August 25, 2012

The President is a Sick Man by Matthew Algeo was my Barnes and Noble mystery coupon purchase. 20% off on top of my member's discount. Time to learn more about Grover Cleveland, our 22nd and 24th President.



Today is the first day I found White Corn. Usually called Silver Queen, it has been missing this year. It was the best Corn yet this year.



Beautiful flowers.



The Chocolate Habanero Pepper carries a massive 200,000 - 300,000 Scoville units of heat ! For comparison: 2,500 - 5,000 Scoville units for Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce, from McIlhenny Company. I bought one for 50 ¢, and got a buy-back pepper. That is one of the reasons I love the Greenmarket.



Will make a Heirloom, onion, and Feta Cheese salad with Balsamic Vinegar and Olive Oil to go with the White Corn.



Red Peppers in the sun.



The Guardian of All Things: The Epic Story of Human Memory by Michael S. Malone.

Another mystery coupon and now down from $26 list to $11.63 with tax. Memory being a pet topic of mine.  Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.  Cicero, Marcus T.

October 3, 2009

Early morning at the Greenmarket. No lines
at P.E. and D.D. Seafood where I bought some Bluefish.
No more peaches and corn is at its end. Tonight's feast
is Stuffed Peppers.



40,000 - 50,000 (Scoville scale) Santaka pepper

The Scoville scale is a measure of the 'hotness' of a chilli pepper or anything derived from chilli peppers, i.e. hot sauce. The scale is actually a measure of the concentration of the chemical compound capsaicin which is the active component that produces the heat sensation for humans.



Serious Eats has an Oktoberfest taste test.
I am conducting my own and last night enjoyed
Spaten Oktoberfest on tap. It was splendid.
Sweet, smooth and strong.



My son has to read this for an English class.
I knocked it off in one night. It is a quirky but enjoyable book.
The title derives from a line in a Sherlock Holmes short story:
Silver Blaze.