Showing posts with label Pine Flat Lake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pine Flat Lake. Show all posts

Saturday, February 7, 2009

While at Pine Flat

we are still sitting out the weather at Leo's house, it
looks like we will be continuing on in a day or two...
meanwhile, thinking back on the days at Pine Flat:
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i was making coffee at sunrise at Pine Flat...
sis went for water and to find some more wood
to add to the fire, she was gone for some time
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then i spotted her coming up the hill. she had a
big oak branch, a jug of water and in her hat,
some fresh picked greens
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she called it miner's lettuce - it grows low to the
ground in shady damp spots, it has a bright green
round leaf with a hint of a flower where the stem
meets the leaf - she had picked handfuls
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she rinsed them and put them in our bowls, drizzled
some seasoned rice vinegar and olive oil on them
and added a pinch of sea salt
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at that moment, i had never tasted anything better
in my life! the rush i got from the chlorophyll was
amazing and our tongues turned bright green!
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i want to find out the botanical name....
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ok, it's "Montia perfoliata"