Giant Spiders on the Farm!

Click on the small triangle with your mouse. I should have put my thumb in the frame for scale, but I think you get the picture. Also, I just got this Flip camcorder, and my mad skills are underdeveloped...:)

Pizza! Pizza! (said in the Little Ceasar voice)

Lovely homemade pizza tonight. All from scritch. Even the cornmeal crust. I will include that recipe here, as it was simple and delicious. The pizzas are making it to the farm blog because I used tomatoes and oregano from the farm. Snap!

The pie on the left is simply tomatoes from the farm, mozz, oregano, some tomato paste and basil. On the right is pinenut pesto, red onion, garlic, shrimp and corn. Both were dusted with a sheep's milk romano for the finish.

After


Simple cornmeal pizza crust:

1 package of rapid rise yeast
1 C warm water
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2 T olive oil
1 C cornmeal
1 1/2 C white flour

Dissolve yeast in warm water and add sugar. Let yeast sit about 10 minutes (you want it good and foamy). Stir in remaining ingredients until blended. Beat vigorously 20 strokes. Dump out onto floured board and knead gently for a few minutes. Place in an oiled bowl and allow dough to rest 15 minutes with a towel over it. Preheat oven to 425, spread dough onto a lightly greased baking sheet sprinkled with corn meal. Top with desired toppings and bake for 20 minutes. A pizza stone would probably be best, but we don't seem to have one. I made the above two pizza with this recipe.