As I pour the "half & half" into my coffee, the sobering thought that coffeemate will never again cut it. Darn you, good food!
Showing posts with label washington peaches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label washington peaches. Show all posts
Friday, September 9, 2011
with a moo moo here
some people say the whole "local" or "locavore" movement is just a bunch of hype... but i have to push up against it in regards to the wealth and abundance we have in our own backyard here in the PacNw. after a long and bordering on indulgent trip to Metropolitan Market, the kids and I left with some fresh Washington Peaches, Pluots, seattle loose teas that the kids smelled and picked out, fresh baguettes, Valhalla coffee, and lastly a jar of every dairy product that Twin Brook Creamery (from Lynden) had to offer. WARNING: the chocolate milk is the thickest and most addicting treat that you've ever let slip past your lips.
As I pour the "half & half" into my coffee, the sobering thought that coffeemate will never again cut it. Darn you, good food!
As I pour the "half & half" into my coffee, the sobering thought that coffeemate will never again cut it. Darn you, good food!
Monday, August 24, 2009
getting ready to can peaches
the boxes are in the garage, hopefully cool enough to keep. to wait until my procrastination streak ends. you see, the man at the fruit stand told me that I needed to can these within days... i have a few boxes. i have little incentive to start.
we just got back from a quick trip to visit my mom at the cabin in eastern washington. there were a few dissapointments along the way- including missing her as she was on her way to the other side of the state, called to a forest fire in Goldendale. we said a brief goodbye as she left and we entered Okanogan County at 2:30am. my idyllic hopes of walks in the forest, recipe swapping, peach canning, and time with her blazed away as some forest fire in south central wash. blazed on. (if you haven't guessed it yet, she is a forest fire fighter with her fiance who specializes in the seasonal work as they use their engine, EngineJoe, to enter at the initial attack and clean up stages of the damaging fires.) however, we had one day in the sun before we made the long trek back home and made the much anticipated stop in Orondo, Wa. to buy peaches peaches peaches. i was in search of the perfect stand, and settled upon Lone Pine Fruit, one of my favorite stops in the past. after smelling endless amounts of handmade soaps, expensive candles, ogled at the homemade pies and sampled the season's first peaches, we finally settled on these three varities for canning: Contender (gigantic globes of peachiness), Early Elberta (pale, beautiful, peachy little ones) and Angles (a nice, firm, middle of the road peach).
we just got back from a quick trip to visit my mom at the cabin in eastern washington. there were a few dissapointments along the way- including missing her as she was on her way to the other side of the state, called to a forest fire in Goldendale. we said a brief goodbye as she left and we entered Okanogan County at 2:30am. my idyllic hopes of walks in the forest, recipe swapping, peach canning, and time with her blazed away as some forest fire in south central wash. blazed on. (if you haven't guessed it yet, she is a forest fire fighter with her fiance who specializes in the seasonal work as they use their engine, EngineJoe, to enter at the initial attack and clean up stages of the damaging fires.) however, we had one day in the sun before we made the long trek back home and made the much anticipated stop in Orondo, Wa. to buy peaches peaches peaches. i was in search of the perfect stand, and settled upon Lone Pine Fruit, one of my favorite stops in the past. after smelling endless amounts of handmade soaps, expensive candles, ogled at the homemade pies and sampled the season's first peaches, we finally settled on these three varities for canning: Contender (gigantic globes of peachiness), Early Elberta (pale, beautiful, peachy little ones) and Angles (a nice, firm, middle of the road peach).
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