Summer Cooking

[mark_asphodel]

So, it was 97 degrees Fahrenheit today, at least until a massive wall of apocalyptic storms hit and dropped the ambient temperature down to 75.  Nice.

Anyway, in spite of the atrocious weather, I'm on a cooking binge because it's a three day weekend and we have (gasp!) guests coming over the next two days.
Breakfast: Fluffy Yucca Omelets

Anyone who remembers the "caterpillar soup" escapade from last year can relax, as I made sure to sort through the yucca blossoms before bringing them in the house this year.  This recipe is very simple aside from the challenge of finding fresh pesticide-free yucca blossoms.  Basically, they're two-egg omelets seasoned with a little salt, pepper and paprika.  The whites and yolks are beaten separately and folded together, and then 1/3 cup of yucca petals (simmered in a little water for ten minutes and drained) is mixed into each portion before cooking.  It ends up being like a puffy golden pancake with the yucca petals adding a texture not unlike very soft sauteed onions, though the flavor is far more delicate.

Strawberry Ice Cream

In progress.  Custard overcooked a little despite constant stirring and one eye on the thermometer.  But the berries I'm using are the last of this year's Michigan strawberry crop-- tiny, meaty, intensely flavored berries.  So hopefully all will go well when I mix it up tomorrow.

Cherry Clafoutis

Making this one on Monday, haven't decided on the recipe.  Definitely leaving the pits in this year for full flavor.  Will serve with store-bought vanilla gelato.  I'd prefer pistachio, but one guest is allergic to nuts and a ton of other things.

Also, the red raspberries are ripe over in Grandma's yard, and the black ones are just starting to be.  Spent the last of the day's light picking as many as I could while weird yellowy clouds swirled overhead.  It was like being on another planet.

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Only one request left to fill out of the one-word prompt thread.  thenicochan , how you confound me with the "vortex" prompt.  I keep thinking of roller coasters...

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"Militant"?

I've got my sentence, I've got my command, they said they'd make me major if I met all their demands... 

Comments

[hooves.livejournal.com]

Vortex = The Vortex at King's Island. Amusement Park AU should be a go. ;P

I've got my sentence, I've got my command, they said they'd make me major if I met all their demands...

LMAO. A+

[mark-asphodel.livejournal.com]

Hah.

When quoting Elvis Costello is the correct response to a situation, it's probably a bad situation.

[sailorvfan10.livejournal.com]

all that food sounds delicious and now I want strawberry ice cream.

and Goldfish crackers. I don't know where that came from.

But those omelets sound absolutely divine.

[xirysa.livejournal.com]

97 degrees? So glad I was no where in the area.

For the record, anything that has gelato as an ingredient sounds amazing.

[mark-asphodel.livejournal.com]

I thought you liked the heat. ;P

This was awful heat, though. So glad the storms came in...

[xirysa.livejournal.com]

I do like the heat--just not when it threatens to melt my face off.

[myaru.livejournal.com]

Oh, that ice cream sounds good. ;_; How inconvenient are the cherry pits in the clafoutis, though? It sounds like it'd be a pain to eat, but if it adds to the flavor... maybe I'm too paranoid. Every family holiday for years in a row seemed to involve somebody breaking a tooth on something.

Mmm, pistachio gelato. That sounds like heaven right now.

[mark-asphodel.livejournal.com]

The pits are inconvenient. I have avoided making the pits-in version for Grandma's sake, but she's not going to be eating this one, and I think my audience can handle it this time.