It all started Friday night at Elisabeth and Ian's house. There was this blue/green punch:
The magic ingredients?
2 cups Dark Rum
8 cups Light Rum
2 cups Blue Caracao
Whole cans of the following kinds of frozen juice concentrate: pineapple, orange, lemonade and limade
Lots of ice - bags and bags
Holy cow.
This punch lead directly to a fantastic night of dancing with an unbelievable group of young swingers and professionals. A colorful moment.
Then this weekend I roasted and then pickled beets. I'm all about the beet. But even if you aren't a fan, it would be impossible to dislike these beets. I got the recipe from Alton Brown's tv show "Good Eats" (He reminds me of my friend Ford).
The beets are sweet, tangy and salty. And magenta. Another colorful moment.
- Roasted Beets, recipe follows
- 1 large red onion, frenched
- 1 cup tarragon wine vinegar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Kosher salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
Directions
Remove the skin from the Roasted Beets and slice thinly. Arrange in 1-quart jars alternating layers with the onion. In a small pot boil the rest of the ingredients and pour over the beets. Tightly lid the jars and place in the refrigerator for 3 to 7 days before serving.
Roasted Beets:
- 6 medium beets, cleaned with 1-inch stem remaining
- 2 large shallots, peeled
- 2 sprigs rosemary
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a large bowl toss all of the ingredients. Place into a foil pouch and roast in the oven for 40 minutes.
These vivid things were the tonic I needed to get me through this week.
1 comment:
I love this way of living your week. I love themes! I love sensual delights! I'm sitting in a coffee shop at the moment that is a deep experience of the color brown. The walls are paneled brown. The floor is wood laminate brown. The tables are a reddish brown wood, with deep espresso leather chairs. I am sipping an iced soy latte through a straw, which is a milky kind of beige, the lightest of all browns. And to add to all this brown landscape, I've purchased a double chocolate fudge brownie. It's warm. Mmm. Brown.
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