Posted in condiments, jams, tagged beer jam, paul virant, rhubarb beer jam, savory jam on July 12, 2013| 1 Comment »
As usual, I found myself with too much of a good thing. This time, it was rhubarb. The big red fleshy stalks stared back every time I opened the fridge. Once in a while, a few would tumble out in a desperate attempt to make their prescience more of a priority in my life. It wasn’t happening. Yet.
Posted in condiments, cookbooks, jams, seasonal, tagged paul virant, pickled ramps on April 20, 2012| 2 Comments »
What the hell are ramps anyway? For most of my life I’d never heard of the things and then about five or six years ago, they started popping up everywhere. The way folks go on and on about them you’d think they’d cure cancer, world peace and the international debt crisis. How can something possibly live up to that hype? Then I tasted some. Huh. Oniony, garlicy with an ever so slight funky edge that is so much more interesting than a scallion or straight up onion. Worth it? I think so. They’re also a sure sign that spring has arrived, even more so than the season’s first asparagus or rhubarb. I think that’s what we’re all really looking for after a few dreary months so maybe a little crazy behavior is expected.
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