Green Tomatoes
Fresh from the garden. Green heirloom Brandywine tomatoes. They're green but they're ripe. Taste a little different than regular red ones. Quite good in fact.
On a lightly toasted bagel.
Garden Fresh Tomatoes
Picked off the vine just back of the patio. Notice that the seed cells are small, numerous and not symmetrical. I don't need symmetry when the flavour is fantastic; and these are.
I tell you, growing tomatoes is really dramatically worth it. The difference from commercial glop is quite notable. Next year - try it. Buy seedlings and stick them in the ground in the sun. Dead easy - - if the squirrels don't drive you crazy.
Peameal Bacon Sandwich : St Lawrence Market
Peameal bacon, for those not in the know, is Canadian back bacon (not the strip-type; it's round) that's pork loin that has been smoked and rolled in corn meal (which is called "pea" meal because they used to roll the bacon in dried, ground, yellow peas but switched to ground corn meal eons ago).
The most famous location, and preferred, for this classic Canadian food would be Carousel Bakery at the St. Lawrence public market in downtown Toronto. The picture is less than ideal because I was in a hurry to eat the sandwich. That's dijon mustard smeared on the left half. Messy but delicious.
There are a couple of other places that do peameal bacon at the market but I always go to Carousel.
6 bucks each.
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Doorknob Garden
The garden, as a consequence of running across a box of old household hardware at garage sale, has grown a corner full of doorknob flowers. The crystal ones are quite colorful in the sun.
Here it is without the artsy light effects - really very pretty. Simple, and low care too.
Heirloom Tomato - Red Brandywine
The only one the vine produced so far but look at those lovely striations.
Lycopersicon lycopersicon is the latin name.
Hong Kong Market Street - 1999
Catch the fellow on the right with the red ribbed tux.
This was taken with my super duper digital camera way back when. 1 million pixels and top of the line. Today my telephone has a 5 megapixel camera. Boy how times have changed.
This was in Hong Kong on a day off during a ' round the world business trip.
Amuse Bouche, Toronto: Birthday Dinner,
Went to Amuse Bouche for my birthday dinner. it's very nice, modern food, quite nicely done.
This was the Ontario Texel lamb: a chop and an open-faced merguez burger and a Niagara gamay jus.
There, you can see the little burger under the chop.
Nice little terrace for a warm evening. The restaurant is pricey. tasty; good service - I would go again.
Gazpacho Ingredients
- Tomatoes (from the garden)
- Green pepper
- Cucumber (from the garden)
- Garlic
- Shallot
- Onion, red
- Celery stalk
- Salt, pepper
- Sherry vinegar (1/4 cup)
- Olive oil (3/4 cup)
- Blend together
- Chill
Bicycles on a Boat on the Way to a Picnic
In front of the city of Toronto, on the lake, there's a few little islands. Went on a picnic there the other afternoon.
Tabouleh, Tabouli
I made my own recipe for tabouleh again - it turned out very well and has a much better picture.
Pizzeria Libretto, Toronto
My message is simple: go, eat, enjoy. This is their house-made sausage pizza.
Authentic Neapolitan style pizza & delicious to boot. Compares well to the many many pizzas I had when I visited Naples last year.
A top candidate for the best pizza in Toronto.
Address: 221 Ossington Avenue, Toronto, ON. (at Dundas St)
Phone: 416-532-8000
web: http://www.pizzerialibretto.com/
Hours: 5 PM to Midnight
Then There's a Cucumber
The first decent really big one that the beasts didn't get at; there are several others.
So the war agin the dern squirrels might be not be a lopsided as I thought 'til now.
Tomatoes Are In
The first of the tomato crop is in (the ones the squirrels didn't munch too drastically).
These are to be eaten, sliced, with a sprinkling celery salt and brown sugar; that's something I learned back in 1973-74 from the Saunders family in Duncan, BC when eating fresh grown tomatoes out of their garden.
These are the "early" tomatoes that aren't early at all because Toronto is having a record setting crumby summer.
"Mesa Grill" Chicken
Not bad looking.
So, you take the Mesa Grill Steak Rub and use it on chicken instead. It's to die for.
Morning Glories & Sunflowers
The Computer is still in the shop (has been for a week - - new motherboard) and I've only been making pizzas for dinner … so no food pics.
Here's one of some pretty flowers from the garden.
Yes, they're out of focus there in front; supposed to be - - it's artsy.
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