Useful to know – green beans
Beware of out of season beans sold in tinted plastic bags – it’s a scam to enhance their green colour.
Beware of out of season beans sold in tinted plastic bags – it’s a scam to enhance their green colour.
Dang! Cat on rocket not good for growth.
Beans and beer in the afternoon.
White & green asparagus in a puddle of browned butter with toasty crumbs and a poached egg on top … well, you can’t get much better than that for a fancy pants brunch or lunch.
Though it seems just like yesterday, it was in fact 40 years ago that I spent a week walking the hills of Crete.
A striking memory is the aromatic scents that rose all around us as we crushed wild thyme and oregano underfoot. The oregano was ‘rigani’, origanum vulgare (hirtum). Bit of a gob-full, I suppose, but the last name (hirtum) is pretty important.
A sprinkle of chopped toasted nuts adds more than crunch…
It’s either that, or open the windows!
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