2 posts tagged “organic”

Gustav with my apples

I bought a bag of green apples back at the end of August when I first moved here.  I ate most of them.  The remaining two retreated to the back of my fruit drawer, behind newer and more appealing apples.  They waited, silently and patiently, for me to discover them nearly three months later.

And they look practically unchanged.

The only difference is they have acquired a certain clammy quality that warns me that they are mealy.  I can't stand mealy apples, but I like applesauce, so technically I could transform them into applesauce and thereby avoid any guilt that tossing them would incur.

Yet... somehow their longevity makes me uncomfortable.  Back in China, we would keep winter apples in the cold entryway.  They would shrivel up but remain edible.  Yet these apples show no signs of aging.  I know they're not organic (as in organically-grown), but are they organic (as in carbon-based)?

Perhaps I should return them to their drawer and wait until they rot, and avoid my quandary.

Dinner at little miao's is much less exciting than dinner at the Miao House.  But it comes with food-kus.

What I made tonight is a elaborate in comparison to the usual - three courses and more than two steps in preparation.

I began with fresh organic figs.

Fig cross-sections

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fresh organic figs
crunchy with a thousand seeds
soft but not too sweet
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Fresh figs

surprise reunion
with a childhood treat on sale
but now it's all gone*

* To me, "sale" has two syllables, but I took poetic license.  For that matter, "childhood" has three syllables when I say it... argh, sometimes I feel like I haven't a clue about this language.  I blame phonics.
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Followed by spring greens salad that is technically past its expiration date - it's not yet slimy, so I consider it edible.  I'm actually very particular about my salad's freshness, as Papa Miao can testify.  This salad was surprisingly healthy despite its expiration five days ago.

Salad

leafy green salad
expired but not slimy
i can still eat it
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And followed by rice and no-longer-frozen veggies seasoned with one of my favorite Indian spice mixes.  I'm kind of ambivalent about this "dish" because I have it so much.

Rice and veggies

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