September 8, 2007

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:27 am

It's the seafood festival here in Hampton, New Hampshire, this weekend. I am at home, waiting for the mail so I can recieve the shipment of chiles my mom mailed from New Mexico. For the few years that I lived in Albuquerque, I would often think about how I missed clams or a fresh piece of Haddock. Of course as soon as I moved back east, I had to detox off of a green chile addiction. Today, however, the two worlds collide!

QOTD: Any seasonal harvest you look forward to? Annual local brew? Herb garden? Apples? Etc.?

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:10 am

Thanks for the inspiration. Just pulled out my Red Chile Enchilada sauce mix I picked up in Santa Fe (made in Albequerque)- making enchiladas tonight! Santa fe is a yearly trek for my wife and I. I'm a red chile person, nothing like it anywhere else - hopefully this mix will turn out good.

Nothing seasonal really - we do have an international street fair here every labor day weekend that has lots of good food and beer, but nothing seasonal about it.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:31 am

I USED to have a garden but I had to give it up.

Sockeye season sucked ass... but I did get some nice coho this year... 12 in the freezer... BBQ'ed one on the weekend...yum!

And of course, the bountiful seasonal harvest that my children will dutifully pick is not due until the 31st of Oct...that'll be nice.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:13 pm

Oktoberfest is a big one for me and the Fam. Big Bear mountain, California, was a huge settlement location for Germans. Not the Nazi type, but the accordion playing type with the cool hats with a feather in'um type, lol. I have a cabin up there, so we will try to get up there every year for the festival. Their local brewery's are still making their beer the same way they've been doing it for hundreds of years.
Paco and Ross, I love the chillies too. In fact, I'm a huge Mexican food lover. I like the spicy. If you want to try something different, try some cabeza or lengua. Not something you find on every menu, lol.

erik · Post by **erik** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:50 pm

Hatch chiles and snow cones.

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:33 pm

Heirloom tomatoes!

That's the big one for me... that and Oregon strawberries. Asparagus is a good one too.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:06 pm

anti-m wrote:Heirloom tomatoes!

That's the big one for me... that and Oregon strawberries. Asparagus is a good one too.

By the way, my tomaterz were great this year. I'm still picking the last of the season. It really spoils me and I honestly can't eat a store bought tomato for months after mine.
I tried your trick and put the tomatoes on my homemade pizza after it cooked and got to my crispness, then put on the tomatoes the last minute before taking them out. The best trick in the book, thank you.

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:56 pm

Well! The chiles did not arrive, and both mumsy and I were quite disappointed. They told her Saturday and nope. I'm sure they'll be here Monday and think they should be alright, but it's the post office screwing up again.

The post office did, however, deliver my made by Blue Pumpkin Fuzz, so I'm pretty excited about that. Sounds very nice, and looks well done too. I'm going to paint it up and show it off later, but I'll use it on the next fight for sure. Him the man!

I'm all alone in the house and may have to have a beer by my lonesome. Cue the Hank Williams.

The Sleestak · Post by **The Sleestak** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:41 pm

When I was back home in California I would say Apples from Apple Hill in Placerville and Olives any time in Corning. Garlic festival is coming to mind too!

Here in Oklahoma we have the The Rush Springs Watermelon Festival and the Peach Festival in Stratford. These are both fun to attend and my 6 year old is at an age where he really enjoys them.

Lord of Oats · Post by **Lord of Oats** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:28 pm

I like cherry season. It's short, but oh so sweet. It's already over, and it's definitely not local.

Citrus is local, and it's a very long season, if you lump all the different citrus fruits together. You get a nice variety of stuff as it runs its course.

There is a snook season here, but I'm not sure when it is, as I don't usually fish. Furthermore, since any commercial trade of them is illegal, it's rare that I would get to eat any.

blue · Post by **blue** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:22 pm

Lord of Oats wrote:I like cherry season. It's short, but oh so sweet. It's already over, and it's definitely not local.

Citrus is local, and it's a very long season, if you lump all the different citrus fruits together. You get a nice variety of stuff as it runs it course.

