Peaches, peaches, peaches!

One day our hunger got the best of us, so we stopped and bought a case of peaches for 3 euro from a man selling them out of the back of his 3-wheeled pickup. So this begs the question, what would you do with 27 ripe peaches?

At first we ate them one by one, but that was too slow. There was no way we could eat them all before they went bad! So we decided to have peach milkshakes. These consisted of peeled peaches, ice, heavy cream, and milk. They were thick, fluffy (from the heavy cream), and very tasty. The second time I put in some vanilla when Tim wasn't looking and it was even better.

In an attempt to find something more interesting and because I was tired of washing the blender, I found a recipe for peach salsa. I chopped an onion and cooked it for a couple minutes with some diced jalapenos (from a can) and a little lemon juice. Then I quartered 3 or 4 peaches (white and yellow) and put them on the grill until they were soft all the way through and a little blackened. I cooled them a little, chopped them, and mixed them with the onion/jalapeno mix. I put it on grilled chicken that night, but the next day we had it with chips and I think it was better for having sat overnight. The flavors melded together, and it was sweeter and spicier at the same time. I didn't use all the peaches for the salsa, so we had leftovers. Even if you don't make salsa, grilled peaches are awesome.

Finally, the weather took a strange turn and cooled off enough to turn on the oven. Peach pie it is!

And if all this wasn't enough, we still had enough peaches left over to slice and put on our Belgian waffles with whipped cream. After all this, we discovered what Italians do with their peaches. They slice them and serve them in a wine glass with prosecco. The peaches sweeten the wine and also soak it up. The best part is at the end when you get to eat the wine-soaked peaches.

Now we need more peaches.