Yesterday morning myself and partners pressed a 1/2 ton of Zinfandel
into the barrel. It was completely fermented from mountain grown grapes
which crushed out to about 25 Brix. (10 days on skins) Could be pretty
intense. The crush has a lot of appeal to me for family reasons but what
I'm enjoying about it this year is that it signals the end of our long
hot Summer. Hopefully, Sunday was our last 100 degree day. Looks like
midweek temps will be in the 70's. No real rain in sight- so no
mushrooms yet. Melons and red peppers are winding down and there are
shell beans if you can find them in the markets. Local asparagus will be
back soon and the Halloween pumpkin/corn maze patches are back.

So, what are your end of summer food?drink rituals?

D.M.

On Sep 28, 7:54*pm, Don Martinich > wrote:
> Yesterday morning myself and partners pressed a 1/2 ton of Zinfandel
> into the barrel. It was completely fermented from mountain grown grapes
> which crushed out to about 25 Brix. (10 days on skins) Could be pretty
> intense. The crush has a lot of appeal to me for family reasons but what
> I'm enjoying about it this year is that it signals the end of our long
> hot Summer. Hopefully, Sunday was our last 100 degree day. Looks like
> midweek temps will be in the 70's. No real rain in sight- so no
> mushrooms yet. Melons and red peppers are winding down and there are
> shell beans if you can find them in the markets. Local asparagus will be
> back soon and the Halloween pumpkin/corn maze patches are back.
>
> So, what are your end of summer food?drink rituals?
>
> D.M.

Wall to wall tomatoes! Lucked into a bunch of beautiful ones at the
farmer's market then went to my synagogue for Yom Kippur and was
gifted with waay too many heirloom varieties including some really
small bright yellow grape tomatoes - not pear shaped, but round and
sweet as candy!
Lynn in Fargo
Gonna make ratatouille!

Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig > wrote in

on Sep Mon 2009 09:48 pm

> On Sep 28, 7:54*pm, Don Martinich > wrote:
>> Yesterday morning myself and partners pressed a 1/2 ton of Zinfandel
>> into the barrel. It was completely fermented from mountain grown
>> grapes which crushed out to about 25 Brix. (10 days on skins) Could
>> be pretty intense. The crush has a lot of appeal to me for family
>> reasons but what I'm enjoying about it this year is that it signals
>> the end of our long hot Summer. Hopefully, Sunday was our last 100
>> degree day. Looks like midweek temps will be in the 70's. No real
>> rain in sight- so no mushrooms yet. Melons and red peppers are
>> winding down and there are shell beans if you can find them in the
>> markets. Local asparagus will be back soon and the Halloween
>> pumpkin/corn maze patches are back.
>>
>> So, what are your end of summer food?drink rituals?
>>
>> D.M.
>
> Wall to wall tomatoes! Lucked into a bunch of beautiful ones at the
> farmer's market then went to my synagogue for Yom Kippur and was
> gifted with waay too many heirloom varieties including some really
> small bright yellow grape tomatoes - not pear shaped, but round and
> sweet as candy!
> Lynn in Fargo
> Gonna make ratatouille!
>

For lunch at work tomorrow a tomato, edam cheese and mock chicken
sandwich...with miracle whip on multi-grain rye bread....comfort food
from my youth.

--
Is that your nose, or are you eatting a banana? -Jimmy Durante

Don wrote:

> So, what are your end of summer food?drink rituals?

I don't have any kind of ritual, but I consider it a season-turning point
when I cook my first butternut squash at the end of summer. (I got one in my
CSA box last week, but I haven't decided what to do with it yet.)

Bob

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Don wrote:
>
>> So, what are your end of summer food?drink rituals?
>



Arguing whether to turn on the heat and
whether it's cold enough to make chili.

;-)

gloria p

On Sep 28, 10:48*pm, Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig >
wrote:

> Wall to wall tomatoes! *Lucked into a bunch of beautiful ones at the
> farmer's market then went to my synagogue for Yom Kippur and was
> gifted with waay too many heirloom varieties including some really
> small bright yellow grape tomatoes *- not pear shaped, but round and
> sweet as candy!
> Lynn in Fargo
> Gonna make ratatouille!

I'm green with envy. East coast had the blight, and tomatos are
expensive and rare.

tomatoless in ri

On Sep 28, 5:54 pm, Don Martinich > wrote:
> [snip]
> So, what are your end of summer food?drink rituals?
>
There is not a sharp delineation between seasons here in SoCal. For
us, summer is over when the pool is too cold for late-night skinny
dipping. Food wise, it isn't what we eat but what we plant. Now is
when the summer veggies come out of the planter box and the snow peas
and bok choys and lettuces get seeded. The heat wave broke and today
is 20 degrees cooler than it was -- all the way down into the 70s.
Maybe I'll make an honesttogod beef stew soon. Or a lamb stew with
Guinness in honor of Charliam's reappearance. -aem

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Sqwertz > wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:54:33 -0700, Don Martinich wrote:
>
> > So, what are your end of summer food?drink rituals?
>
> Lowering the electric bill by 75%
>
> -sw

<lol> I feel you on that one Steve! It's been a real pleasure to be
able to shut off the AC and not turn on the heat yet.
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"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> Sqwertz > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:54:33 -0700, Don Martinich wrote:
>>
>> > So, what are your end of summer food?drink rituals?
>>
>> Lowering the electric bill by 75%
>>
>> -sw
>
> <lol> I feel you on that one Steve! It's been a real pleasure to be
> able to shut off the AC and not turn on the heat yet.

