Yesterday was pickup day at the farm. It was too wet to pick strawberries, so I'll go back later in the week for those. We got a lot of great looking greens and lettuce and a big beautiful cabbage that I split with my share mate.
I was inspired to make cabbage thoren -- that curry coconut dish from Kerala that we frequently make -- with mushrooms added in. I prepped everything and Mr. P did the cooking. It came out beautifully, a little spicy, a little moist, and the cabbage was fresh and zingy. We served it over brown rice which I cooked with a little rye.
On the side, we had a salad with two kinds of fresh lettuce, arugula, red pepper, cuke, carrot, and blue cheese.
And then our friend brought bags of groceries and made us dessert -- layers of ladyfingers with fresh cut mangoes, blueberries, plums, strawberries, vanilla ice cream, and whipped cream on top. We gilded the lily just a bit with a splash of limoncello. Oh my. That whole dessert almost made the dinner's glory instantly fade. It was a great dessert.
We sat at the table for nearly two hours. Very good food, great conversation.
Our friend left us with about six ripe mangoes (darn!) and a box of strawberries (darn!) and some ice cream (double darn!). We'll be eating lots of fruit for a while. Yum.
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