Monday, May 18, 2009

Local Food and the Prom








It's been a busy week. The ground at the farm finally dried up enough to be tilled and weeded. So for the last 9 days I have been pulling weeds and grass and tilling , digging potatos and onions and staking tomato plants. Amazingly all that rain had a benefit , several of the tomato and pepper plants that got frost damage and I had thought were goners have come back to life. The garden is recovering from the flood and most everything has bounced back from being waterlogged. I may even have to start watering again . That rain we had on saturday gave people in bryan 1-2 inches of rain but it did'nt rain a drop in Edge and Kurten . i guess thats what they mean when they say 90% chance of rain.










Saturday night was the Bryan High school prom . My son and his date were treated to a romantic dinner prepared by my husband who apprenticed with a French chef for 6 years . It was a family effort with a table beautifully decorated by his grandmother . 80% of the ingredients came from our farm. The menu inspired by Julia Child , started with a fresh field green salad, steak diane, freshly harvested herb roasted purple potatoes, green beans homemade sourdough bread and creme brulee made with eggs from our chickens. I do not believe that they could have had a finer meal in BCS and Im sure his date appreciated not having to stand in a long line out in the rain in her prom dress waiting for a table with all the family and friends of the Texas A&M graduation