One thing consistent in all my novels is my characters like to eat! I love to write food as sustenance, satisfaction, medicinal, a gesture of love (or hate, in the case of poisoned!). What a great way to plum (you should excuse the expression) the depths of plot, character and the senses of smell and taste on the page!
Summer fruits are part of this glorious season. Berries, rhubarb, peaches…perfection! I am lucky enough to have all growing in my small side-of-the-house garden.
Here in New England, rustic summer fruit baking includes pies, slumps, cobblers, buckles, grunts, crumbles and crisps.
What's the difference? Not a lot. The basic formula: fruit combined with some sort of sweet batter or streusel or crumble topping. And they all taste better with a dollop of ice cream, yogurt or whipped cream. A slump and a grunt are the same thing. So are a crumble and a crisp.
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Am I making you hungry? Here are some recipes from the great King Arthur Flour site to get you started:
https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/easy-fruit-cobbler-recipe
https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/peachberry-buckle-recipe
https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/summer-fruit-crisp-recipe
https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/no-bake-fresh-strawberry-pie-recipe
Happy baking!
Food, glorious Food. My characters also eat a lot. Keep writing
ReplyDeleteAh, another King Arthur fan! Love their products--and have been using them since the 60's--Lord help me....
ReplyDeleteLooks delish! Thanks for posting.