me make food

Headed to the Old Cheney farmers market again this weekend to pick up 3 more dozen sweet corn from Daniels Produce. It is so good, oh man. I asked JR of Hollenbeck where to get my sweet corn from and he said without question it is the best at the farmers market.

From their site:

We preserve the natural sugar in every ear so our corn taste as sweet and fresh as if it just came off the stalk. All sweet corn is hydro cooled with 38 degree water within 30 minutes or less, after picking

That pretty cool. We only have about 3 more weeks to get more so I guess we will be stocking up on tons of this corn. We have had it with almost every meal this last week and I am still craving it right now. Shucking, boiling, ice bath, and cutting the corn off the cob is a bit of work, but so worth it.

Corn likes kicking it next to other corns. The three big plants I had in the main yard were not close enough to the main corn plantation to get adequate germination. Still I took what I got from my 8 corn plants this eve and got some killer corn. Enough ears for 3 sides of corn, and sweet as heck. Darn good for being something I fricking grew.
Would I do it again? No
But at least I grew my own corn and am darn P-roud.

It is too easy to buy 3 dozen sweet corn from the farmers market for me to deal with growing corn again. Still uber proud for actually eating corn I grew from seed. It is as close to animal husbandry I will ever achieve I bet.
We will not ever give up on normal garden stuff though. Fresh tomaters, herbs, cuces, and peppers cannot be beat.

My friend hooked me up with a big ol sack of corn for free.

Tomatoes are ready to eat and Theresa just loves making bruschetta. We have some small and large tomatoes and dice them up. Add some fresh basil, parsley, shredded garlic, balsamic vinegar, and fresh shredded parm cheese. The toasty bits have some garlic and basil infused olive oil brushed on them as well as parm cheese. mmmmmmm………….