Orzo
Orzo
Originally uploaded by Decobabe.
This is what the field in front of my house looks like right now. Orzo is barley, and the poppies grow up though it higher than my head.
While the orzo is being grown for feeding cattle, the poppies are a special treat for poultry. Olga pulls them up when they are fresh and green and feeds them to her ducks, geese and chickens. And then she eats them.
Why the cinghiali, wild pigs, plowed up my garden instead of this lush field, I don’t know. If they do it again we may be having tagliatelle con sugo di cinghiale.
3 comments May 23rd, 2007
