Feta, Honey, And Black Pepper
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Real is so much better than fake. Every time, in fact.
On Friday night, we went to see Aztec Two-Step in concert. If you don't know who they are, just never mind. It'll just take too long to explain how we walked on the crust of the earth before it hardened and how we saddled dinosaurs to ride the range. Take it on faith: they're a music duo from the psychedelic age.
They were doing the Simon & Garfunkel songbook. Which turned out to be sort of weird, sort of a bad night of karaoke with two stoners and a couple guitars. They forgot the words to "Bridge Over Troubled Water." I mean, come on. If you're going to do the S & G bit, you gotta know those words. I believe I could even pull them out of my age-addled memory.
Occasionally, the duo would break into their own stuff--and then, holy cow, it was (and I mean this in the best sense of the word) groovy. Because it was real: two guys, now in their mid-60s, on the road for years, playing crazy music, just the real stuff, no pretension.
Like my new favorite treat--which is real and really comfortable.
It's feta, drizzled with honey, and sprinkled with lots of freshly cracked black pepper.
There's a Jewish retreat center and farm not too far from our house, the Adamah Farm (more here). Last year, they were making pickles and sauerkraut, but this year they've branched out into herding goats and are turning out some of the best feta I've had in a while. That said, I'll bet there's a local market near you with some great cheesemakers, some place you could pick up a little feta for this treat.
I drizzle a little chunk with very dark honey. The stuff in the picture? Pine tree honey. Crazy good. (And no, not like sweet bathroom cleaner.) The better the honey, the better the contrast with the rich cheese.
All that's left is some really coarsely ground or cracked black peppercorns. Now that's real food in and of itself, no questions asked, no karaoke in sight.
Reader Comments (3)
That sounds fan-friggen-tastic. The feta, not the music. My girls would love that.
Must be fate! I have a chunk of feta in my refrigerator that I used a bit for a salad but was thinking what should I do with the rest of them! Now I have a great snack thanks to you!
Cheryl and Single Guy: Do it! Relish it! I had it for a snack again yesterday afternoon late. Even better with beer, by the way. I also like it with the star thistle honey that Marshall's Farm sells at the San Fran farmers' market.
Mark