Saturday, November 23, 2013

Sole with Indian Spiced Greens


Tuesday 19 November
Freezing nights are in the forecast, so Barbara went out and harvested her rainbow chard, kale, a couple of little re-seeded bok choy, and a few leaves of escarole so we could make Madhur Jaffrey's spiced greens.  They made a lovely bed for steaming fillets of sole seasoned with pimentón de la Vera.

That night Barbara saw part of the film "Pride & Joy" about Southern food.  It featured one Martha Hawkins of Montgomery, Alabama; she had fed the Selma marchers as a girl, and loved using fresh food so she could "put some love on it."  Having picked our greens after dark, by flashlight, and from under the bank of autumn leaves she piled on top of them on Saturday to keep them warm, Barbara knows how she feels.

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