{"id":21170,"date":"2019-02-18T02:32:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T02:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=21170"},"modified":"2019-02-18T02:32:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T02:32:58","slug":"eggs-bacon-tomato-celery-scallion-lunch-with-a-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=21170","title":{"rendered":"eggs, bacon, tomato, celery, scallion: lunch, with a passion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21186\" src=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For something of a change, today our first meal, consumed as usual after most people have already finished their lunch, or brunch, actually did look more like a lunch, or at least a brunch, than the Sunday breakfast it was.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21191\" src=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eggs_in_oven_pan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was consumed with some passion, along with the Bach&#8217;s St Matthew that accompanied it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>four sections of thick bacon from pastured pigs raised by Millport Dairy Farm, slowly fried (to minimize the loss of fat) inside a classic seasoned steel restaurant-style pan, each then cut into four sections and arranged, not touching, inside a large glazed ceramic baking pan, followed by a layer of 5 sliced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backyardfarms.com\/our-tomatoes\/cocktail-tomatoes\">Backyard Farms Maine \u2018cocktail tomatoes\u2019<\/a> from Chelsea Whole Foods Market, and 6 free-range eggs, also from Millport Dairy Farm, broken into the pan on top of the tomatoes, scattered with most of one thick scallion and one small stalk of celery, both sliced and both from Phillips Farms,\u00a010 or so fresh medium size sage leaves from Whole Foods, and a pinch or so from one dried\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Espelette_pepper\">red espelette pepper<\/a>\u00a0among those I had purchased from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebarnscenter.org\/resource\/farm-case-study-alewife-farm\/\">Alewife Farm<\/a> on Friday (Tyler was returning to the Union Squared Greenmarket for the first time this year),\u00a0baked, very loosely covered with tin foil inside a 375\u00ba oven until the whites had solidified, or about 25 minutes [at that point the yokes were actually no longer runny, meaning I had guessed wrong when I decided, <a href=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/2018\/09\/09\/late-lunch-for-breakfast-baked-eggs-tomato-bacon\/\">the last time this had happened<\/a>, that I should cover the pan with foil; I&#8217;ll adjust the timing instead when I repeat the recipe], sprinkled with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maldonsalt.co.uk\/\">Maldon salt<\/a> and freshly-ground black pepper, a pinch of dried <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fenugreek\">fenugreek<\/a> from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bombayemeraldchutneyco.com\/\">Bombay Emerald Chutney Company<\/a>\u00a0(purchased at the Saturday <a href=\"http:\/\/downtoearthmarkets.com\/markets?market=Chelsea%20Farmers%20Market%202018\">Down to Earth Chelsea Farmers Market<\/a> last fall), and garnished baby red watercress from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twoguysfromwoodbridge.com\/\">Two Guys from Woodbridge<\/a><\/li>\n<li>fresh, untoasted slices of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newyork.seriouseats.com\/2014\/04\/good-bread-she-wolf-bakery.html\">a miche from Brooklyn&#8217;s She Wolf Bakery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the music was a 2013 recording of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkivmusic.com\/classical\/album.jsp?album_id=1014657\">Bach&#8217;s 1727 sacred oratorio, <em>Die Matth\u00e4us-Passion<\/em> (Eng. St. Matthew Passion),\u00a0Ren\u00e9 Jacobs conducting the\u00a0Academy for Ancient Music Berlin, the Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus, and the Berlin State And Cathedral Choir<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For something of a change, today our first meal, consumed as usual after most people have already finished their lunch, or brunch, actually did look more like a lunch, or at least a brunch, than the Sunday breakfast it was. 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