October 29, 2003

Is it lunchtime yet?

I am hungry! I don't know why I feel I should not eat my lunch at 10:30 in the morning, but I do. I guess I'm worried about being hungry later this afternoon. But I should just given in to the grumbling stomach and eat my crackers and mock chicken salad.

Since last we met, many thing have happened. Nothing so exciting as going to California or planning a trip to Fiji, but good, nonetheless.

One of the highlights of the weekend was going to the pumpkin patch on Saturday with our couple friends. Yep, we have a pumpkin patch here. From what I understand, it's only in recent years that they finally bred a pumpkin that does well here in Hawaii. Sam and I came home with 7 pumpkins, including 4 little decorative ones. There were just so many good specimens, I couldn't pass them up. All those pumpkins for just $7, and a good time was had by all. A bit on the hot side, even in my tank top, but hey, that's what happens when you go pumpkin-picking in Hawaii. Strange weather for a fall ritual.

Posted by Shokufeh at October 29, 2003 10:36 AM
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I'm feeling the urge to carve a pumpkin, myself! Perhaps this should be my Friday night activity. Bee hee hee.

Fiji!

Posted by: lacey at October 29, 2003 12:26 PM

how does one make a mock chicken salad? i've been into the fake meat products recently, but have not gone so far as to make anything on me own.
how is it that pumpkins are rare in hawaii and you got so many for $7? i got 4 at the farmer's market for $15. they were big, but still, it seems wrong

Posted by: meisa at October 29, 2003 01:47 PM

Wrong, maybe. Glorious, yes. I guess when it comes down to it - things are better in paradise.
Seriously, I guess the cheaper price in pumpkins has to do with a couple of things:
1) of the pumpkins we chose, only the biggest one would be considered a "good-sized" pumpkin on the mainland. I think the four decorative ones were thrown in for free.
2) your farms have other places to sell this time-sensitive product (both in terms of season and perishability factor). Maybe here, the philosophy is that cheaper pumpkins are better than rotten pumpkins.

Re. the chicken salad - I bought it. But I'm going to experiment with some baked tofu. We'll see what happens.

Whew, long comment!

Posted by: shokufeh at October 30, 2003 11:00 AM