The time has finally come for our tasting – will the vegetables we planted in the spring taste as good as they look? Let’s start with the tomatoes.
And the verdict is?
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Pop in my mouth delicious!
And the zucchini?
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Affirmative again!
Our onions did well, and not so much the peppers, but those tomatoes – they just keep giving and giving! This was our pick for the day, not including those we ate as we picked.
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Getting ready for dinner, Carlo cut some sunflowers for our table,
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while Fernanda worked her magic in the kitchen. Appertivo included hot from the frying pan amazing zucchini flowers:
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and stuffed zucchini flowers, before going in the oven.
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We built our own caprese and enjoyed grilled zucchini, fresh pecorino with homemade plum and orange marmellata, and of course, prosecco.
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Pasta was served with a light sugo (sauce) made from our fresh tomatoes and onions. The breeze was light, the temperature comfortable, and the proud smiles abundant.
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Thinking back to last April, I can’t remember that we had grand expectations for our garden when it looked like this:
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In fact, we felt we planted a bit too early as the garden had to endure several hail storms and lots of heavy rain. But neighboring farmers have commented that their tomatoes aren’t nearly as tall or productive as ours, and that we did well to get the plants in the ground when we did. As it turns out, some of them had to plant a bit later than planned due to the soaked soil.
And while planting a garden is certainly not an Olympic event, in keeping with the times, here’s to our gold medal zucchini and tomatoes,
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And the sense of accomplishment it bought to a bunch of Italian and American city folks working together. Auguri!
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Ciao,
Judy
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