Just a quick note with a short preface: It's definitely autumn. Alex and I went to the Elysian's
Great Pumpkin Beer Festival (which was AMAZING!) last Saturday. Then on Sunday, Alex was still high on pumpkin and got inspired to buy a gigantic
Cinderella pumpkin, stating that he wanted to put pumpkin in everything from now on. So I roasted the pumpkin on Monday, and since then we've been adding roasted-pumpkin mush to everything we cook. This has naturally lead to some really interesting flavor combinations, but my favorite is what I just made for dinner. I was fully expecting it to be absolutely disgusting, because what I was craving and pumpkin is something I've never even remotely seen, and I honestly couldn't quite imagine how it would taste. I just made a stir-fry, but here is the brilliant flavor combination that happened:
Cilantro + Lime + Cumin + Soy Sauce + Pumpkin
It's mostly cilantro, lime, and pumpkin, with a sprinkle of cumin and just enough soy sauce to add another dimension of complexity. I love the way food totally surprises you sometimes!
Photo taken from the Ballard Farmers Market Blog
