twentyseven wisps of smoke

Ended Easter Sunday around a fire I built all by myself with seven of my imaginary friends.

I made a fridge inventory breakfast slash lunch with these found jars/containers/bowls. 

Yes, my fridge is just like this. No, I don't actually know what all is in there.

found Materials

tea eggs

okonomiyaki sauce

capers

horseradish

harissa

herbed yogurt dressing

yuzu juice

grated cheddar

quinoa sesame topping

donations from Joyce: kewpie mayo, olives, bacon fat [not pictured]

not pictured found Materials

potatoes

bonito flakes

frozen peas

dashi

CSA box: lettuce leaves, scallions, cabbage, broccoli flowers

Methods to make two of my favorite summer time sides

tea egg salad

-chop up 4 tea eggs, 6-7 olives, some capers into a bowl

-dollop a bit of harissa and a bit of horseradish on top

-microwave some frozen peas and throw those in too

-add in enough yogurt sauce to dress (which is incidentally all the yogurt sauce I had left)

-roast remaining sunflower seeds and quinoa sesame and mix it all up with eggs and things

-scoop over some leaves

-garnish with scallions and flowers

To be honest, there was something slightly off in the flavor. Something tangy that wasn't quite right, and given all the different sources of tang, I really couldn't tell you what it was that was not quite right. Perhaps it would've benefited from mayo instead of herby yogurt.

okonomiyaki potato salad

-dice up potatoes and fry in bacon fat, add enough dashi to cover and simmer down until dashi is all gone and potatoes can fry up again, put in bowl

-slice up 1/4 cabbage and also fry in bacon fat, put in bowl with potatoes

-dress potatoes and cabbage in 1:1 okonomiyaki sauce and kewpie mayo with one spoonful yuzu juice and dollop of harissa

-realize potatoes are pretty overdressed, so scoop over lettuce leaves

-cover in grated cheese and torch it because why the fuck not

-garnish with bonito flakes, scallions, and flowers

To be honest, this was bomb. Look at the torched cheese. What more do I need to say?

Just missing a cold tricolor pasta salad hmmm.

Now I'm off to bed to dream about the next summer time bbq and s'mores party... whenever those will be...