Local Food 8/8/2009

I wasn’t as with it this weekend for produce photography as I usually am; the week of GenCon is usually a bit spastic.  I did manage to find the time to roast more tomatoes.  

The tomatoes in the front are heirloom tomatoes that will be used on sandwiches and burgers during the week.  The small ones on the right will be roasted on Wednesday if they’re not eaten before I leave.  The other two containers of tomatoes all got roasted today.  (I roast the fist-size ones at 475*F for 45-75 minutes.  I freeze them and, later, I’ll puree them in the food processor to use as a base for sauces.)

A dozen ears of corn, bought for the purpose of grilling.  I figure six ears will be sufficient for dinner; Art will remove the kernels from the rest of them for future use.  

Starting in the front and sort of working clockwise around – yellow zucchini, eggplant, lima beans in the pods, blueberries, sweet and hot peppers.  Hidden in the middle you can sort of see the okra.  Blueberries will be eaten by Art or put into pancakes.  The eggplant and zucchini will be grilled.  The lima beans are going in Lima Bean Hummus (which I had no idea existed).  The okra will be used in “Gumbo Laya.”  And the peppers will be used in an assortment of things like Jerk Marinade.  

What a delicious week!