tonight
Sometimes freezing things works really well, sometimes not. I made a batch of Marcella Hazan’s meat ragu sauce back in January before I started working, putting half of it in an Ikea blue “food saver” and stuck it in the freezer, promising myself: One day that box will dethaw and it will be amazing. I promise. I promptly ate the half I didn’t freeze rather quickly.
Yesterday I searched through my freezer which has gone through at least four or seven rearrangings in the past few months and found the beloved Ikea blue and white container and stuck it in the fridge, hoping for no freezer burn (RIP Skirt Steak I never even got to eat you). I went food shopping today anyways, just in case something went terribly wrong in a relatively idiot-proof process. I came back and peeked in. Dethawed and looked, well, pretty damn perfect. I boiled the pasta. I heat up the sauce. I made a little arugula and radish salad and some haphazard dressing in a mug. I waited. I had the parmesan and grater ready for grinding. Everything came together rather well, even though the pasta I picked maybe not the best, but whatever.
I like to shop at the Essex Street Market, mostly because it is dirt cheap produce and has a very good selection. Today I got some green onions, a bag of onions, one Vidallia onion, a bag of bright pretty radishes, a tomato for an okra curry I want to make, no stall had okra so I have to find that somewhere else, a box of arugula, a big ass bag of lentils, a leek, and some bean sprouts (a huge clamshell box for a $1!). But really my favorite part of the market is Saxelby Cheesemonger, which sort of just blows my mind everytime. I got the Ouray which is sort of soft but buttery but has the texture of parmesan but really sharp or whatever I can’t really describe cheese besides the fact that “it is agreeable to my taste” and this one tickles me especially because it is from Sprout Creek Farm in Poughkeepsie (or as Anne Saxelby calls it, Po-Vegas). Then I got a new cheese, because I’m a very beloved fan of the Ouray, a new cheese called HUMBLE PIE which I tried on a whim and immediately asked for it. It was super melty and I imagined it on toast with beforementioned radishes. I got some eggs there too because I trust Ms. Saxelby and her egg choice. Before I left I remembered I needed some serrano peppers and got some and then got an avocado too. I think I maybe spent like $23 dollars total. It’ll last me a while.
I have to write in this more, mostly because I was on the bus ride shelpping all of my bounties home and tried to remember what I ate and made for myself all of last week and barely remember anything besides “miso soup” and “turkey burgers” (both homemade, duh). So here is for today:
- Breakfast: Steel cut oats with blueberries and honey
- Lunch: Leftover rice and channa masala
- Dinner: Pasta Bolognese, arugula and radish salad
