Make shortcake!

The strawberries in the second CSA delivery arrived soaking wet and quite mushy. Perhaps due to the humidity and/or the thunderstorming, they were not really snackable. They did make an excellent strawberry shortcake though. I also managed to sneak an egg into the dough from the previous week’s delivery.

Along with the strawberries was a loaf of wheat bread, some lettuces, more pea tendrils and something that I think is spinach.

Just a reminder that you can check out the latest Oliver celeb spottings at Cain Central.

Welcome the new Cain family to the internets.

www.caincentral.com

Soon enough little Oliver will be able to post things himself. Kids these days. They’re born knowing how to do the technology.

We here at 181 Boylston took the plunge and went for a half-share of a CSA (community supported agriculture). Ours goes a step further by delivering right to the front door. Today was the first delivery.

You’re looking at

• Some kind of bitter greens? Pea tendrils
• Basil plant
• Loaf of cranberry nut bread
• Strawberry jam
• Dozen eggs
• Most delicious strawberries ever

I’m not sure I know how to take care of a basil plant but it smells tasty. Not much produce this week but I imagine that changes as the season progresses. I bought local strawberries last week and they tasted quite good, but these are just outstanding.

Happy first father’s day to my brother!

Tex-Mex and Mexican food was everything I dreamed it would be in Texas.  Tour guide Katie led me to great eateries, cute little shops and good-lookin’ sites like the hill country and Travis Lake.

The heat was hot, but maybe less humid than Boston.

It was a great visit with tasty food and fun times in the sunshine. Check out the rest of the pictures.

Remember Super Size Me? Well if anybody doesn’t know that creator Morgan Spurlock has a show on FX, I encourage you to check it out. 30 days is sort of a fish out of water story with a little social commentary thrown in. The very first episode has Morgan and his then girlfriend trying to live on minimum wage for a month.

Check out the first season on hulu.com.

Season 3 premiered on Tuesday night with Morgan working in a coal mine for 30 days. It looks like Hulu is also going to get the latest season’s episodes a week after they air for anybody without the FX channel.

The people have spoken.

7 people encouraged a big screen and wanted to play some Mario Kart, 3 people said to go for it if I wanted and one person objected on the grounds of earth-harming consumerism.

Now, I don’t live my life according to how people vote on my website. But I did buy a new television.

After reading reviews and doing other research, I ordered up the model I wanted from Amazon as it was available there for the cheapest price. The local delivery company dropped it off over the weekend and I am in business. I don’t have anything HD, but the new TV is already a blast. Mario Kart is amazing, the Netflix looked great and regular television is even a little sharper than before.

I thought about taking a picture to post here, but I think I’ll just link to the product page (I’ll link to Newegg.com, since I like them better than Amazon).

Full cable? HD? Who has it? Do I need it?