So Josh and I had kicked around the idea of doing the 100 Mile Challenge in February. We like the challenge in the summer and we thought we could try it out in a colder, darker month. However, we did pick the shortest month of the year. This past weekend we decided that we are definitely going to take the plunge – the 100 Mile Challenge in February. Those 20 pounds of frozen strawberries in the freezer will come in hand next month! I’m already planning for the first week – February 1st is one week from today. I’m not sure why but the first few days catch us off-guard when we have done this in the past but not this month. I have some of Kenyon’s white corn meal and flour from UpinGil Farm so this Sunday, I’ll be making blueberry (also in the freezer from this past summer) corn muffins to have for the first week.
January 25, 2010
100 Miles . . . in February?
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January 1, 2009
Tastes like summer!
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I (this is Ingrid) was looking in the refrigerator today and saw some of the cornmeal that we had experimented with over the summer. We tried cornmeal gnocchi (not too bad sauteed in olive oil and sage) and cornmeal muffins (good for when we really wanted some “grains”). Low and behold, there was still some left (it keeps indefinitely in the fridge). I thought I would try real corn meal muffins, ones with flour from outside the 100 mile ring. Though all the ingredients used today were not local, a few were; Carpenter’s Cornmeal, Little Rhody Eggs, and blueberries we picked back in July. We froze a lot of blueberries just for occasions like this. Josh had the idea to add the blueberries to the cornmeal muffins. The recipe was super easy and quick – from the Joy of Cooking. I just pulled them out of the oven about an hour ago, smeared some butter on one, and tried it. They are really good but not super sweet though I added 2 tablespoons of sugar and over one cup of blueberries. Those blueberries taste just like summer to me – I can’t wait to have more for breakfast tomorrow!
~Ingrid
July 3, 2008
No, no, no we didn’t cheat and run down to the store to chow down on Mounds bars…we did a little maintenance on our garden yesterday and today which included Ingrid pulling all the weeds, shuring up our tomatoes and mounding the leeks. Piling up soil on the plant creates the white part of the leek due to lack of photosynthesis because it cannot get sunlight below the level of the soil. We discovered leeks a couple of summers ago and they’re great on the grill, so we are trying to grow our own. They take a long time to mature, so maybe we’ll have some by the fall. Today was also the day to try a little experimentation…Ingrid tried making a dough with Carpenter’s Cornmeal which is made from corn grown and ground in RI. We think that we’ll be able to make a rudimentary pasta or at least a polenta with the stuff. We also messed around with a great Ricotta made right here in RI by Narragansett Creamery. We found their cheese this winter at the Providence Winter Farmer’s Market. All their cheeses are really good, but their ricotta and feta are our favorites. Ingrid mixed some with honey and put it on strawberries and we mixed some with thyme, put it on a tomato slice and topped it with a violet blossom…very tasty! 
Today also found us eating more hard-boiled eggs, greens and smoothies…tomorrow we get to eat whatever we want…we are going to Ingrid’s sister’s to help her move a piece of furniture (rumor has it that she’s going to try to give us a 100 mile lunch!) and then on to Chris and Grace’s in Charlestown for a little 4th fun!
Today also found us eating more hard-boiled eggs, greens and smoothies…tomorrow we get to eat whatever we want…we are going to Ingrid’s sister’s to help her move a piece of furniture (rumor has it that she’s going to try to give us a 100 mile lunch!) and then on to Chris and Grace’s in Charlestown for a little 4th fun!
