It must be bursting with secrets within

Ok, so here is the Spearmint Tea Conspiracy (STC) that I mentioned a little while back.

My father loves spearmint tea, and really really dislikes peppermint. So why is it, then, that they only sell peppermint tea in grocery stores????? We have searched everywhere, local grocery stores, Fairway (where we found maybe one or two boxes in the gazillion trips we've taken), and Whole Foods, to (mostly) no avail. At Whole foods we found four boxes, which my father promptly took and SOLD OUT THE WHOLE WHOLE FOODS OF SPEARMINT TEA. there is something seriously wrong with that sentence. This is my question to the world: Where are you hiding the spearmint tea?????? I made some teabags full of spearmint for him at camp, but that will brew four or five cups. Somebody please tell me why our world can allow Bernie Madoff to embezzle billions, but we can't have a decent supply of spearmint tea? Anyone? This is outrageous! I mean really.

To any local spearmint tea growers reading this blog (you never know) MAKE SOME TEA FOR THE CITY! How long with this go on for? I feel my father's pain...

Where is mah spearmint tea????

p.s. and guess what? I was looking for pictures of spearmint tea boxes and could find barely any! look up spearmint tea images and see for yourself! It's a conspiracy I tell you! But I did find out that drinking it a lot can make women grow less facial hair... (how weird is that?)

title quote: Suzanne Vega, My Favorite Plum

A suspended ring or the mode of laughing Pebbles drawn from a heap

Last night for dinner, I had an amazing meal. We made beet salad with shredded beets, carrots, and apple with a vinaigrette dressing, which was the most beautiful red imagined.

Then, we made quinoa (pronounced keen-wa, it is a grass grain that is very high in protein.) with corn and scallions. It was sweet and crunchy from the corn, chewy and grainy from the quinoa, and fresh and green and slightly savory from the scallions.

Lastly, we had a cucumber pomegranate salad. Thin slices of cucumber on a bed of lettuce sprinkled with pomegranate seeds and crumbled feta cheese, drizzled with a dressing that is smoky and thick and sweet from pomegranate molasses. 

It was light and cool and fresh and filling and just perfect for spring/summer. And then for dessert I had an apricot. I love apricots, I love how they are tiny, I love that beautiful creamy orange milk color on the outside, and the light fuzz that textures its skin. And I love biting in, pulling out the pit, and tasting the slight tang of the outside mix with the sweetness of the inside. Everyone says it's always the first bite that's the best, but I like all of the bites best.

Oh, I'm sorry. Did I make you hungry? How about you tell me what you had for dinner last night in the comments. I'd love to know.

Hungrily yours,

Lola

Title Quote: Suzanne Vega, Predictions

Photo Credit: My father, who loves to take pictures of everything, especially food, took the pictures last night.