Milk and more
5 September 2020 05:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
igenlodeI bought some yoghurt from Kent in the "Farmers' Market" on impulse, having discovered that no yoghurt at all makes a larger hole in my catering than I had anticipated. I'm not sure if it was three times better than the expensive yoghurt from the supermarket in addition to being three times the price, but it was certainly better -- and much better than mine! And it was strained yoghurt, which means it's good value in that it's pretty concentrated (about the consistency of cream cheese). It would have taken quite a lot of milk to make that much yoghurt.
They had a milk-vending machine where you brought back your glass bottle and had it refilled for a couple of pounds (again, about three times the price of supermarket milk), and I was almost tempted. It would help to eke out my powdered milk on those occasions when I do want it in bulk.
But I generally *don't* want milk by the litre, and the stall wasn't there the first time I went (some weeks ago) -- there's not much point in a regular arrangement from an irregular vendor. If they're there the next time I turn up, I might buy one of his small plastic bottles and treat myself to a blancmange or creme caramel.
I actually went with the intention of buying butter/cheese (a different stall), but having spent the money on yoghurt and the garlic/celery that I forgot to order from the greengrocer, I decided not to buy any as I still have a fair amount left from the supermarket :-p
I got some yellow beetroot in the hopes that they would stain my hands less than the red ones, made some tortillas with varying degrees of success (I need to remember that the important thing is not to roll them out *too* large, or they tear, fold and go generally lumpy in the pan), and filled them very successfully by spreading them with the yoghurt (which for this application has the merit of being thick enough not to drip!) and a filling of grated carrot, beetroot, celery (the soggy end of the old one) and courgette, flavoured with a sprinkling of chopped mint and basil, and the heel of cheese that was going mouldy and prompted the expedition in the first place. The later and more convincing tortillas even rolled up flexibly instead of cracking ;-)
I froze the six leftovers, although I'm not sure with hindsight how well that will work. The salad may deliquesce on thawing. I'd better eat one experimentally the day *before* I attempt to use them as a ready-made picnic!
They had a milk-vending machine where you brought back your glass bottle and had it refilled for a couple of pounds (again, about three times the price of supermarket milk), and I was almost tempted. It would help to eke out my powdered milk on those occasions when I do want it in bulk.
But I generally *don't* want milk by the litre, and the stall wasn't there the first time I went (some weeks ago) -- there's not much point in a regular arrangement from an irregular vendor. If they're there the next time I turn up, I might buy one of his small plastic bottles and treat myself to a blancmange or creme caramel.
I actually went with the intention of buying butter/cheese (a different stall), but having spent the money on yoghurt and the garlic/celery that I forgot to order from the greengrocer, I decided not to buy any as I still have a fair amount left from the supermarket :-p
I got some yellow beetroot in the hopes that they would stain my hands less than the red ones, made some tortillas with varying degrees of success (I need to remember that the important thing is not to roll them out *too* large, or they tear, fold and go generally lumpy in the pan), and filled them very successfully by spreading them with the yoghurt (which for this application has the merit of being thick enough not to drip!) and a filling of grated carrot, beetroot, celery (the soggy end of the old one) and courgette, flavoured with a sprinkling of chopped mint and basil, and the heel of cheese that was going mouldy and prompted the expedition in the first place. The later and more convincing tortillas even rolled up flexibly instead of cracking ;-)
I froze the six leftovers, although I'm not sure with hindsight how well that will work. The salad may deliquesce on thawing. I'd better eat one experimentally the day *before* I attempt to use them as a ready-made picnic!
