TCA

I am an asshole. I do not keep this blog updated, no longer!

Now that my classes have started I'm going to use this as a testing ground for the food I'll be preparing for grades. I cannot wait for pasta!

Boring food.

Harira!

Lamb, Potatoes, Diced tomatoes, Cherry tomatoes, Corn, Cilantro, Celery, Carrots, Red onion, White onion, Lentils, Pasta, Salt, Pepper, Turmeric, Ginger, Cinnamon, Cayenne

The Cherimoya

The cherimoya (Annona cherimola) is a species of Annona native to the Andean-highland valleys of Ecuador and Peru. It is a deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub or small tree reaching 7 m tall. The leaves are alternate, simple, oblong-lanceolate, 7-15 cm long and 6-10 cm broad. The flowers are produced in small clusters, each flower 2-3 cm across, with six petals, yellow-brown, often spotted purple at the base.

The fruit is oval, often slightly oblique, 10-20 cm long and 7-10 cm diameter, with a smooth or slightly tuberculated skin. The fruit flesh is white, and has numerous seeds embedded in it. Mark Twain called the cherimoya "the most delicious fruit known to men."

I was at the grocery last night to pick up a few things for a harira I was making, and I came across eight ripe cherimoya. I was pretty surprised since these are grown in the Andes, so I went ahead and grabbed two. I would've bought more but these guys alone cost me six dollars.

I think I might make a pie with them.

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