Posted on 08/24/2019 6:00:41 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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That’s our Duck Pond in Sequoia Park. Eureka is the smallest city in the U.S. with a certified Zoo...
The zoo might be fun.
I think I read it’s the oldest zoo in California?
PIPERADE / 2 servings / Bon Appetit
ING 2 large skinned tomatoes, diced, 80 gram of Prosciutto,½ onion, sliced,
large red/green pepper, sliced large clove, diced, 7-8 sprigs of thyme, bay leave. 2 teaspoon of hot paprika, 2 eggs
PREP---to skin tomatoes. Over high heat, boil the whole slit tomatoes 10-20 sec; cool in mixing bowl filled with ice and water, then peel. Dice and set aside.
METHOD cook the prosciutto crispy. Set aside. In same pan, drizzle a good amount of olive oil and caramelize the onions. Slowly add garlic, thyme, bay leaf, sliced red and green peppers and stir nicely. Continue to stir until the peppers are slightly soft. Salt. Add the diced tomatoes, crispy prosciutto, and hot paprika. Stir the mixture for a good five minutes. Then create two wells and add the eggs. Bake 450 deg 7-10 minutes.
No, they are quilts and are absolutely gorgeous. I’ve been to a few National Quilt shows and literally my jaw drops and gets sore from it, there are some astonishing quilters out there. The quilts similar to these which are more art, are just stunning. I’ve done some big quilts in my younger days. Even had one published in a book on quilts. But I like smaller projects that don’t take so long to finish. Thanks for posting. Forgive my thread slide into quilting.
That recipe is a saver. Looks delicious. I don’t have any prosciutto but I do have homemade capicola and tomatoes I am looking to do something with. And I have peppers.
Wow just saw the rest of your pictures. I could spend an hour just looking at the jams and jellies. Our county fair is strictly a youth fair. Do they have a pie category? Had Lady Bender entered? Her pies look fabulous.
The recipe is easily tweaked....so go for it.
Plus it is low carb. My favorite way to have eggs is poached like that with a still runny yolk.
Thanks for sharing that; it just warms my heart that people still put in the effort! :)
I have a crocheted afghan waiting for a Blue Ribbon. ;) Our fair has come and gone so I’ll have to enter it next year!
Those quilts are stunning!
Future Farmers of America have a large following here
Green Bell Peppers FINALLY big enough to harvest - plenty more on the vine, yet. Zucchini plants are still producing. Nothing better!
The last of the 'Velour' bush beans and I may get one more small picking off of the 'Saychelle' pole green beans. Some basic Roma-type tomatoes.
Got the first garden bed cleaned out - this will hold fall salad greens: Spinach, lettuces, beets, radishes, etc. Waiting on tomorrow's rain, then I'll plant. Still PLENTY of Kale left to eat; left corner. (Always!)
Cucumbers are still climbing, flowering and producing. I picked a basket-full today. Pickle Relish! Yay!
Re-staked the pepper plants. Still quite a few on there; some I am just waiting to size up and some I want to go to red before picking. Hurry up! Actually, I'm amazed at how well they did with our cool, wet growing season!
I am SO in LOVE with this perennial Salvia called, 'Mysty.' Bought three starts from Jung's and it is a knockout performer! I plan on using this when I re-do the puppy-demolished landscaping across the front of the house. It'll pick up that 'Renwick Heather' paint color accent in the gables. Can't wait!
Roma tomatoes blighted beyond belief, BUT the fruits will still ripen and be just fine. Will use for Salsa and drying.
Dug me some Taters, too! Kennebeck and Red Norland. I have eight more hills to dig, but unless things turn wet, wet, wet, they're perfectly happy staying in the ground.
And that is how I spent my day. Happy, Happy! Days like today have been RARE this season. It's either been raining, so bloody hot you want to shoot yourself, or...raining, LOL! Plans for tomorrow include all manner of canning and freezing. It's supposed to be a rainy day - and amazingly, we need it! Kinda dusty around here these days, though the guy that rents our crop land (112 acres) is rushing to get the 3rd cutting of hay in this afternoon. It's always something!
Will you marry me???
LOL! You and I have asked each other to wed many times through the years, haven’t we? Let’s always keep the Kindred Spirit we have going, shall we? :)
And Laz would cry if I married you. Who would make him Sammiches? LOL! ;)
Besides - I’m a little scared of Mrs. Bender! She knows how to use power tools and a shovel and she has a LOT of garden beds that I could end up...UNDER, LOL!
*SMOOCH*
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