Friday Favorite

I have a new favorite daylily.  Besides being such a lovely color it just keeps blooming and blooming.  I think its been going for this whole month and is just now winding down.  Betsy at Joyful Reflections helped me identify these as possibly being Eye Yi Yi when she posted a photo of hers.  Of course the tag that came with them is long buried in the mulch maybe to be found when I divide these in the fall to share with a friend.

Here's is one of the last few buds waiting to open.  It has been such a nice constant in the garden this July.

A real favorite that I look forward to enjoying next season.

Scalloped Tomatoes

One of our favorite tomato recipes comes from the Joy of Cooking.  It's so good at this time of year with all the fresh tomatoes.

 Cut up the tomatoes into chunks and grate pepper on top.  This was two tomatoes, a Goldie and an unknown since this was just for two of us eating.

 Dice an onion and saute until soft in a good pat of butter.  When done turn off heat and add a tablespoon of brown sugar.

 Add bread crumbs to that and stir it all up to moisten the crumbs.

 Sprinkle the onion crumb mixture on top of the tomatoes and bake for 30 min at 350º.

 It comes out bubbly and browned up and is delicious.

Here's the official recipe from Joy of Cooking for 6 servings:

3 cups diced tomatoes

3 T butter

1/4 cup onion chopped finely

1 T brown sugar

1 t salt

1/4 t pepper

grating of nutmeg (optional)

1 3/4 cup bread crumbs

Joining Robin for Thursday Kitchen Cupboard.

Wordless Wednesday -Tomatoes Here!

What Was That Volunteer Squash Thing?

We had the volunteer squash thing last night for dinner.  It was awful - no flavor despite butter and pepper and butter and cinnamon, I tried it both ways.

Cutting it in half was a task that required muscle.  The skin was very firm and I had to pound it with the knife in the cut to go through it.

I scooped out the seeds and baked it open side down for an hour. Then turned it over and sprinkled one half with pepper and one half with cinnamon.  It looked like an acorn squash.  But taste-wise was so bland.  Neither of us finished our serving and it went into the compost bin.

Lesson learned?  Don't nourish any volunteer squash types no matter how prolific they grow!