Blow, Blow Thou… July Wind?

We know there’s not really a such thing as a British summer, but July is looking a lot like October these days. We’re having thirty mile an hour winds, pelting rain, and a bit of a nip in the air, seriously. The temp this morning was in the mid-fifties (13°C) and the wind made it feel much worse.

So much for July. There must be a Plan B for the wedding we’re attending this weekend; T. wishes she had one for her outfit, and has wondered uneasily if it’s okay to wear velvet for an early afternoon wedding in July. Brr.

Sea Woo 33

As we often do when in need of fresh comestibles, we hied ourselves this past week with another trip to See Woo, home of the entertaining vegetarian aisle. While other shoppers are there to get catering stuff in bulk or find bargains on produce, we are merely there to look in the frozen food section and say, “Ooh, do you think that’d be good?”

Chicken paws. Vegetarian shrimp. Steamed Vegetarian cod. Various fun things to do with tofu, textured vegetable protein, and seaweed. This week’s most unusual purchase was the Chicken-flavored Vegetarian Ham (oh, the dichotomies offered there). We haven’t opened it yet, but it sounded so ridiculous we sort of had to get it.

Vegetarian Steamed Codfish

The most unexpected item so far was the steamed vegetarian cod. Despite being wrapped in a broad band of seaweed, it has no real fishy taste, but is very soft, and matches well with the mushrooms and a mild soup broth which comes (frozen) with it. We served it with a few noodles, and it was a perfect blustery weather dish – perfect for a strangely cold summer day.

The main reason we went to See Woo, of course, was because we were out of edamame. It seems tragic to think that we left two bags of them in Mrs. Taylor’s freezer in Virginia, but we hope she’ll be guilted into at least trying them.

-D & T

7 Replies to “Blow, Blow Thou… July Wind?”

  1. If only there were a way to cheaply ship frozen stuff from Scotland to the US–I would kill for some frozen chicken paws! And what’s this? Thought you didn’t like the warm places? 😉

  2. So from steamy DC & Virginia to stiff summer winds…almost like here. This week have had upper 90s with some humidity when I worked the clinic in Santa Rosa to chilly nights at about 48 degrees F and waking up to the fog and the need for long sleeves AND a sweater.Hope T figures out the wedding wear. Sometimes it is a trial being female. Guys have it easier on the fashion front.

    Loved the photos of the DC trip. Still have not figured out how to comment on T’s blog, but please tell her she looked beautiful when she gave her speech! Hope her agent gets a clue and gets out of the box, too.

    The sweet rolls photos of late…commercial rolls? Or did you bake for a convention?

    Love some of the frozen vegitarian items…chicken flavored ham is truly weird sounding. The ‘cod’ actually sounds delicious with the mushrooms and broth and noodles. You are already ready for October 😉

    1. The sweet rolls were actually something D. baked for a going away party at work – a change from the cake, since it’s pouring, and we wanted the lovely smell of baking to doubly reward us. The squiggles on top of the rolls were supposed to alert people that there were nuts in some rolls and none in others; it got a little squigglier than we intended, but theoretically people could still tell the squiggles apart!

      Thank you – I was so nervous speaking, and am just so, so glad that part of my life is over for many months.

      The cod really is good. Many of the things we buy for “fun” we simply try once, shudder, and never return to… but we’ll be doing the cod again.

  3. pretty sure Stacy/Clinton would okay velvet in that temperature!

    You’re having too much fun at this store! I need to wander the International District to find a store such as this.

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