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| View from my front window |
Many thanks to Lucy Burdette for stepping in for me while I
was traveling. I case you haven’t heard, I’m in Ireland now, for the
foreseeable future. My cookbooks, however, are on a ship in Boston Harbor,
waiting to sail. And the weather here has not been conducive to wandering in
the Skibbereen Farmers’ Market (but I will soon, I promise!)
But the local grocery store, Fields, is thriving (would you
believe I have a frequent buyer pass?) so of course I ended up there. I know,
you’ve seen and heard about it before, but I had to see if there were any changes.
There weren’t, actually, although some of the prepared foods were new, so of course
I had to try a couple of them. There were chicken and duck breasts with a
variety of sauces, perfect for a single meal. And all they required was
heating—which involved the large assumption that I could understand the
instructions for my Neff oven. They are not simple, but I did manage to find
Bake.
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| Perfectly clear, right? |
And wild game was in! Several years ago I tried cooking pheasant
(and included the recipe here, I think). This year I am contemplating quail,
which are so tiny that they should take only a few minutes to cook. Anybody
tried quail? Because I haven’t.
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| Assorted fresh game |
I think it was ordained that I had to fall in love with a
supermarket that had twenty feet of diverse baking products, including more
kinds of flour than I knew existed. The only thing missing from my excursion
was Battenberg Cake (which I also included her a while ago), which is my
absolute favorite. I’m sure it will be back, and so will I.
I promise I’ll provide some real recipes as soon as I get
organized! (Connolly’s of Leap now offers house-made Italian pizza, and you can
be sure I won’t miss that!)
