{"id":17568,"date":"2018-05-18T10:06:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T08:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=17568"},"modified":"2018-05-18T10:07:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T08:07:50","slug":"belated-happy-birthday-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=17568","title":{"rendered":"Belated happy birthday to me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"epqqu\" data-offset-key=\"3k6j0-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3k6j0-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3k6j0-0-0\">The first veggie food I ate was macaroni cheese and chips at Edwin Jones (now Debenhams) in Southampton, a treat when we Mum took us shopping back in the 60s&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"epqqu\" data-offset-key=\"73ou4-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"73ou4-0-0\">\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"73ou4-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"73ou4-0-0\">Most years since I&#8217;ve followed this tradition on or near my birthday, no chips this year as the potatoes have run out and nowadays the macaroni cheese is mixed with masses of green stuff both from the garden and, yesterday, fiddleheads harvested on the Homla walk. This is more or less the only time in the year I have dessert and the only time I eat sugar&#8230;in rhubarb crumble, also with family roots back to the 60s :)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-17568 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17575'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"623\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830214.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17575\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830214.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830214-300x234.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830214-768x598.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-17575'>\n\t\t\t\tMacaroni green cheese and ground elder (skvallerk\u00e5l)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17569'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"627\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830197.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17569\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830197.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830197-300x235.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830197-768x602.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-17569'>\n\t\t\t\tSome other random ingredients&#8230;blanched Hablitzia\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17570'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17570\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830200.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830200-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830200-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-17570'>\n\t\t\t\tBlanched moss-leaved dandelion\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17571'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17571\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830203.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830203-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830203-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-17571'>\n\t\t\t\tBlanched moss-leaved dandelion\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17572'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830206.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17572\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830206.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830206-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830206-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830206-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-17572'>\n\t\t\t\tTop left and left to right: Hosta Frances Williams, ramsons (ramsl\u00f8k), blanched moss-leaved dandelion, blanched lovage aka spring celery (l\u00f8pstikke eller v\u00e5rselleri), blanched sweet cicely (spansk kj\u00f8rvel), blanched Hablitzia (stjernemelde), sea kale (strandk\u00e5l) broccolis and ostrich fern fiddleheads (strutseving)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17573'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830208.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17573\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830208.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830208-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830208-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-17573'>\n\t\t\t\tOstrich fern fiddleheads (strutseving)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17574'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830209.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17574\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830209.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830209-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1830209-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-17574'>\n\t\t\t\tTop left and left to right: Hosta Frances Williams, ramsons (ramsl\u00f8k), blanched moss-leaved dandelion, blanched lovage aka spring celery (l\u00f8pstikke eller v\u00e5rselleri), blanched sweet cicely (spansk kj\u00f8rvel), blanched Hablitzia (stjernemelde), sea kale (strandk\u00e5l) broccolis\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17576'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"774\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180516_210228.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17576\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180516_210228.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180516_210228-233x300.jpg 233w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180516_210228-300x387.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-17576'>\n\t\t\t\tRhubarb crumble (early variety from the island Tr\u00e6na)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"73ou4-0-0\">rhubarb crumble, also with family roots back to the 60s :)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first veggie food I ate was macaroni cheese and chips at Edwin Jones (now Debenhams) in Southampton, a treat when we Mum took us shopping back in 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