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Hops.

owheeler — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:09:16 +0000

It looks like hops are now growing wild in Greenpoint…

Truck Farm

Trevor — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:45:12 +0000

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An enjoyable breakfast.

Trevor — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:41:01 +0000

I picked up a few pounds of rhubarb at the Greenpoint farmers market last Saturday really cheap. I think I ended up with somewhere around 5 lbs. for $3.00, can’t complain. I also bought a small quart of super sweet field strawberries to make the classic strawberry-rhubarb jam.

Jam making is so easy and so worth the simple efforts, it will literally take an hour or two out of your day and you’ll have tasty jams and jellies that last for months. You’re in control of what goes into this, I always cut the amount of sugar in half to better taste the fruit.

This recipe was followed straight from the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving.

Try it out.

2 cups crushed strawberries
2 cups chopped rhubarb
juice of 1 lemon
1 package of pectin
2 1/2 cups of sugar

prepare canner, jars and lids
in a saucepan combine fruit and lemon juice, reduce fruit over medium high heat until rhubarb breaks down
whisk in pectin, dissolve
add all sugar at once, dissolve, return to a rolling boil stirring for 1 minute
laddle into jars leaving 1/4″ head space, screw on lid and band just finger tight
process jars for 10 minutes in canner, check seal, cool, store, enjoy

Brooklyn Kitchen has all your canning supplies & pectin to get started!

Killer (ramp) pizza/worst photo award.

Trevor — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:01:25 +0000

I think Motorino is slowly turning into my favorite pizza shop.

The table next to me left a pile of crust. I instantly compared that to throwing away artisan baked bread because their dough is so damn good. The thought of grabbing them crossed my mind for a split second after they left, but I was afraid I’d catch the swine flu.

Pickled Ramps & Eggs

Trevor — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:09:05 +0000

Mild onion flavor, sweet and a bit of heat.

Nice combo.

Minty Moonpies.

owheeler — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:41:03 +0000

Tonight was a night filled with lots of reading regarding purchasing & culinary conversions. Slightly Tired from a long day I decided it would be best to go out to the local coffee shop to do my evenings readings.

This good idea was rewarded with…

A vegan moonpie (two cookies with mint filling) & an americano. Tasty study treat. Super bike friendly shop, Johnny Cash on the stereo.

See you soon.

Ride the bacon warpig!

Trevor — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:59:55 +0000

Who else is excited for a bacon overdose this Sunday?

More info here…

Gimme! Caffeine

Trevor — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:13:22 +0000

I am more of a tea drinker and usually drink more tea than anyone I know. Lately, I’ve been craving fancy coffee beverages and needed a fix. I want to thank Gimme! Coffee in advance for keeping me up all night tonight. Your mocha latte is ridiculously delicious and I’m already bouncing off the walls.

Super Sloppies.

Trevor — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Vegan slop-sloppy joes.

October 1st marks the first day of the eat local challenge. It’s day one and I am already chalking this years challenge up as an epic failure for me personally. Mainly the neighborhood supermarkets are slightly scary, and definitely are not even close to being on the organic bandwagon yet. I honestly do not want to know where most of the items are grown and I feel I may be better off not knowing. When your local super market is nicknamed the ASS-MART, I think it’s safe to say market basket and Johnie food master would be a god send right now. Yeah there are plenty of green markets in the Brooklyn area, some I really do like. Regularly shopping at them just seems to get pricey faster than normal. I try to keep on it as there is a green market literally everyday of the week if you’re looking for it. I think the key to healthy living and schooling the eat local challenge is clearly having a csa share or having your own garden. That should cover about 80% of what you need to eat leaving you only to search for proteins and grains. I miss my Parker farm share.

I loaded my fridge up with tempeh and tofu last time I made it to unholy foods. I’ve been eating less and trying to eat more vegetables and vegan things. Mainly after my last visit to the local mart smelled of cow urine, the already suspicious meat department was looking worse by the day.

Anyway…

This is my vegan super sloppy joe.

Note the package of sloppy joe mix. It’s actually from Brockton Mass, I had to buy it, at 79 cents who could say no. The packaging looks as if it is from 1974. Surprisingly, there is nothing but spices listed in the ingredient list, it saved me from buying quite a few expensive spices.

So I browned one crumbled package of Soy Boy tempeh in olive oil. Added one diced Wheeler pepper, one can of tomato paste, 1 cup of water and Brockton’s own sloppy joe spice pouch. This was topped on my purple cabbage apple slaw marinated in rice wine vinegar for a bit of a kick. all on top of a classy white bun.

The slaw completed the package & you will not miss the meat.

A bike ride, a water taxi and pupusa’s

Trevor — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:20:00 +0000

All roads lead to Red Hook.

So it started off as any other Sunday morning would. The weather was great, the air was starting to crisp with fall now upon us. This is prime bike riding weather, as it’s still warm enough. Perfect for shorts and a long sleeve shirt. I have a certain loop I usually ride which is great for after work or before bed. I did the loop and was still roaring to go so I ended up biking to Dumbo in order to investigate a new market called Foragers Market. The New York Times ran an article mentioning that they are carrying a very limited supply of fresh New Mexico green chile’s from Hatch. The market was nice with plenty of high end goods such as cheeses, salami’s and imported goods. The green chile’s are prominently on display as soon as you walk in the door. After visiting Hatch and seeing the chile’s roasted first hand I couldn’t get myself to plonk down the inflated price per pound that Foragers Market was asking.

Onward I go. Just down the street is the beautiful Brooklyn bridge park, this was my first time visiting this park, it has some great views of the Brooklyn bridge, the Manhattan skyline and the waterfalls. I truck on over the Brooklyn Bridge, I end up at the world trade site. I carry on through battery park and the Manhattan waterfront greenway. Finally deciding on going to the south street seaport to catch the awesome, free ikea ferry over to Red Hook to make my way back home. Not only do you get to enjoy a great 20 minute boat ride, you have spectacular views, you can bring your bike and it’s free. I’ve hopped on this ferry quite a bit the summer just for the ride.

So it’s the weekend, and I know the Red Hook food vendors are in full swing. I’ve been reading about this food mecca for months now, finally this is my chance to check this place out.

As I approach the Red Hook soccer fields I hear music playing in the distance. Soccer matches are in full swing with more spectators than the New England Revolution will ever have. Surrounding the fields are around 10 to 15 food vendors all hawking a taste of South America. The best way to describe the scene here is a massive block party with live bands playing and so many people running around I could barely get situated.

The first truck I stopped at was a horchata/fruit juice vendor. I went with the horchata, this was top notch. I’m going to assume this is grandma’s secret recipe because this was the smoothest and most flavorful cup to date.

After walking between all the vendors I decided on pupusa’s, mainly because the line was the longest. Obviously pupusa’s from this truck were the most popular item of the day. I’ve tried pupusa’s once before and thought they were quite bland. Maybe the mesa to filling ratio was off but these were spot on. The plate consisted of one pork & cheese, one bean & cheese, pickled jalapenos, and curtido. Curtido is a pickled cabbage Salvadorian side dish, with just enough bite but pretty far off from sauerkraut. This was just great, so much flavor, the pupusa’s had a nice char with great fillings, the whole atmosphere of the day was really something else.

I had some serious cramps biking back, I ate way too much.

Check out Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern feasting in Red Hook.