From the Harvest Table

Big day last week

Published by admin on Wed, 11/20/2019 - 1:00pm
 Last Wednesday I was able to put the ripe young age of 53 in the books and move onto 54. I don’t feel like I really hit my stride until my 40’s. I am just as busy now as I was when I was a chef on a cruise ship. 
 It was nice to feel important for a day or so and the young ladies at the candy shop bought me one of those combo insta pot and air fryers. Sharon’s response was oh no not another kitchen gadget.
 Also, one of my friends decided to post one of those recipes you see on Facebook and comment how yummy it looked. 

Something new

Published by admin on Tue, 10/22/2019 - 4:21pm
 I had a nice visit with my friend Dale this week in the candy shop. He told me his son had some Jerusalem artichokes and asked if I would like some. I told him I had never had them before but would like to try them out. I have heard of them before, but never cooked any.
 A little background on this food. It is not really an artichoke, but a sun choke which are a tuberous vegetable. It is a species of sunflower that is native to central North America. 

The perfect fall

Published by admin on Tue, 10/15/2019 - 4:02pm
Headed to Payette Friday night to watch a great football game with the Wolverines. 
 Saturday was filled with catering for a wedding and senior pictures for a special young man from Boise. 
 Dalton came to visit me after I did his brother’s senior pictures three years ago. It was a beautiful evening to take pictures and I noticed just how busy this little town was. Everywhere we went Saturday evening there was some kind of event or party.

Perfect weekend

Published by admin on Wed, 10/09/2019 - 2:56pm
 Wow, what a busy weekend in Weiser. 
 If you were not out and about on Saturday, the town was hopping from the candy store to the mud drags. The line out the door at the candy shop for a couple of hours had me floored. It was like fiddle fest on a random Saturday. 
 Second Chance had its annual Fall Bazaar and a lot of the people there headed into town as well. I had a lady looking for apples and was upset we didn’t have any left. I told her I make 250 a week and we only get one apple delivery a week. She asked where do they all go.

Rehash

Published by admin on Wed, 10/02/2019 - 12:47pm
 I had a few requests this weekend after the bake sale from the ladies at the shop who were raising money for the school lunch fund. 
 I am going to partner with Mary, my favorite baker, and try to make cannoli this coming Saturday at the candy store to sell and donate that money to Three Rivers Crime Stoppers. 
 This is an organization that I believe in and has done good work in the community. I have run this recipe before but I thought it would be fun for others to try it at home this upcoming holiday season.

Super simple and fast to make

Published by admin on Wed, 09/25/2019 - 11:07am
 With another exciting football weekend in the books, the cool weather has turned me into warm comfort food mode. 
 A couple of weeks ago while talking to Nicole at Peppers she too was looking for a warm morning comfort food to offer her customers and asked me about Bierocks. 
 Okay that is probably the same look I had on my face as I was not familiar with that food. I set out on the journey to study what it was and see if I could make it.

New food produced the old way

Published by admin on Tue, 09/17/2019 - 4:31pm
 This week I studied  what I thought was a new method of cooking, but it turns out this method of cooking has been around a long time and is just now finding its way into main stream cooking. 
 The method is called sous vide and in French means under vacuum. 

Can’t stop talking about it

Published by admin on Wed, 09/04/2019 - 10:42am
 Since the opening of the new and improved Ridleys store, the ladies at work can’t stop talking about it. 
 I was at the grand opening as well and it is a very impressive store with lots of open aisles and very friendly staff. 
 The thing that has them most excited is the fresh made donuts that they have been missing for a couple of years. I got into work the other morning and asked about one of the employees, to see if she was sick, and they told me she was out getting fresh donuts.

Found in the back of the fridge

Published by admin on Thu, 08/29/2019 - 10:05am
This past week was the last week for the hanging baskets in town. Sarah and I put them away until next year. A big thanks to the guys at the city for taking them down for us. 
 You know how you forget the hard parts of a job sometimes and only have the good memories. Well this has been the case with the new puppy. Potty training, ravenous appetite and stopping him from putting things in his mouth were a full-time job. Also, to add to the mix Sharon had to go out of town for a funeral in Hawaii, and I am left exhausted.

Keeping very busy

Published by admin on Wed, 08/21/2019 - 10:57am
 We added a new twist to our lives on Friday. An 8 week old puppy I named Groot came to live with us. He has kept me on my toes and made my trips to the store short. But, I had time this past weekend to go shopping. 
 I ran across someone buying pork chops and commented on how good they looked. She said she was making Schnitzel for dinner and I thought that would be a great idea. It has been a little while since I cooked German and this would be a good meal to cook on Sunday after spending the day in the yard.

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