So i made 3 kinds of Ice Cream this week: Lemon Cream, Backyard Mint (or really, front of Mars Cafe Mint), and what we'll continue to call Mocha (dark chocolate, but the coffee, which I think I've been making some too strong coffee) all from Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home. Everything I've done in here so far has really turned out to be quite fantastic. So if you have the interest, it's a good one to go with.
Also, it was pointed out to me that Carly started a new blog Tarragon and Toast. I'm hoping she really continues this.
Grinders (Crooked Gap, Cleverly Farms)
So the taste wasn't exactly how I intended. I guess if the peppers were pickled, it would've added that flavor that I wanted. But it was a combination of the Crooked Gap Itallian sausage, tomatoes, some pickle relish, some extra spices. Then put on a nice hoagie bun, and topped with Cleverly Farms peppers and some Point Reyes Toma. Even though it didn't quite turn out like I wanted, it was still very good. If I trusted my broiler, I probably would've broiled 'em a bit to add a little toastiness and some extra-melitiness. Still, good all around.
Cornmeal and Ricotta Waffles
I dont know if I messed up the recipe, or it was just that liquid...but these were ok. One thing that would've proved nicer would be to have a second or third waffle maker to use, cause when making this many waffles, I ended up eating my waffles, while making more waffles which apparently were mostly eaten by Joseph (totally fine).
Eden Farms Hot Dogs (bought for the 4th, didn't end up using)
Oh how I have missed these.
Egg Foo Yung with Chicken and Shiitake
On Friday, I couldn't bring myself to make this...or do much in the way of cooking...so this instead:
Mini-Burgers with mini-ciabatta buns (Coyote Run Farm)
They look good, don't they? We've got some Liptauer on top, arugula, onions, burger, and inexpensive cheddar style of cheese. These were quite good. I really quite enjoyed them. The mini-ciabttas? The texture wasn't as...well...ciabattaey? I think the small size led to a little to much density for what the bun should be. Still worked out though.
