I Have Crab Cakes
One thing that I will never be accused of is being motivated. I don’t mean that I don’t want to succeed, or put the work in to do it. I mean that in the social sense. I’m not a social planner. If there is a party or a event, I’ll go, but only when pushed to do it. It’s not that I don’t like the people I hang out with, I’m just lazy. Put a TV, the Internet and a bowl of chips and salsa in front of me, and I’ll show you want it means to be sedentary.
But this Monday, I was forced out of my element. Gansie had Monday off as a prize for working overtime to plan a conference. For days, we discussed possibilities and settled upon, what else, food. Not just any food, either, destination eating.
Our destination? Jimmy Cantler’s just outside of Annapolis, MD. Anyone reading in DC, it’s only about a 45 minute drive, depending how long it takes you to get to highway 50 East. But eating fresh seafood on a picnic bench by the water truly made it feel like we were on vacation.
This is the point in the blog post where you may feel the urge to write scathing comments…
Highly Upsetting Photo of the Day
Yes, that’s a Rachael Ray tattoo.
No, it’s not removable.
No, I don’t think any snarky commentary is even needed on this one.
Via: Best Week Ever
Scape Artist
Yay! I’ve finally gotten around to walking the 3 blocks to the Mt. Pleasant farmers market. While the market is still gearing up for its summer crops (cue tomatoes, peppers and blackberries) the vendors are currently pimping a mix of salad greens, strawberries and garlic scapes. I’ve read about garlic scapes, but hadn’t seen them in the flesh before. Well, with limited options of experimenting from the market this weekend, I went for a the scapes spiral.
Here’s a quick Scapes 101 from KOD:
Here’s the anatomy lesson: Garlic and its relatives in the allium family, (leeks, chives, onions) grows underground, where the bulb begins its journey, soft and onion-like. As the bulb gets harder (and more like the garlic we know), a shoot pokes its way through the ground. Chlorophyll- green like a scallion (maybe even greener), the shoot is long and thin and pliable enough to curl into gorgeous tendrils.
This stage of growth is the garlic scape, folks. If left unattended, the scape will harden and transform from green to the familiar opaque white/beige color of garlic peel. Keeping the shoot attached will also curtail further growth of the bulb. So, in an effort to allow the garlic to keep growing, the farmer is getting a two-fer with this edible delectable that cooks are just beginning to discover.
I started my scape adventure in the form of breakfast, and I was especially excited because I was also cooking for my old housemate Julie. She suggested Subway for brunch but as soon as I said I would cook she knocked on my apartment door in 15 minutes (coffee in hand for me; Coke in hand for 80).
So the scapes.
