Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Simple Fare

For our evening meal I had planned to serve leftover beef brisket, baked sweet potatoes and a salad from the cold frame, but when it was time to eat all we really wanted was sweet potatoes with dabs of fake butter. I added a sprinkle of cinnamon to mine.



These sweet potatoes grew in our garden last summer. The variety is Beauregard, the most delicious of all, I believe. Beauregard is juicy, naturally sweet, deep orange and easy to grow. They keep well in a basket in the basement and will last us until summer comes again.

One can't live on sweet potatoes alone, but once in a while simple fare is all we need or want. Well, to be honest, we did finish our spartan meal with slices of cherry pie as a nod to decadence.

As for brisket, my favorite recipe is called "Jewish Grandmother's Brisket."  You can find it at http://allrecipes.com/recipe/jewish-grandmas-best-beef-brisket/. Tonight we'll have some served as hot beef open-faced sandwiches. Simple fare it isn't, but who wants to be an ascetic every night of the week?

1 comment:

Jayhawk Fan said...

I could dive right into that sweet potato! We already ate the ones you gave us. I had to fight Oliver for the last one. He discovered it in the storage box downstairs and thought it was his!

Thanks for sharing!