Apricots.

[pantryslut]

What do you like to do with apricots?

I have a plan to bake them and serve them with some Greek yogurt and pistachios, but soon there will be more. And then more. And still more. I can always make jam, I suppose...oh, and I've been meaning to make some pork tenderloin for a while, so there's that. And, you know, the cobbler/crisp continuum. But still, other ideas?

Comments

[darksybarite.livejournal.com]

Apricot+raspberries=Ultimate Smoothie!

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Nah, the ultimate smoothie is orange juice plus vanilla goat's milk yogurt. But I'm willing to accept this as possibly the penultimate smoothie :)

[vylar-kaftan.livejournal.com]

I see Terra Firma has attacked you too. :)

We're going to make apricot cobbler, but I considered making apricot cake.

[jactitation.livejournal.com]

Pork & cobbler--isn't anything else a waste?

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

And jam! Don't forget jam! I lurve apricot jam, although I eat it very slowly.

[black-pearl-10.livejournal.com]

cobbler...mmmmmm

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Request noted :)

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

I've never had them last long enough for anything but eating out of hand. I have to try blue_estro's suggestion.

[badgerbag.livejournal.com]

lots of apriconts + chicken + pine nuts + little wine, in a slow cooker!

[annaoj.livejournal.com]

Apricot chutney?

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

ooh, good idea.

[lcohen]

something akin to baklava? it tastes good in my head, anyway.

[blue-estro.livejournal.com]

What do you like to do with apricots?

I like this best with nectarines, but it would work just as well with extra ripe apricots:

On really hot days I like taking a long cool shower while eating the fruit. I don't have to worry about the juice getting all over my clothes or trying to prevent my face and hands from getting all sticky. :}

[mckennl.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry I have no idea, I'm still thinking about the baked apricot with pistachios and greek yogurt.

::drool::

[sfgabe.livejournal.com]

i saw a recipe for blackberry barbeque sauce the other day. perhaps apricots would work too? probably similar to the chutney idea.

[fattest.livejournal.com]

sorbet and ice cream!

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I'm going to use the rest of the huge batch of Terra Firma apricots to make a salsa, I think. If someotherguy doesn't eat them all out of hand. I thought of braising the lamb shanks with them, but I went a different way.

[jennconspiracy.livejournal.com]

I just started with Farm Fresh to You four weeks ago. I am a vegan and the "regular" box (delivered) is $29 and basically about enough food for me for a week. I heard Fat Belly Farm is really rockin' but they have a waiting list for the drop point two blocks from me.

How do you like Terra Firma?

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I like it a lot. pantryslut recommended it. The quality is better than I got with Farm Fresh to You (not saying they're bad, just that we find this stuff to be of better quality), and I pay something like $21.50 a week, but it's going up soon, for a medium box. We get 8 or 9 items, and the total weight is usually around 11 pounds.

We two eat a lot of plant foods, so it's not nearly enough veggies for us for a week, but it ups the proportion of organic and local/regional foods we're eating, plus I just think it's fun to get the box every week -- it's like Christmas on Wednesdays.

[jennconspiracy.livejournal.com]

Their website looks good - and it's a heckuva lot closer than Capay Valley. Just the other side of the hill from my childhood home, in fact... I might give it a try. Does anyone get referral credit with this CSA?

I never feel like I have an "excess" of anything with FFTY - so far. I did tell them to leave out some things -- I can get collards from a friend, I my boyfriend's garden is now wildly overproducing a mix of salad greens, I have perennial arugula and will be over my nips in tomatoes in a couple of months (I have 40 plants, boyfriend put in more than 24). I kinda lost control on the TomatoFest website and ordered 18 varieties of heirloom tomatoes.

...I'll see what the cancellation policy is with FFTY. I feel like I'm really missing out on summer produce. Had to go to Berkeley Bowl to buy organic cherries - today is the first time I got cherries in my FFTY box in the 4 weeks since I started.

[badgerbag.livejournal.com]

Well I know what I like to do with apricots but what I think YOU should do is... give me some! 8-)

[jennconspiracy.livejournal.com]

-jam
-jelly
-chutney
-sorbet
-fruit crisp
-infused alcohol (hey - it can infuse for a long long long time until after you're done nursing or make great gifts)
- pie
- dried apricots (halve them and put them on a cookie sheet at the lowest setting in your oven)

See also:
http://www.califapricot.com/recipes.html
http://www.apricotproducers.com/html/consumrecpe.htm
http://www.chefdecuisine.com/all_fruit/apricot/apricotmain.asp



...do you have an apricot tree? I'll trade you oregano, thyme and chard (when it comes in) for some apricots! :)

[jennconspiracy.livejournal.com]

oh... and I'll have a bazillion tomatoes - I planted 40 plants of 19 heirloom tomato varieties... I'll be up to my ears by September.

[genderfur.livejournal.com]

smoothies

[whittles.livejournal.com]

This I'm saving as I got apricots last week in my Full Belly Farm box and I'm guessing there'll be more to come.