Riverbend Supper Club 5.24.2011

The Dinning Room Ceiling

Foraging For Berries

The day started off like any other day, with a dog walk, but the dog walk today ended with a bounty of fresh local produce from the Hollygrove Market.  Breaux and I decided to make the walk down to the market, a mere 2 miles, to retrieve my bicycle.  Upon reaching the Hollygrove, Breaux got a bowl of water, and I got to work with some of the vegetables in setting up for the Tuesday Market.  Once the volunteering was complete, and veggies in hand, we walked back to the house to plan for the evening's supper club.

It was a bright idea at the time for an adventure, foraging.  So we set out, map in hand, to find some of the resources of the neighborhood.  It seems my math is a bit off and most of the citrus trees had stopped bearing fruit a month or so ago.  So onto the levee for mullberries and blackberries.  But the river had swallowed up much of the green space between the levee, where the fruits are usually ready and willing to be cooked.

Mike's Seafood Market

So we foraged further, and this time it was a sure shot, the seafood market.  Ended up with fresh catfish, and some beautiful white shrimp.  So the meal was set, we have potatoes, tomatoes, squash, onion, garlic, herbs, and seafood.

Heirloom Tomato Chips, Basil Flowers

Port and Mint Roasted Potatoes

Local Shiitake Brown Rice

Shrimp, Squash, Kale Stirfry

Sherry Cured Steamed Catfish

Tomato, Basil Flowers, Salt

Potatoes, Port, Mint, Salt

The food was cooked, people ate, drank and conversated.  Keep your ear to the grindstone for the next Riverbend Supper Club.

Cheers