Apparently it's impossible to pick your own apples in the state of Washington which seems mildly wrong considering the location - but it did make for a good adventure yesterday. I went out with some friends thinking that the farm that said you could pick apples would let you pick apples - they did, from a bin.
So instead we went into their lil' Ma 'n' Pa garden and did some good old veggie picking: string beans, purple broccoli, some random radish, purple potatos, garlic and carrots. We also went bin diving for some apples. And then on the way home, grab some chicken and the makings for the pie crust, etc.
Then you go home and wash, chop, stir, peel, boil, bake, talk about baking and cooking, stir, fry, sautee, steam, etc. And eventually you end up with the most sinfully delicious dinner ever followed by one of the best apple pies ever.
I have never seen that many purple veggies - the potatos and cauliflower were fascinating to me especially since they became more purple as they were cooked. And I like cauliflower, I go through minor stages of cauliflower lust - however, this is beyond the wonderfulness of white cauliflower since there's just so much more yummy flavor.
Yum. So now I'm sitting here having just eaten a slice of apple pie for breakfast, and it's utterly delcious. And what do people do when they realize they have an entire second pie and have been talking about food for over 7 hours? They drink tea and plan the next night's dinner. So tonight we're having pie for dessert, however, we're having some combo of Indian food for dindin which we're cooking beforehand.
Here's my ode to food. Food is good.
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