This week we nerd out on Santa Rosa Plums (available June - August). won’t you be my neighbor? After writing about the mysterious world of eggplants, I was not sure what fruit or vegetable to geek out on next. I went on an urban hike with my husband and our dog for inspiration and explored some of the neighborhoods in South Berkeley. It was a perfect sunny day and we walked past and under some prolific apricot and plum trees. The hundreds of fruit on these trees challenged the structural integrity of each branch—nature’s engineering somehow allowed the branches to bend just enough to support the fruit without snapping and breaking. The abundance of fruit tempted me to snag one of the apricots or plums but it didn’t feel right to take without asking so I left them alone.
I love plum clafoutis! Nothing says summer more gracefully than this classic pudding. Such an exciting season, a pageant of stone fruits, even hybrids between apricots and plums! I learned a lot about the history of plums, and I was particularly intrigued by the Japanese American trade treaty in 1858. I know this agreement as an unequal trade deal that set the pretext for Western invasion of Japan. A lot of the food we have access to today is globalized as a result of exploration and colonization... "Food has been always political."
Wow, the history is amazing! and the thought of how political these kind plums can be! interesting. Farmers through hundreds of years have worked so hard to allow us the enjoyment of the veggies and fruits we love... for me patents are a complicated conversation. In these posts I find always the most amazing recipes and that clafoutis has my mouth watering!! OMG!!!! I PROMIS I will make it. it's a good excuse to make an exception to the no-sugar low-carb nonsense I sometimes think of submitting myself to... Life is too short and food is too delicious. Come on Clafoutis!
Please don't forget to mention that Burbank was a eugenicist! Especially right now, it's a striking omission. I love Santa Rosa plums but abhor racism.
Nice! I shared on Facebook. That doesn't break the FB ad boycott does it?? ;-)
I think I told you that I made a plum tart a few weeks ago with a walnut crust? That was good. I also made some quick plum jam and roasted the plums first--that was REALLY good.
I love plum clafoutis! Nothing says summer more gracefully than this classic pudding. Such an exciting season, a pageant of stone fruits, even hybrids between apricots and plums! I learned a lot about the history of plums, and I was particularly intrigued by the Japanese American trade treaty in 1858. I know this agreement as an unequal trade deal that set the pretext for Western invasion of Japan. A lot of the food we have access to today is globalized as a result of exploration and colonization... "Food has been always political."
Wow, the history is amazing! and the thought of how political these kind plums can be! interesting. Farmers through hundreds of years have worked so hard to allow us the enjoyment of the veggies and fruits we love... for me patents are a complicated conversation. In these posts I find always the most amazing recipes and that clafoutis has my mouth watering!! OMG!!!! I PROMIS I will make it. it's a good excuse to make an exception to the no-sugar low-carb nonsense I sometimes think of submitting myself to... Life is too short and food is too delicious. Come on Clafoutis!
Please don't forget to mention that Burbank was a eugenicist! Especially right now, it's a striking omission. I love Santa Rosa plums but abhor racism.
Nice! I shared on Facebook. That doesn't break the FB ad boycott does it?? ;-)
I think I told you that I made a plum tart a few weeks ago with a walnut crust? That was good. I also made some quick plum jam and roasted the plums first--that was REALLY good.