This morning I decided to take advantage of the vittles available in the yard, which entailed a bed of curly lettuce and a grapefruit tree whose branches were hitting the ground from the weight of the fruit. Honestly, neither of those two offerings do I find particularly appealing but I felt a strong sense of obligation to at least incorporate them into some kind of meal, simply because locavorism is the new thing to do and you can't get more local than your own backyard (and your neigbors front yard).
Anyway I made a salad for breakfast that was passable but the lettuce was bitter, and the grapefruit vinagrette was too abundant (my bad)... so then I thought, what can I do with all this grapefruit? Then I remembered this interesting little recipe I found over at smitten kitchen- http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/01/cake-paradisi/ yogurt grapefruit cake. The recipe seems to be similar to a lemon pound cake but with a lighter, moister crumb, and although at first glance graperfruit cake sounds a little strange, thinking of it in context of a lemon cake it isn't too strange... so now the question is whether or not I "feel" like making and eating cake. I know I could give some of it to family or even the neighbors whose yard I scavenged the fruit from (that would be nice, huh), and the more I talk about it the more I kind of starting wanting it, so there it is, I've pretty much talked myself into trying out this recipe, I'll come back with the results of my effort...
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