
This week's share was about 8 tomatoes and a big bunch of mint. I have to admit that I was a bit surprised that there were that many tomatoes this early in the season, but with the weird weather we've been having, I'm not completely shocked. It's gone from 90 degree days to frost warnings and back. I'm sure it's not ideal for getting plants to cooperate.
Well, what to do with that mix of goodies? We sliced up one 'mater to have with lunch, then I turned to on making a quick pico de gallo and some gazpacho. Since I also had ginger, I threw that and some of the mint (which had been thrown in water to revive it some) in the gazpacho. I'd used most of the tomatoes for the salsa, so only put the remaining two in the gazpacho, rendering it much paler than normal, but no less tasty. I'd forgotten to pick up sour cream, which really would have made it tasty. Maybe next time.
The salsa was killer on some grilled chicken, along with the roasted asparagus. Jen reminded me to get a picture of the dinner before we devoured it. Speaking of the pictures, I'm not at the point where I'm putting together a light box and attendant devices for really pretty pictures, but we'll see if that happens at some time in the future. For the time being, we'll be relying on basic point-and-shoot camera in situ. Deal with it. ;-)There were three kinds of tomatoes. I couldn't discern which kinds, but they were really good. It's amazing how fresh, ripe tomatoes that haven't been bred to ship thousands of miles taste so much better than the alternative. It's going to be an tasty summer.
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