Claudia's Newest Staff Members

By Claudia (TP Gardener)

"Five little ducklings
Went out to play
At the Tyler Place
On a sunny day..."

All five of them are enjoying the sunny days at TP, love taking their regular splashes in the pond, and already trying to pick up unwanted bugs.  A couple more weeks, and they will probably be able to swallow them too. (Let’s hope so!)

Max, Moritz, Heinrich, Gretel and Liese have been added to our staff. After our rooster chose an early retirement, we took applications for the open pest control position in our vegetable garden. After a thorough background check -- we wanted to make sure there are no affiliations with any invasive critters out there –- Max and Moritz (two Peking ducklings) were hired on the spot. A week later, Sally our Front Desk Clerk and Kindergarten teacher added three homeless Khaki Campbell ducklings to the crew and as you can see from the photos in that week Max and Mortiz doubled in size.

Tyler Place Recipe: Shiitake Vin Blanc

As you have probably heard, Claudia has been growing -- and teaching our guests how to grow -- Shiitake mushrooms at The Tyler Place for the past two summers. We asked Chef Dave for one of his favorite Shittake recipes, and he gave us this and notes it is excellent with fish!

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup minced shallots
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1/4 cup minced ginger
• 4 cups Shiitake mushrooms (juilenne cut)
• 3 cups white wine
• 3 quarts heavy cream
• salt and peper to taste

Directions
Sweat shallots, garlic and ginger in a large sauce pot. Dry Saute Shiitake mushrooms in a screaming hot suate pan (no oil). Deglaze with white wine and add mushrooms ad wine to sauce pot. Reduce by half over medium heat. Add cream and reduce to consistency and season.