Braised Celery (pg. 300)
After a week of mostly gloomy weather, grilled cheese sandwiches sounded like an appropriate comfort food. I used Jarlsberg since I could get it already sliced at Trader Joe's. I couldn't "very thinly slice" cheese if my life depended on it. Not without a food slicer. And maybe not even then. TJ's also provided sage leaves. Mine sort of laminated. I don't believe they added any flavor, but they were cute and fun.
Alice doesn't suggest a simmering time for the celery, so I had to wing it. My celery was a bit undercooked, but better that than overcooked. Again, TJ's provided thyme sprigs. The dish was quite tasty, to my surprise. I'd never thought of celery as a stand-alone vegetable. Wouldn't have chosen that recipe if left to my own devices. Which, of course, is the point of making EVERYTHING in TAOSF. Expansion of one's epicurian horizons. Or some such thing.
Quite the tasty dinner.
House sale (or lack thereof; we don't know at this point), hurting knee, and hurting back all continue on without change. We bought fruit, beets, beef, and lettuce at farmers' market. Brought home 2 loads of boxes from the storage locker. Randy stuck plants in the ground. I unpacked and knitted. It was a GREAT wildlife sighting day! Deer, turkey, an adorable skunk, and (just on the lot below ours) a lovely bobcat. That's my 6th bobcat sighting since we bought this property.
21 recipes in the bag; 284 recipes yet to tackle
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