Blogging Yaay
OMFG this is so awesome!
1) Monday, January 21st, 12:30pm: O calls us with emergency news. Our favorite gelato joint, Capogiro, has Sea Salt on the menu! We head over and blog about our experience. Here's
mine.
2) Tuesday, January 22nd, 12:15pm: O calls me at work to say that "Kmart" left a comment on our ilovecapogiro site about how they actually made Sea Salt from my request! See my
original lament.
3) Tuesday, January 22nd, 12:20pm: I read owner/chef Stephanie Reitano's musings on boredom at Capogiro's official site under the "News & Updates," which totally verifies the truth about Sea Salt and the power of blogging!
SALT - Our friends at www.ilovecapogiro.com wanted to remind me of this flavor. I've made salt gelato before, always paired with Margarita sorbetto in the summer. They must have missed it. This version is just for you, made with Maldon Sea Salt and it's incredible with something sweet like warm bread pudding.
Click
here to read her whole post, which contains very excellent suggestions on assorted pairings, as well as information on a PICK ME flavor contest!
BOEMs
At our house we tend to get obsessive about things. I've been known to play certain songs in endless repeat loops, eat the same meal for days and wear the same outfit for years (with frequent washings, of course!)
Right now we're all about the Moro, or Sicilian blood orange. From our January 2006 trip out to California we knew winter was the prime season for these amazing things. Our last few days have gone exactly like this:
Sunday, 1/13/08, approx 2pm: walk to Reading Terminal Market. Check produce stands for blood oranges. Hit the jackpot at Iovine's, which has 1 giant bin and a smaller display priced at 3 for $1.00. Buy 6 blood oranges.
Sunday, 1/13/08, approx 4pm: eat 4 blood oranges and lament we did not purchase more.
Monday, 1/14/08, approx 5pm: run to Iovine's and buy 30 blood oranges. Cashier does not even bother to count.
Monday, 1/14/08, approx 7pm: eat 4-5 blood oranges each.
Tuesday, 1/15/08, approx 1pm: give 1 blood orange to P, who agrees on its incredible deliciousness and intensity.
Tuesday, 1/15/08, approx 1:30pm: be runs to Iovine's during his jury duty lunch break and purchases 32 blood oranges, now priced at 4 for $1.00
Tuesday, 1/15/08, approx 3pm: i offer to get P some blood oranges and call be to get the update.
Tuesday, 1/15/08, approx 4:30pm: be goes back to Iovine's and buys another 32 blood oranges.
So, if my math is right, we have purchased 100 blood oranges in the past 3 days. 20 are for P (and she ate 1), and right now i'm counting 57 left on our kitchen table and countertop. That means we've already consumed 22 blood oranges between the 2 of us!
These blood oranges are small and don't look special save for a slight reddish tinge - but this certain crop is so intense and savory. Some of them have very strong raspberry hints, too! I love these things. They're the perfect balance of sweet/sour, light/dark, bitter/sugar, plus you can't beat the color nor the tuff name. Definitely check them out since they won't be around much longer! be is ALREADY fretting that we don't have enough and is planning to get MORE tomorrow!
