This evening washing the first allotment rhubarb.....
When you pull the pink stem from its crown deep in the soil, a little protective leaf comes too..
when you cut it off it drips a clear sticky slime - like when you cut daffodils.....
And our first asparagus spears...
they remind me a bit of bluebells before they open ....
Some garlicky roasted peppers for tomorrow's lunch...
and the uncooked pastry case for the leek and asparagus tart - I'm experimenting with replacing some of the flour with pinhead oatmeal to give it a bit of a crunch....
Lunch tomorrow is for my niece who has been away for a whole year travelling the world with her partner - volunteering in youth projects in Bolivia, India, Nepal.....and I thought home grown asparagus and rhubarb would be a seasonal way to welcome her back to our English spring.
The Chocolate Orange Polenta Cake ( my own recipe) is just to celebrate her return.....
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