Farmers Market Month, Day 15-16: Bread # 3, Mandarins, Steak, Sweet Potato

[rachelmanija]

Yesterday I got caught up in some neighborhood drama (spent 4 hours helping a neighbor pack up for a last-minute move, or rather a move he'd left till the last minute) and I have no idea what I ate, though I have a distinct memory of being annoyed that I had neither bread nor time to bake it. I remedied that today.

I grilled a hangar steak on a no-stick pan with just a tiny bit of butter, plus salt and pepper. I am very good at making steak if I do say so myself, and that was an extremely fine steak. I had it with mashed sweet potato and the inevitable pickled daikon.

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The mandarin oranges continue to delight.



And, of course, there is bread. I need to buy more black sesame paste from the Japanese market to eat with it. I have also looked up some recipes for baking black sesame milk rolls. They sound a bit complex but I am now feeling more confident in my dough. And also, I think I need to invest in an actual rolling pin rather than the impromptu substitutes I tend to use. Why yes, I have been watching The Great British Baking Show!

Comments

[sholio]

NOMM.

[asakiyume]

What a beautiful looking loaf of bread. And that mandarin!

Getting caught in drama is no fun, but I'm thinking to myself that the good side of it is that you're a **part** of your neighborhood.

[oracne]

Nom!

[ellenmillion]

You've made me hungry...

[pameladean]

I like the thought of pickled daikon being inevitable.

But please tell me that the mashed sweet potato is actually cauliflower. I am so confused.

The bread looks just lovely. I await the results of the black sesame milk rolls. That could be amazing.

P.

[rachelmanija]

No, it's white sweet potato. As opposed to yams, which are orange.

[pameladean]

Oh, interesting. It breaks up differently from yams as well. I'll check for it at the farmer's market when we actually have one going again.

P.

[rachelmanija]

They're less sweet than yams. I don't like yams but I love sweet potatos.

[pameladean]

I like orange sweet potatoes and also actual yams, but I don't think I've run across white sweet potatoes. I tried to discover if they had a lower glycemic index than the orange ones, but was utterly stymied by the popularity of running down regular white potatoes in favor of orange sweet potatoes. In any case, I am intrigued and would like to subscribe to your newsletter -- I mean, I am going to try to find and cook some white sweet potatoes. I am generally down with any kind of root vegetable at all.

P.

[rachelmanija]

Mine are the ones which I just now discovered are called Hannahs (inexplicably the only ones with no nutritional info listed): https://paleoflourish.com/types-of-sweet-potatoes-with-images-and-why-you-should-eat-them

the popularity of running down regular white potatoes in favor of orange sweet potatoes.

Good Lord, EVERYTHING I like is apparently bad for me. Next week it will turn out that kale causes cancer.

[pameladean]

Potatoes are a nutritional powerhouse. You just have to be wary if you're diabetic, which I am but you are not. People who write about food just cannot resist ranking everything and trashing the so-called "losers." Potatoes have potassium, vitamin C, and a large amount of good protein for a vegetable. Eat them! Eat some for me!

P.

[rachelmanija]

Oh, and let me know how you like them! I like to top them with a poached or fried egg and use the yolk in lieu of butter.

[pameladean]

Oh, that's a great idea. I love eggs, but I stopped eating them for a few years in an attempt to thwart my own awful perimenopausal symptoms, and when I tried to start again I had apparently developed a sensitivity to them. It's not an allergy, I can get a flu shot, but they don't sit well. I'll think of something, though.

I am also supposed to let you know about the apple cider bread, which I have not made yet because somebody drank the cider. The iniquity.

P.

[minoanmiss]

The GBBS is such a glorious inspiration (when taken generally -- those dishes are difficult!)

Yes, get a rolling pin. It doubles as a weapon!