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| DSCN2566.jpg It's a real dish of a day to begin. |
DSCN2567.jpg The flowers look good enough to eat. There is a woody base note with hints of grass. |
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| DSCN2568.jpg A feast for rabbits. Perhaps Australian Poached Rabbit with Bruschetta, or Lapin a la Moutarde (Rabbit with Mustard) . |
DSCN2569.jpg Fields of greens. Did you know that the Mediterranean diet included chickpeas, lentils, and lupins? |
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| DSCN2570.jpg Pink mallow, as in marshmallow. Actually, the flowers are supposed to taste "delicate, a bit sweet." |
DSCN2571.jpg Lupins, as in Fruit Loops. Unfortunately, lupins often contain dangerous alkaloids. |
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| DSCN2575.jpg The sparkling water of Grant Lake. The color is bright blue and green with hints of amber due to its oak maturation |
DSCN2576.jpg The towering oak, where there are truffles. Vibrant native fruit aromas, with a full bodied texture and a soft buttery, oak finish. |
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| DSCN2578.jpg Kathleen points to the other group that took a different fork to start. That fork only had two tines, much like the original Greek forks whose two tines prevented meat from turning while carving. |
DSCN2579.jpg Poppies, as in poppy seed bread. Native Americans living in the Northern Sacramento Valley boiled and ate the feathery foliage. |
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| DSCN2580.jpg Sherman, Kathleen, Zona, Kathy, Robin, Julia, and Ron take a break for water and a snack. |
DSCN2581.jpg And here's what things look like after a snack. |
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| DSCN2582.jpg Another bench, another snack. |
DSCN2584.jpg And a similar sort of result after the snack. |
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| DSCN2587.jpg A lone oak knifes up through the ground. An unpretentious tree with a strong caramel of medium toasted oak. |
DSCN2588.jpg A cornucopia. |
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| DSCN2589.jpg I have to admit, it was a steep downhill. And you did need to control your pee. |
DSCN2595.jpg Trails made in the tall grass by cows. Beef, mmmm. |
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| DSCN2596.jpg The tree sister oaks. |
DSCN2597.jpg Healthy oak leaves, like a fresh salad. |
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| DSCN2598.jpg The quick way back to the picnic area. Note that he is controlling his pee. |
DSCN2599.jpg Vetch, which looks like wild rice. Young shoots and seeds can be cooked and eaten. The plant is nitrogen-fixing. |
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| DSCN2600.jpg A wild boar, about the size of a cow with short legs. |
DSCN2601.jpg Hard to see in the center of the picture, a boar, sow and piglets disappear into the woods. I was so busy watching that I forgot to take a picture when they were more visible. |
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| DSCN2602.jpg Nearly back to the car, where the picnic baskets await. |
DSCN2603.jpg For some reason, it seems like the only thing I though about all day was food. Sherman, Ron, Zona, Robin, Kathleen, Julia and Kathy at the Grant Ranch picnic spot. |