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| Thanksgiving Everything But |
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GREEN MARKET REVIEW, FARGO
Open from 6 to 9 pm, I walked in to see big white bags of food, catered individually for people to pick up for tomorrow, the title was "Everything but the Turkey". I wished I had known, that stuffing really looking intriguing. The menu once again had a list of items, which all looked great. One of them caught my attention. Chicken mole, manchamantela (table staining), made with roasted red and chile peppers, a reduction sauce/puree, without the usual sweet mole taste (no peanuts or chocolate), a prelude of 3 breads, crisps, focaccia and a calmati bread all with a melt in your mouth sweet cream butter spread. Dessert was apple/maple cake covered with whipped cream and flavored with vanilla (what looked like flecks of the bean were present, reminded me of my own home brew vanilla). Also tasted the squash lasagna, incredible.....
All in all: MENU was appropriately short, noodles hand rolled, new item (mole) was to die for. Breads were exquisite. No attempt to fill you up to make up for a questionable entree. I savored every bit and followed it with their deliciously strong french press coffee. Meal also accompanied by a "dry soda" of green tea, also tasty.
However, last night, I spent the big bucks at the local grocery store ($40 to be exact: 10 lbs red potatoes, 1 lb carrots, 7 lb ham, 10 lb smoked turkey, 1/2 gallon of milk, loaf of locally prepared bread from Breadsmith, 1/2 dozen eggs), luckily this one has locally grown products, and that is why I keep going back. Hard to imagine eating all of that. 3 ounces a day of meat would take 35 days on the ham alone and I only eat that much 3 times a week, so it would actually take months of eating.... 10 lbs of potatoes, that will take about 3 months. It looks like my work colleagues will be helping me out with some tasting adventures. On December 14 I hope to host a healthy pot luck for the entire work place and celebration for a colleague who is retiring after decades of work.
When I first started this cooking venture I wanted to eat locally and seasonally and I have found a few resources to make that happen, a local CSA called Bluebird Gardens where all of the posts refer to "your farm", which I really like, and a cooperative cookbook in Wisconsin (recipes in alphabetical order), and a large turn dial which spotlights the food available in the season. Of course at this time we are talking root vegetables. I did obtain a couple of locally grown squash (my bro's garden), and locally processed venison (love my sibs). The venison will be good for green mole a dish I tried when I was in the Yucatan, and make the meat tolerable. I will pass that onto anyone who is interested through this blog. Generally I don't like to eat meat, but it is a good source of protein, good to repair tissues and a concentrated source of energy. Philosophically I think the possibility of harvesting the deer before they starve to death seems ok, of course there is that slow encephalitis scare from deer meat a few years ago......and then there are the prions..........
So I know the biggest loser has a Thanksgiving dinner planned that should be healthy, I would like that. More food with less calories......Food for the palate, enjoyed and savored......Eating becomes a cherished event instead of an "eat until you are full" event, subtle but possible. That means the buffet plan will have to be trashed. Experiencing hunger is not the same as a catastrophic event, so it is not to be avoided but only noticed. I have been informed of the "draft" option in blogger, so I will attempt to only publish the post AFTER all the revisions, which means they will be a day or two late (but not a dollar short).
PHOTOS TO FOLLOW
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