Quote of the Day: Voltaire
“Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.”
~Voltaire
Mr Chiots and are enjoying the restaurant food in Maine. Back in Ohio there were a few restaurants we went to, but they were all over an hour away, which isn’t very convenient. Here we have a host of local food restaurants with delicious food. Earlier this week we went to Salt Water Farm in Rockport and it was delicious. Mr Chiots enjoyed their burger and I got clams. We also enjoyed a nice appetizer along with dessert and coffee. We feel extremely lucky to have so many delicious places within a half hour, of course that means the eating out portion of our budget has grown.
Do you have a favorite non-chain restaurant in your area?
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Jewels
Since we try to eat seasonally we’ve been enjoying a lot of root vegetables with our dinners. Carrots, celeriac, parsnips, beets, potatoes and a few others. Not only are a delicious break from summer vegetables, they are very warming from the inside. Root vegetables help our bodies produce energy to stay warm!
Last night we enjoyed a mix of purple carrots and golden beets, they were beautiful and delicious. They are so colorful, just like jewels!
Potatoes also grace our plates quite often, I grow loads of them in the garden. Every year I more and more winter storage crops to my must grow list. They are well worth the effort and time.
What’s your favorite root vegetable?
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Friday Favorite: The Winter Olympics
Mr Chiots and I are big fans of the Winter Olympics, so much so that we get cable TV just for the month they are on. This year was no different. We’re even having an opening ceremonies party this evening, complete with foods from around the world.
I made this great flag bunting for our living room, it’s a free download from Mr Printables. Colored lights added to the ambiance as did paper chains and other fun things.
I made a few different kinds of soup and naan for the main meal, everyone else is bringing appetizers and beverages. We also have opening ceremonies bingo to add to the fun. Mr Chiots is pretty excited about curling and I can’t wait for the biathlon.
What’s your favorite winter sport?
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Chicory
This spring I planted chicory in the garden, mostly for eating, but also for the bees. I like chicory because it blooms for a LONG season and the pollinators love it. Since it’s rather cold tolerant, it will keep blooming late into the fall after many things are long gone.
This lovely chicory has been blooming for about 2 months now and there’s no sign of it stopping. Not only are the local pollinators happy as clams that somethings still around for them, I’ll be able to save seed for next year’s garden. I call that a win/win!
Do you have anything still providing food for the pollinators in the garden?
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Fresh Herbs
We may not be prepared to keep bees, but we like to see them working on flowers that they like and that we will grow, in part, with the bees in mind. The culinary herbs from our own patch taste better for being freshly gathered or frozen green, rather than dry from a jar.
-Christoper Lloyd & Richard Bird (The Cottage Garden
This year I’m definitely missing some of my perennial herbs from my Ohio garden. I had a few big, beautiful sage plants that I harvested many leaves from, mostly for frying in butter. I started seeds this spring for sage, but I’m letting the plants get established before harvesting too many leaves.
I didn’t get any chamomile planted this year, luckily I have a big jar full from last year to get me through the winter.
I do have chives and five or six varieties of thyme, along with mints, hyssop, tarragon, horehound, oregano, marjoram and parsley. That’s enough to get me through, I certainly can’t wait until my garden is once again teaming with as many herbs as I can grow!
How many different herbs do you have in your garden?
