Further notes on the day

[dancinghorse]

Wanted to note that part of dinner was my favorite salad in the world. Slice a nice ripe tomato or two and arrange on a plate. Cut up small pieces of fresh mozzarella (sold as "Ovolini" or "Boconcini") and arrange over tomatoes. Top with chopped fresh basil. Squeeze a lemon over to taste. Drizzle on some extra-virgin olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Savor.

The name of this salad is, appropriately enough, Caprese.

Also wanted to note that after Capria's birthday carrots and hug, da Pook got in line for a regularly scheduled ride. We started in the arena, working on this and that, but as the sun went down, we decided to go out for a mosey.

He was wonderfully relaxed. No jiggies. No freakouts about getting back to his mares. He wandered down the road for a while, then wandered back. I wish we could have stayed out longer, but it was getting dark.

Stallion as trail pony. I like it. We actually stood in the middle of the road, where he's usually all a-snort and a-hop, and had scritchies and sugar and just hung out. Then moseyed on home.

And now it's a beautiful moonlit night, with pellucid sky. The horses are stunning in the moonlight: white marble in motion. Capria will get more carrots and hugs before bed, you can be sure.

Comments

[windrose.livejournal.com]

They serve mozzarella al caprese at Macaroni Grill, it's my favorite of their appetizers.

Damn. Now I'm craving tomatoes, and it's all your fault! :-D

[larryhammer]

We have a surfeit of ripe ones right now.

We also have nearly a dozen good cukes.

---L.

[larryhammer]

... he said luringly ...

[windrose.livejournal.com]

[drool] Ripe tomatoes. [/drool] That sounds ... very tempting, actually. :-)

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

That is a most excellent salad, and very difficult to make at home. For some reason it's hard to find the quality of tomatoes you need in normal groceries. If they're going to be the centerpiece of a salad, they have to be -really- good.

I also like the variant of the tomato salad that involves red onions and blue cheese. :9

I've started growing tomatoes to see if I can get good, fresh ones. :)

[smoemeth.livejournal.com]

Argh, evil ... we're not going to be even close to having tomatoes good enough for this salad for another three months at least. And now here I am craving it. :P

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

I buy tomatoes on the vine in the supermarket, then ripen them on the counter. They come out pretty decent.

Besides, enough lemon, basil, and fresh mozz can make up for a lot of tomato sins.

[smoemeth.livejournal.com]

True. And we get some pretty fine fresh mozz (hilariously pronounced "mootz" in the New Haven area :) around here.