Dark Days: The heartbreak of frozen asparagus

Sunday, December 21, 2008

This week’s entry for the Dark Days Challenge includes the meal pictured above, as well as several meals that were not documented.  I had a lunch yesterday of local duck eggs and bacon (just like last week), as well as dinners of canned soup from local ingredients.  I realized early in the week that I’ve been stockpiling soup as if nuclear Winter is just around the corner - and not eating any of it.

I can’t be the only one who does stuff like that - you know, hoard food.  But I’m making a concerted effort to actually eat the food that I can and freeze!

The meal I actually photographed is what I had for dinner last night - proof that I’m trying to use the food that I put by!  The lamb loin chops are from Meadow Run Farm.  I brushed them with non-local mustard and Worcestershire sauce, and then broiled for about five minutes per side.  I served the lamb with a side of sauted mushrooms from Mother Earth Mushrooms and asparagus from Landisdale Farm.  The asparagus was from my freezer - and I remembered why asparagus is really only good when it’s fresh.  The taste was OK, but the texture was awful.