The Good food month is here, with fresh; locally grow
produce filling the refrigerator and bellies. I put in a lot of Roma tomatoes
this year and they are producing bunches of lovely bright red little globes
glowing through the greenery, I use then for cooking, eating and looking at. They’re
great with basil, onion, garlic, olive oil and balsamic vinegar over angel hair
pasta. I also have the regular kind, ready for the BLT feast. I don’t ear a lot
of bacon, because, you know, it’s full of all sorts of things that will kill
you, but when there are tomatoes jumping off the vines, a person is obliged to
combine them with good bread, mayonnaise and bacon. It’s obligatory.
Corn is excellent this year, too, all buttery with a touch
of salt. Green beans are melt in your mouth tender and sweet. I haven’t planted
beans in years, mainly because the squirrels just dig them up. The farmers’
market provides plenty. Gently steam them until they are tender, throw in a bit
of butter and savor. The green peppers are scarce again, but there are enough
to flavor other dishes and salads.
Peaches, apples and pears are coming on, too. Beeckwith’s
Orchards already have their cider available, which seems a little early. They no
longer press the cider on the premises because of some health laws, but it’s
still the best there is.
We’ve had a spell of sticky weather, after some beautiful
crisp days and nights, so summer is ending the same way it began. It went too
quickly, heat, humidity and all, but I look forward to fall and visits from my
fafaway daughters.
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