The Farm Report from Turkey Hill

On the first cool day for our five star crew, I wanted something special for them at lunch. We have been eating new potatoes for weeks as I had gotten a half bushel from our neighbors. Lotta taters. This recipe is really fast because it uses leftovers. We served it with a fresh salad and corn muffins. All good.

1/2 pound of kale, chopped

one pound or so of cut up roasted new potatoes[maybe they were roasted with rosemary and carrots too]

5 cups of chicken/rooster or vegetable stock, heated

one huge Spanish onion, chopped

one big clove of Elephant Garlic, chopped

one or two Tablespoons of freshly grated ginger

butter or olive oil 

salt pepper marjoram thyme

You know the drill, saute the onion first because it takes longer, then add the garlic and ginger and saute till you swoon from the delicious aroma or the crew comes in to see what's cooking, whichever comes first. Add the herbs now too, if you like.

Add the chopped up kale and saute til tender, then the roasted potatoes, saute some more, then the stock, then the seasonings. Cook for a while til heated through, then blend up half to 3/4 of it to make creamy. Or add cream or whole milk if you want.

Call the crew in for lunch.

The tide has turned. The seasonal tide. The lettuces that have been taking 7 to 8 weeks to market will now take 10 plus. Funny it has taken so many years to accept that fact. That after the October full moon, there is a full on shift; we will still have warm days, maybe even hot, but the long dark nights are here until one day in February we look up and notice the sun is just a scoshe higher. It is one reason I love to live in the country. Dark nights, many stars. I love the dark of the moon. Dark moon nights lend themselves to bonfires as well as early to bed. Lately I have watched the remnant of the Harvest Moon rising just ahead of the sun. A slight little moon slinging from limb to limb through the nearly bare old pecan tree, just peeking over the top before Big Sun clears the sky of stars. The owls who were so vocal during the rise and early fall of the moon have quieted down now, and the grey fox has found his mate. The crickets are coming into the realization that nights will not always support their serenades and the katydids are done. “Quiet nights and quiet stars...”[Read More]