty, the eggplants started to spoil, the tomatoes started to gel, and the watermelon didn’t fit in the fridge. Vegetables wait for no one. And so.
I invited friends over who I hadn’t hung out with in a while – they are a family of eight and then I added a friend who just moved here – so with Tin and me, that was 11 total to enjoy an eggplant extravaganza straight off the farm:
1) eggplant parmigiana
2) eggplant ratatouille
3) eggplant with lamb
4) sauteed cabbage
5) whipped yellow potatoes
6) one huge watermelon
7) one box of Cline’s Pinot Grigio
Could I just say that it was so wonderful swinging back into entertainment mode after spending some time with my head in the blue sand. I live for these moments of friends, food, and fun.
