Furnished Gardens 2        I get to know my subjects;  we become friends.  When their portraits are finished, I invite them to dinner.  Here, for your enjoyment, are some of the recipes from those evenings.

Devonshire Garden, watercolor painting by Milo Duke showing onion and apple on chairs in garden
Devonshire Garden    Milo Duke    watercolor & acrylic on paper, 22" x 15"
Apple and Onion Glazed Hogg

Thickly slice steaks from your hogg.  These may be taken from either the butt or the ham of the hogg, and should be braised on back and front, then taken off the fire and glazed with a glaze made from apples, sweet onions, sherry and Snickers bars, cooked long together over low heat.  The pan should then be placed in a well heated oven until the meat is well done.  Serve in the sizzling pan and eat with Gaucho knives.

Aunt Ina's Farm, watercolor painting by Milo Duke showing bok choy on rocker and eggplants in front of farm
Aunt Ina's Farm    Milo Duke    watercolor & acrylic on paper, 22" x 15"
 

Stir Fry on Greens

Stir fry bacon and cubed eggplant together in a hot wok until brown.  Add rhubarb, water chestnuts, hearts of palm and a large dollop of hoisin sauce.  Serve on a bed of bok choi  lightly dressed with Jack Daniels and lime juice.  At table, talk about the weather thirty years ago.

 

The Leaning Towers of Acapulco, watercolor painting by Milo Duke showing banana in beach chair and garlic on beach with palms
The Leaning Towers of Acapulco    Milo Duke    watercolor & acrylic on paper, 22" x 15"
Banana-Garlic Pate

Puree bananas and garlic, ginger and cayenne.  Spread thickly over chilled raw oysters on the half-shell.  Serve with tequila and mescal.  Call a cab.

Marin County, watercolor painting by Milo Duke showing peppers, radio flyer wagon and tomato on chair in front of house
Marin County    Milo Duke    watercolor & acrylic on paper, 22" x 15"
Boring Salsa

Coarsely chop tomato, peppers, onion, and avocado.  Pulse three times in a food processor.  Do nothing else!  Serve to children with salty tortilla chips.

Roman Garden, watercolor painting by Milo Duke showing sweet potato and russet potatos on bench infront of fountain
Roman Garden    Milo Duke    watercolor & acrylic on paper, 22" x 15"
Roman Frits

Slice thick rounds from sweet potatoes and red potatoes.  Fry deeply in olive oil until golden brown.  Season with a pinch of salty bottom and serve in a rolled up page torn from a guidebook.

Tacoma Narrows, watercolor painting by Milo Duke showing cabbage and orange in chair in front of houses and suspension bridge
Tacoma Narrows    Milo Duke    watercolor & acrylic on paper, 22" x 15"
Citrus Slaw

Dissolve the finest Indonesian brown sugar into the juice of many oranges.  Add rum, rhubarb extract, nutmeg, ginger and cloves.  Pour over shredded cabbage packed in an earthenware crock and weigh down with a rock the size of a boar's head.  The slaw is ready to eat when the storms come in November.

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