I don't always plan my meals perfectly (gasp!) Often, I miscalculate and end up with odds and ends that all need to be used up instead of something to put in one cohesive dish. Alas, I ended up with a bag of brown mushrooms that were starting to dry out and NOTHING to put them in! No pasta, no cream, no cheese, no bread....so, I sweated part of the gigantic sweet maui onions I have, threw in the mushrooms, and then sprinkled cilantro and lime juice in. I can't tell you how unexcited about eating this I was. But it was delicious! Mostly due to the lime juice...really good on cooked mushrooms. Who knew?
This Greek salad, however, I was very excited about. I had some good tomatoes, and some dill, so I bought a cucumber at the market and then made a special trip to the Greek grocery store to buy really good feta and oil-cured olives. But by the day that I made my salad, the tomatoes had begun to get the slightest big mushy. It COMPLETELY ruined the entire salad. Totally inedible. And they didn't even look that bad! So, it turns out that the best recipe for Greek Salad is the same as the best recipe for any salad: only ingredients in tip top shape are allowed. Ingredients not in tip top shape must be cooked. Hmph. And I waisted so many olives!
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When you say you "waisted" so many olives, do you mean they made you fat?
NO!! Does it LOOK like they made me fat??? And to think I loved you so much after your comments regarding my age. I mean they got covered in icky mushy tomato gunk and so I didn't properly enjoy them and now I don't have them to put in another dish.
I'm reading, I'm reading! I just caught up on a week and a half of posts after being in the South for a work trip. Keep up the great writing!
Well, I think this post about the food not looking like it tasted and your 'looking your age' post runs with a common thread. Of course, you look like a great tomato and you ARE a great tomato and remember: you'll always be younger than me, Amanda and Jes!
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