Day 73 - Corn on the Cob

I didn't know if you could eat corn on the cob raw.

I read a couple of blogs that said you could including this post.

Well...

I bought some. That is, I was bought some.

I stared at it for sometime.
However good it tastes, surely raw corn on the cob cannot replace hot buttery corn on the cob I eat at every major street festival I attend? Or the salty grilled version I ate so happily in Accra as a child?

I popped both cobs into my brand new dehydrator (also bought for me - it must be ♥), covered with a splash of olive oil and drizzled with pink salt and waited a couple of hours.

It's true that it doesn't taste the same. But it does taste good. Damn good.

Raw corn on the cob is saving me from death by salad.

Day 67 - Avocado thing

I need a better name for this dish...

I created this having been inspired by Boris and his most inventive use of marinated aubergine.

I thought my aubergine days were over for the rest of my raw life. But then - I tasted the aubergine and broad bean quiche and I was hooked.

So I went home and bought me some aubergine, cubed it up and marinaded it in:

olive oil

garlic

ginger

sesame seeds

agave nectar

pink salt (now that would be a good name for a piece of creative writing)

black pepper

a very little bit of chili

a squeeze of lemon juice

all whizzed up in a blender.

I marinaded it in the fridge for at least a day, but was not really focused on how to make a quiche I must admit. So adventurous I am not. And especially without a dehydrator. So I made the meal that you can see in the photo above.

Avocado thing (otherwise known as guacamole) with a side of a Something Else thing (made with aubergine).

It tasted quite good actually.

I just need a damn name...