Whoa - after a life lived mostly around cornfields, I finally witnessed the mighty plant’s reproductive act. It happened in an apple orchard of all places, where there was a couple of small plots of corn for personal consumption. While out for a walk, this pink caught my eye, and upon closer inspection I realized it was big wads of pink colored corn silk on the stalky green corn plant.

Then, up above, you know those tassels that wave in the wind? Little bits of white that resembled rice were blowing down onto the pink silk from these antennae and getting ensnared in the tendrils.
So, I guess the two parts of the plant mingle, something goes a tingle, and a corn cob starts to take hold in the silk, which then gets wrapped in the leaves...

CATEGORY: Culture

TAGS: corn,reproduction,corn plant,

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Our tomatoes are coming in very tasty, but also in odd dimensions and extremely firm.

So I had this idea.

Maybe it is a common practice - but I took out a platter and poured in a pool of extra virgin olive oil and seasoned with chopped fresh basil, sea salt and cracked pepper. Then, I cut the tommys in half and rolled them in the oil.

Next, I tonged the toms onto a very hot grill - alongside some swordfish steaks I was grilling (marinated in rice wine vinegar and mustard).

I went back into the house to grab the imported grated Romano cheese, and also grabbed some honey and a ripe peach, which I cut in half.

Back on the front porch with the grill, I threw some cheese into the oil...

CATEGORY: Cooking

TAGS: tomatoes,basil,peach

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