Asakiyume mita

Yeah, the tedium I was imagining was removing all the rootlets, but maybe they fall right off when you rub the kernels through your hands. :)

I made a clafoutis with plum yesterday and was telling the people I made it for that it is very quick dessert. The only thing that takes time is removing the stones from the fruit. That is why, I believe, the traditional cherry clafoutis is supposed to use cherries with the stones in. :P

The climate is Mediterranean here, but a) our balcony is not exactly south-facing, so the plants aren't getting a lot of direct sunlight; b) the month of June has been abnormally cool this year. And of course, c) the plants were not that big when we got them and planted a bit late. I will start my own seedlings next year if we decide to grow stuff again.

However, the upside of having the plants (and the lemon trees and qumquat) is that one is perhaps more interested (or so says J) in the life happening on your tiny balcony, in your elevated flat, in a city, where it is a more rare* and precious thing than you are, say, when you are living in the countryside, taking it for granted because of its abundance and the fact that it is your spouse taking care of everything. ;)

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* I hope to make a post soon about the flora around here