
I found these wonderful zucchini blossoms at the store. While they were astronomically expensive (and from Holland!) I couldn't pass them up as the window for procuring them is extremely short.

For the zucchini blossoms I made a filling out of leftover ricotta, lemon zest, chopped thyme, salt, pepper, Parmeggiano-Reggiano, and Uniekaas Reserve Gouda. I wasn't sure what to do for a batter so I modified my pancake batter recipe and did a batter with one cup flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, a large pinch of salt, and some of the remaining White Truck wine. I then dipped the courgettes with their flowers into the batter and fried them in a mixture of olive and canola oil, and sprinkled them with some sea salt.
Continents so far: (1) Europe.

I trimmed some beautiful New Zealand lamb top round steaks and marinated in a little olive oil, lemon, salt, pepper, garlic, sage, rosemary, and thyme. Simon and Garfunkel would have been 75% proud of me.
The lamb smelled extremely gamy in its raw form but after being cooked it was delightful. I carmelized some shallots in the pan then tossed in some chanterelle and morel mushrooms.
I generally don't make garbanzo beans as a rule but I made an exception tonight. I tossed these with some lemon, shallot, olive oil, cumin, cayenne, salt, and pepper and served them room temperature.
Continents so far: (2) Europe, Oceania.

For a wine I used this lovely Argentinian Malbec. I was a little disappointed because I'd hoped it was going to be from Texas and that the back label was a Dan Brown-esque conspiracy about how there were two Alamos and the Illuminati and/or the Masons were involved. The wine was delicious but the plot was rather boring (it just involved the eastern slopes of the pre-Andean mountains of Mendoza). So, overall, that was disappointing.
Continents so far: (3) Europe, Oceania, South America.

For dessert I made S'mores with these delicious marshmallows, chocolate, and honey graham crackers. All ingredients from the U.S. of A.
Continents so far: (4) Europe, Oceania, South America, North America.
Technically the black pepper I use is from India so I guess I could say this meal was from five separate continents. I'm actually pretty surprised that I don't have anything in my pantry from China. Surprised but relieved. I guess I could have also ground up some plastic and sprinkled it on the lamb for an additional Chinese ingredient.
Sadly nothing from Africa at all.
One day I hope to make a greenhouse in Antarctica, grow some tomatoes, ship them back home, and then make a meal from all seven continents. On that day Al Gore's fury will erupt in a violent explosion that will destroy us all.
Bon Appetite!
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