Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Today's harvest

12 comments:

Claude said...

Very nice! I'm jealous.

Robin said...

wow! What are you going to do with all of that?

Anonymous said...

Beautiful bounty, Michelle. Are those "Yellow boy" tomatoes? I bet your herbs are gigantic, too.

If you eat that hot pepper raw, we will count it as your "scotch bonnet" on the foodie list. But, you have to video it and put it on u-tube.

Unknown said...

Just to beat Claude to the punch: That pepper is a cayenne type called (I think) a Chile De Arbol, not a Scotch Bonnet. A Chile De Arbol is to a Scotch Bonnet what a Caprice Classic is to a Space Shuttle.

Just ask Vickie:

http://missvickie.com/howto/spices/peppers/peppersdict.html

Anonymous said...

I know that...I still think it would make a funny video if Michelle ate a cayenne.

What do you have against Caprice Classic? It is a "classic".

Michelle said...

I'll do it. I've done it. OK, so maybe not eaten a whole one, but just the other day Mike had me take a bite of one. I survived! I don't think I would be as lucky with the scotch bonnet.

Robin - we ate 1/2 of our bounty yesterday as a little salad. Sliced up some tomatoes, a little basil and tossed with a pinch of salt and olive oil. If only I could have grown mozzarella too...

Unknown said...

That's what I meant: a caprice classic is super awesome and a space shuttle is totally lame. Duh. Plus the caprice gets better mileage. And it's got pinstripes.

Anonymous said...

I thought that's what you meant!
6 mpg is pretty good when you weigh 8 tons.

Plus, there is plenty of room in the back so you and your brother don't even have to share the same oxygen supply. The plush fabric seat also holds a nice finger-drawn line to divide the back equitably.

FYI...You were too young to remember but it only had pinstripes because your dad was a pimp. They are really "pimpstripes".

Anonymous said...

Along the hot notes...We have a friend who didn't realize you shouldn't eat the whole pile of wasabi at a sushi joint. He popped the whole thing in his mouth and swallowed it. I'm surprised he didn't die.

Can you die from too hot of peppers?

Once I did a "prairie fire" shot with too much tabasco sauce. My ears whistled like in the cartoons. I thought I was going to be deaf.

Unknown said...

Shots from "The Bong Queen"? Mixed mastery of mind-altering substances. Nice.

Michelle said...

I love the "pimpstripes". Completey dope, yo. And, yes, I think you could die from eating too hot of a pepper. I imagine it would corrode your insides or something. At least that is my take.

For the record, Mike tried to trick me into eating a huge clump of wasabi at my initiation into sushi at the Noble Fish. (That's right - everyone take a moment of reflection on the fabulousness that is the Noble Fish).

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/234958/restaurant/Detroit/Noble-Fish-Clawson

Anonymous said...

I loved Noble Fish!! While we ate our fair share of great sushi, Dennis once ate some Uni. It is like mushy peanut butter looking stuff. It said (in the star burst on the menu) "Challenging!"