BATC (with Butcher Crick Farms tomatoes this time)

So I had some very thick cut jowl bacon, so much so I had to adjust the way I cooked it so the wide thick part got done.  In chatting about it with Ethan it sounds as though this is not the only time (or the worst) that his processor has done...  All I can say is that I'm looking forward to a new locker opening.

Even so, I got the bacon done, shortly before Shannon got home from work, and I used Quark, arugula, Butcher Crick Tomatoes and some jowl bacon on a La Mie roll to make a very delicious sandwich.  After dinner was done we headed off to the movie theater and ran into a bunch of friends who were seeing the same movie.  It was fun.

Sausage, Tomato, pepper and onion pasta

This worked out very well.  I was pretty happy by just throwing some things together to get the dish that I wanted.  Just one of those things where you hope the randomness works out, and it does. 

(not so) Grilled Lamb Kofte (p19 Cook's Illustrated July & August 2013)

This tasted pretty good.  I used a little extra lamb (and a little extra spice) and served it on some flatbread.  I was pretty happy with the result, and it even tastes good as a lunch snack later. 

Crooked Gap Brats

nom

Local Beef Burgers (I'm pretty sure from Coyote Run Farm, it's been in the freezer for a while) 

Yep, I made sure to add salt and pepper to the meat before I cooked it, got a nice sear and it turned out really good.

I also spent some time with some peaches, made some Peach, Honey, Mint Iced Tea and some Peach Ice Cream .  I still haven't tried them yet, but I have some concerns about how the peach will spread through the ice cream base.