Anticipating the harvest

[rsc]

I went to Gloucester today (jwg is in the last stages of recovering from a cold, so he didn't go) to plant the second crop of peas and the first crops of lettuce and beets. I was pleased to discover that the peas I planted on Friday before last have already come up. I should have taken the mulch off the strawberries (which have grown up through it anyway), but I ran out of time.

Dinner tonight had a bit of a Gloucester theme, I guess:

Baked bluefish with lime, horseradish, & dill (bluefish are often caught locally)

Steamed potatoes with butter and rosemary (the rosemary is borrowed from Gloucester for the winter)

Sauteed snow peas and mushrooms (some of the peas I planted were snow peas -- Whole Foods didn't have any snap peas)

Baby romaine salad (our romaine isn't even baby, it's embryonic)

Simple, quick, and reasonably tasty.

Comments

[rsc.livejournal.com]

He's mostly better now. He was already feeling it when we saw you (I could tell, as you perhaps could not, that his voice was suffering). I hope he didn't give it to you (or me, for that matter).

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

Hope John is all better soon!

George and I had a two acre vegetable garden when we lived on the farm together - it was a LOT of work, but I loved having such a garedn.

My userpic for this post is of the farm.

[vasilatos]

healthful too ; i wouldn't mind having some right now!

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Well, we have leftovers. How soon can yo be here?

[vasilatos]

Penny Lane and I could probably make it for dinner tonight! I miss bluefish.

But I wouldn't have time to get back for dim sum tomorrow, so regrets.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

In the oven. Line a roasting pan with parchment paper (we used to use aluminum foil, but parchment paper works much better), spray on a little grease, put in the fish skin-side down, smear it with whatever you want to flavor it with (in this case, juice of a lime, a splash of olive oil, about a teaspoon of horseradish, and a sprinkling of dill and black pepper), bake in 350F oven for 20 minutes or so (exact time depends on the thickness of the fish).