PICKLES!

Also, I don't care for the new Blogger format. I think they're trying to be new-age Wordpress and I'm not a fan.

But back to the Pickles...

I'm on a bit of a bender. A cooking bender.

Our local farmers market is ah-mazing and has the most delicious veggies! In spite of the fact that it pops up in fairly convenient locations twice a week, I find myself unable to resist buying nice plump radishes in bright shades of red, fresh grass-fed beef, delicious goat cheese, home made pesto and tampenade, and beautiful "Easter" eggs that may or may not have been laid by the chicken I'll be roasting...

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Well, this week I walked away with an abundance of radishes and onions (my mom and I couldn't decide on a bunch of the onions, so the farmer gave them both to us for $3!) and I couldn't quite figure out what to do with them. I looked through Food Network and Epicurious, and overwhelmingly the recipes involved pickling the radish. Don't ask me why this hadn't occurred to me sooner, I'm a big fan of pickled radishes, but we always ate them fresh when I was growing up!

So, I went to that dreaded bastion of insanity and poor lighting (Wal-Mart) and picked up some Ball jars and pickling supplies. We'll have to go to Publix or YDFM later to supplement my garlic and pick up some cucumbers, but there will be pickling to be had in the Sizemore-Clark household this week!

My secondary project is picking the ripe mulberries off the tree Jeremy discovered before the birds can get to them-- once I have 6-8 cups, mulberry jam it is!

Basically, I'm on an old-fashioned food bender. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go slice up some kiwis and kumquats for snack.

(in case I hadn't bragged enough about our locavore tendencies-- this morning we had locally raise bacon and french toast made with locally-baked challa and some of those Easter eggs from my friend Sharon's hens. Clearly, we're pretty awesome.)