64 degrees here this morning in the ArkLaTex with a predicted high of 81.
Perfect weather for a relocated Yankee like me, but a couple of degrees
cooler and the locals here are going to be digging out their scarves,
mittens and overcoats.

George L

Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> Sqwertz > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:54:33 -0700, Don Martinich wrote:
>>
>>> So, what are your end of summer food?drink rituals?
>> Lowering the electric bill by 75%
>>
>> -sw
>
> <lol> I feel you on that one Steve! It's been a real pleasure to be
> able to shut off the AC and not turn on the heat yet.

Humph! Our thermostat is set on 80F for the AC and it has yet to run
today. An unusually cool spell has settled in on us. Probably going to
rain some more today to match the two inches we got yesterday.

In the winter we set the thermostat at 68F during the day and it
automatically drops to 65F at 10 pm. Our power and gas bills are never
humongous. You can always put on or take off more clothing. Of course it
shocks the church ladies if I answer the door in my boxers. <G>

In article >,
"George Leppla" > wrote:

> "Omelet" > wrote in message
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> > In article >,
> > Sqwertz > wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:54:33 -0700, Don Martinich wrote:
> >>
> >> > So, what are your end of summer food?drink rituals?
> >>
> >> Lowering the electric bill by 75%
> >>
> >> -sw
> >
> > <lol> I feel you on that one Steve! It's been a real pleasure to be
> > able to shut off the AC and not turn on the heat yet.
>
> 64 degrees here this morning in the ArkLaTex with a predicted high of 81.
> Perfect weather for a relocated Yankee like me, but a couple of degrees
> cooler and the locals here are going to be digging out their scarves,
> mittens and overcoats.
>
> George L

I've got the last week of October off. I plan to spend a LOT of it
outdoors cleaning up the yard.

I may do some digging (shoulder sprains allowing of course) and put in
some chard, broccoli, etc. for a fall/winter garden. I have a lot of
rocks on hand to renew and build new garden beds.
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On Sep 28, 8:29*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:44:26 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:54:33 -0700, Don Martinich wrote:
>
> >> So, what are your end of summer food?drink rituals?
>
> > Lowering the electric bill by 75%
>
> Oh - and apple cider (unpasteurized if I can find it - I like to
> live on the edge).
>
> -sw

We can tell.

On Sep 28, 5:54*pm, Don Martinich > wrote:

> So, what are your end of summer food?drink rituals?
>
> D.M.

Time to move the bodies in the back yard.

maxine wrote:

> On Sep 28, 10:48*pm, Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig >
> wrote:
>
> > Wall to wall tomatoes! *Lucked into a bunch of beautiful ones at the
> > farmer's market then went to my synagogue for Yom Kippur and was
> > gifted with waay too many heirloom varieties including some really
> > small bright yellow grape tomatoes *- not pear shaped, but round and
> > sweet as candy!


> I'm green with envy. East coast had the blight, and tomatos are
> expensive and rare.

I'm close to another wave from the neighbor-shocking front-yard garden.
Smaller numbers this time, around eight. Temps are cooling off, so
things will slow down, but I still have quite a few green ones that
could ripen if the frost holds off.




Brian

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> Wall to wall tomatoes! Lucked into a bunch of beautiful ones at the
> farmer's market then went to my synagogue for Yom Kippur and was
> gifted with waay too many heirloom varieties including some really
> small bright yellow grape tomatoes - not pear shaped, but round and
> sweet as candy!
> Lynn in Fargo
> Gonna make ratatouille!

Only have a few lingering from the summer crop. Made a Caprese salad tonight
with the last ripe Brandywine and one of my 3 ripe yellow heirlooms.
Alternated the slices by color with a slice of fresh mozzarella in between.
some Greek olive oil and some basil from the garden.

Our end of summer ritual is usually to spend a few Saturdays biking the
Schuylkill river path from Philadelphia out to the Audubon house at Mill
Grove Park in Audubon PA for a picnic lunch. Not sure if we'll find the time
this year.

Jon

On Sep 29, 2:22*pm, "George Leppla" > wrote:
>
>
> 64 degrees here this morning in the ArkLaTex with a predicted high of 81.
> Perfect weather for a relocated Yankee like me, but a couple of degrees
> cooler and the locals here are going to be digging out their scarves,
> mittens and overcoats.

Some of the best tap water I've ever tasted was in Texarkana.
>
> George L

--Bryan