First course of the Fourth of July Cook-In

[crafty_packrat]

ellen_fremedon came over to watch the end of the local Independence Day parade -- two pipe-and-drum corps, two steel drum groups, 5 troops of Girl Scouts (represent! 1 troop of Juniors, 2 of Daisies, 2 of Brownies), lots of classic Thunderbirds, a Delorean, a Cadillac ambulance, a bunch of historic fire trucks, a basset-hound brigade, a Sons of the Desert Marching Club and a push-mower precision drill team.

Dip made from white beans, roasted garlic and goat feta pureed with olive oil, lemon juice and zest, and toasted cumin seed, topped with za'atar.



Smashed cucumber salad with mint, toasted pistachio, greek yogurt, dill, black raspberries (because you can't actually buy mulberries), and homemade pomegranate molasses.



The smashed cucumbers were kind of fun, but getting a seedless variety is going to be very important when I make it again.

Comments

[nugatorytm]

Can't buy mulberries ever? Or are they just not in season? That would seem strange that a person couldn't buy them. You could always grow your own, I suppose. We had a mulberry tree in our backyard at our old house.

[crafty_packrat]

Mulberries are so fragile that they are almost never for sale at market. Black raspberries are a reasonably good substitute, and very tasty.

When and if I get a place of my own with a yard, I do want to put in a full garden, though I doubt I'd have space for much in the way of fruit trees or briars