A friend of ours was dogsitting, so we headed out to Morningside Park today for some idyllic doggie picnic time. The sandwiches we brought were made with fresh bread from the greenmarket, Vivace Bambino cheese, grainy mustard, lemon cukes, and purple radish sprouts.
The bean salad incorporated the first sweet peppers we've bought this year:
Lemon cukes, besides being yellow and lemon-shaped, do actually taste a bit less grassy and more lemon-like than an average cucumber. They have a nice dense consistency, whiteish flesh, and their seeds are surrounded by neon green jelly. Here is a lemon cuke looming ominously before the peppers:
Our white bean salad included the diced sweet peppers, minced shallot, garlic scapes, cilantro, parsley, olive oil, red wine vinegar, and lemon juice.
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I was at the picnic. Those sandwiches were, in all honesty, exquisite. In similar honesty, you guys are getting way carried away with the tags. Adzuki beans? Really? :)
ReplyDeleteThe emoticon conveys the good-naturedness of my ribbing. Seriously, though. Adzuki beans? :)