There is a snook season here, but I'm not sure when it is, as I don't usually fish. Furthermore, since any commercial trade of them is illegal, it's rare that I would get to eat any.

snook is delicious.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:12 am

My dad planted lots of fruit when eahc of us were born so we had various apples, pear, 3 kinds of cherries, peaches, grapes, berries, plums. Plus a veg garden.

I miss having tomatoes, too. My last house had 6 varieties. My dad used to pull up the plants right before the first frost and hang them in the crawl space under our house with green tomatoes on them. They would very slowly ripen over the winter, and we'd have red ripe tomatoes in january and february! It was awesome.

Billy's Little Trip · Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:19 am

Sounds like your Dad has quite the green thumb Roymond. That trick with the tomato plants through the winter is brilliant.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:28 am

Strawberries... they even have a huge festival with country artist performances and what not. Its more of a big hoopla if you will but it is in the celebration of strawberries.

There are an s-ton of grapefruit, orange, tangerine, and hybrid trees here in central Florida. They are always in season except for maybe when it gets cooler in the so-called winter months.

I never anticipate any of these things. I anticipate other yearly festivals such as Guavaween and Gasparilla. Party.

Lord of Oats · Post by **Lord of Oats** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:22 pm

I forgot about the strawberry festival! Then again, I went once, as a child, and if I remember correctly, I'm pretty sure it sucked. It was basically like a county or state fair, but with strawberries all over everything. Like, there'd be funnel cake, but they'd make some big deal about the strawberry sauce, or you'd win some giant strawberry instead of a bear, or some shit I like that, and then you go over to the music and you see four acoustics, three Telecasters, and P bass on stage, and you say, "Wait, where are the strawberries?" I don't necessarily understand the connection between strawberries and country music. I know that Indie rockers love fruit just as much as country folks. I guess that's just what they listen to up in Plant City, where they grow all those damned inside-out disasterberries.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:52 pm

It used to be that I would await the season of Clementines, because they are the bomb, but now between the different places where they can grow them now you can get them in several seasons.

On this day we had an excellent wine party. 30+ people in our house is kinda crowded but a lot of fun.
-bill

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:50 pm

HeuristicsInc wrote:It used to be that I would await the season of Clementines, because they are the bomb, but now between the different places where they can grow them now you can get them in several seasons.

On this day we had an excellent wine party. 30+ people in our house is kinda crowded but a lot of fun.
-bill

Damn, I learn something new everyday.
Clementines separate easily into eight to fourteen extremely juicy segments. They are remarkably easy to peel, like a tangerine, but lack the tangerine's sourness and seeds.
I just thought it was a girls name and never thought about it any further than that.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:54 pm

Clementines rule.

Lord of Oats · Post by **Lord of Oats** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:14 pm

fodroy wrote:Clementines rule.

Seriously.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:14 am

Lord of Oats wrote:I don't necessarily understand the connection between strawberries and country music. I know that Indie rockers love fruit just as much as country folks.

My best college job was artist liaison for the performing arts center, taking care of whomever was playing or dancing or whatever. I worked for the Ramones twice, and all those guys ate was fruit. Apparently they ate little else. Big platters of detoxifying fruit for the zombies who then turned into insane animals when the stage lights hit their skin.

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:25 am

Roymond wrote:I worked for the Ramones twice, and all those guys ate was fruit.

Sounds like a good idea until you see where all of them are now: DEAD! Darn killer fruits. Quick - deep fry me a cheeseburger!

Lord of Oats · Post by **Lord of Oats** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:47 am

Fruits have all kinds of nutritional benefits, but too much sugar can cause problems, so you've got to watch out. That's pretty weird, though. I don't think I'd want to eat fruit all the time. But I also wouldn't really want to have listen to the Ramones non-stop, either. Meh...

Paco, I've never had a deep-fried cheeseburger, and on my current diet, I don't eat much fried food, and I haven't had beef in quite a long while, but somehow getting a hold of and eating one of those has been on my to-do list for a very long time. I'm going to have to squeeze that in some time before I die. Maybe like right before, because I may die of it.