Finally got around to making sausage. Mmmmm.

Ground Cherries

 

This is a new one for me. Hadn’t even heard of a ground cherry until this week’s CSA pickup. According to Wikipedia, the ground cherry (aka Cape Gooseberry) belongs to the physalis, a genus of plants in the nightshade family native to warm temperate and subtropical regions. This small orangey fruit looks like a tiny tomato encased in a papery husk and is similar in texture to the larger fruit.

The taste ranges from sweet and tart to savory, almost musky (at least this batch). The fruit is also full of pectin and makes a great addition to jams and jellies. I doubt severely any of this batch will get much more treatment than peeling and popping.

 

New toy and what does my little guy go after first? The dinosaur’s bumps. Not the eyes, not the legs; the skin bumps.

What did I ever do without him?

Lady Liberty from Governor’s Island.

Street art in Williamsburg

And they even smell like roses.

Is it dinner time yet?

Are you sure?

How about now?

How about let’s say it’s dinner time.

Wiener kryptonite

Purple basil from the CSA.

Tasty summer bounty.