All About Food

I just read through my last post which I posted without reviewing it.... which is obvious... somehow there was a whole two sentences that were lost somewhere in the publishing... what I had been saying was that the 4 elements have been involved in deadly storms of late.  Earth with the Australian and Jananese earthquakes. Air with the tornadoes. Fire with the wild fires in Texas and more recently in Alberta. And lastly Water with the floods in Manitoba and B.C. Daughter#2 seems to believe that this is significant.... especially since rapture day has just past.... are we on the last times on our wee frail planet.... I don't know!?  But I'm not giving up on my level 4 homework just because Jesus might come for a visit....I'm not holding my breath.

Meanwhile that has absolutely nothing to do with food, however, after also reading about the liver and onions that I had last night for supper my mouth began to water.... it was very good. Meanwhile as I write I am eating breakfast and I am having a corn and cheese omelette. (Stupid American spelling gismo on this machine... keeps telling me that I can't spell omelet/omelette right!) It too was very good and something that I haven't made in a very long time. But the eggs are farm fresh eggs that we got from a local farmer....they were so yellow compared to the nasty eggs you get at the supermarket.
Recipe:

Frankie's Corn and Cheese Omelette/Omelet

6 eggs
1/4 c. of milk
pepper to taste
handful of corn niblets
and 1 oz of cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese grated

In a frying pan and over medium low heat (for me that's a 4 on my stove top)  melt a little butter .... absolutely butter unless you have clogged arteries... then I'll let you use margarine. While the butter is melting scramble the eggs with the milk and pepper. Once the butter is melted pour the egg mixture into the frying pan. sprinkle a handful or two of corn niblets over the eggs mixture and then sprinkle the cheese over the top. While it is cooking, pop some homemade bread in the toaster and toast lightly. When the egg mixture is gelatinous on top, flip the whole omelette/omelet over in the pan carefully.... I have no trick for doing this successfully... though for some reason it always seems to work. Leave the omelette there for 30 - 40 seconds and voila the omelette is ready to be shared. I usually feed all four of us with that much. Served with toast this makes a hardy breakfast and eaten at 10 a.m. you can even skip lunch because I guarantee you'll feel full for hours. And it is simply delicious.

Lately the Teapot has been checking the bush for food.... "What!" you say? Yup, Teapot has found morels... and they are really good with pretty much anything.  Lovely with liver and onions and divine on top of an omelette/omelet.  We are very careful about getting the right mushrooms because around here there are also false morels which actually don't look a bit like the real ones except when they are first coming through the ground. When picking wild mushrooms make sure you have someone who knows what they are doing... because screwing up is not an option! Be careful not to pick morels if they grow in sandy areas as they like to pick up the sand as they grow and you will be eating grit for sure.

Lastly to do with food... Daughter #1 and I managed to get the carrots in the ground while Teapot carried on with moving soil over to the new raised beds for the beets. I am hoping that tonight I will be able to get the beets in the ground... then we will need a couple of days to turn the soil for the potatoes and maybe by Monday night we can get the potatoes in the ground.  We'll see how it goes after that. I am hopeful that we can get the last raised bed ready for peas and beans after that. My tomatoes will go into my barrels on the deck but I never have success with tomatoes... probably because I don't have enough room for more than a plant or two. Maybe next year we can work on the hot bed on the south side of the shed and have tons of tomatoes... oh the work that needs to be done... it's all about just getting it done, one day at a time.

Well, Teapot and the Daughters are getting ready to head out the door and I should go and get back to my spinning.  All's well that ends well....