Re: What are you eating from your garden today?

Marc Iverson 10/9/2013, 10:34 pm

What's a "baton"? If it's just a spelling error and I'm being dim, please excuse.

Goosegirl 10/10/2013, 5:27 am

Marc Iverson wrote:What's a "baton"? If it's just a spelling error and I'm being dim, please excuse.

Fancy way of staying "stick". Sounds better in a recipe.

GG

plantoid 10/10/2013, 7:06 am

Oh GG , Oh my Oh my ...... Laughing

Carrots baton are a French way of presenting carrots as little prepared batons of carrot about 1/4 x 1/4 by 2.5 " long made from peeled carrots cut length wise down a 2.5 portion of carrot.

In the real posh French slop jockey joints around the world the section of carrot is first cut to square the section perimeter .
The off cuts being used for carrot puree or adding to swede and mashing it up , only the squared sections will be cut into batons so they each have a square profile .
It takes a trainee chef a couple of hours of carrot prepping before they become proficient in making batons .

Sticks ....... indeed .. Sacra Bleu @ ... The French will be rioting tonight .... be sure of it Laughing

**llama momma** 10/10/2013, 7:20 am

Have Russian variety of purple peppers that are still producing. Here I thought peppers hated any kind of cold temps, anyway, last night those were made into strips that were olive-oiled and broiled with sausages and garden tomatoes with a side of mashed German butterball potatoes and little side of home made apple butter.
Isn't it fun how an enjoyable meal makes the world all good again for the time being?

plantoid 10/10/2013, 8:09 am

llama momma wrote:Have Russian variety of purple peppers that are still producing. Here I thought peppers hated any kind of cold temps, anyway, last night those were made into strips that were olive-oiled and broiled with sausages and garden tomatoes with a side of mashed German butterball potatoes and little side of home made apple butter.
Isn't it fun how an enjoyable meal makes the world all good again for the time being?

Are you going to try and save any seeds from them ?

It sounds like a worthwhile exercise if they cry on producing a few weeks into the cooler weather ???

**jimmy cee** 10/10/2013, 8:24 am

I'm picking 2 of these babies (kohlrabi) today.
Going to give them to the produce fellow who has been saving me all my composting material..
Because of this mans efforts my compost pile is growing like it never would have without him.
He has never tasted kohlrabi before and is he ever in for a treat, I don't think he's even seen one close up, leaving all the stems on also.

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**llama momma** 10/10/2013, 10:35 am

plantoid wrote:
llama momma wrote:Have Russian variety of purple peppers that are still producing. Here I thought peppers hated any kind of cold temps, anyway, last night those were made into strips that were olive-oiled and broiled with sausages and garden tomatoes with a side of mashed German butterball potatoes and little side of home made apple butter.
Isn't it fun how an enjoyable meal makes the world all good again for the time being?
Are you going to try and save any seeds from them ?

It sounds like a worthwhile exercise if they cry on producing a few weeks into the cooler weather ???

Thanks, that is a good idea Plantoid. These peppers came from a new seed packet so I do have more for next season packed away in the fridge. Should probably and quickly look up info on pepper seed viability though. Just to be sure, again thanks!

Marc Iverson 10/10/2013, 5:26 pm

Freezing doesn't kill most seeds, does it?

**donnainzone5** 10/10/2013, 5:30 pm

Beans, salad (a surprise onion + tomatoes + sorrel + salad greens) and potatoes--all to accompany a steak broiled with minced home-grown garlic and some chopped basil.

southern gardener 10/10/2013, 5:43 pm

had an AWESOME open faced sandwich on hubbys homemade sourdough bread, topped with one of our delicious Brandywine tomatoes, still warm from the sun Smile

, topped with homegrown onions, then topped with a Reed avocado from the "Avocado Diva", locally grown avocados. Boy, talk about YUMMY!! drool

**camprn** 10/10/2013, 7:25 pm

Fresh fingerling potatoes, green beans, tomatoes with a yummy garden style meatloaf. What a Face

**sanderson** 10/10/2013, 8:58 pm

Jimmy, I think the idea of an intact kohlrobi is a neat thank you gift.

unit649 10/11/2013, 12:50 am

Harvested my first ever Broccoli and made Broccoli Cheese Soup. Had the soup with some roasted Brandywine Tomatoes with my fresh Basil, and added some store bought carrots, onions and garlic. My grandaughter made some chocolate cake with cupcake topping. It was really good. Madge
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**sanderson** 10/11/2013, 3:30 am

First green beans and Dragon Tongue beans with diced bacon. Only enough for one serving for each of us. Maybe another serving worth in a week. DT are fantastic for growing and picking: I can actually see them!
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**jimmy cee** 10/11/2013, 7:35 am

unit649 wrote:Harvested my first ever Broccoli and made Broccoli Cheese Soup. Had the soup with some roasted Brandywine Tomatoes with my fresh Basil, and added some store bought carrots, onions and garlic. My grandaughter made some chocolate cake with cupcake topping. It was really good. Madge

MY most favorite soup, broccoli/cheese soup..that looks sooooo delicious

**llama momma** 10/11/2013, 10:47 am

Huge fan here of broccoli cheese soup. That picture looks heavenly! Have to be content with Units picture for now as my brocc heads are only in the 4 inch diameter range.

Made Ratatoille this morning with nearly all the ingred. from the garden, jazzed up with some dried basil and loads of grated cheese - for an oddly timed yet wonderful tasting breakfast.

plantoid 10/11/2013, 6:01 pm

Marc Iverson wrote:Freezing doesn't kill most seeds, does it?

If there is sufficient moisture in the seed to form ice it can split and kill the seed node in seed case.

At the worlds largest seed storage facility I think I heard it said that some of the seeds are stored down to minus 30 oC or greater.

Wikki it , Julian will have stolen the answer and posted online from the safety of the embassy no doubt. Laughing

plantoid 10/11/2013, 6:15 pm

Meanwhile

Tea tonight was 1& 1/2 inch thick almost fat & gristle free slices of prime lamb about the same wide by 4 inches long ,
Quickly sizzled to a golden brown on all four sides in a rather hot oiled frying pan so that the middles were just tinged with red . accompanied by lightly pan boiled crunchy Dutch white cabbage that was lightly buttered and peppered after draining off the water c & small 1" dia medium boiled minted potatoes still in their skins .

Out the garden .. batons of courgette poached in buttered water with a twist or two of the pepper grinder. Carrots baton microwaved and still crunchy in a covered small glass dish with a table spoon of water & a smidgeon of butter .

Home made thick sweet mint sauce (from our mint bucket ) & packet instant gravy for lamb.

**llama momma** 10/14/2013, 8:08 am

Unit from a couple posts back inspired me to take a good look at the broccs. Then with unseasonable warm weather lately they grew fast. One and 1/2 pounds made into creamy brocc-chedder cheese soup with some shredded late carrots.
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cyclonegardener 10/14/2013, 9:24 pm

This week from the garden, I'm eating:
Carrots, Radishes and Peppers.
My wife is having:
Tomatoes and potatoes (they are the surprise ones I picked when digging up the watermelon vines).
Waiting on
China Rose Radish, Winter Radishes. Some peas.
Last week:
I ate the last of our watermelon.

Fall is the best time of year for the garden.

Marc Iverson 10/15/2013, 1:06 am

Tomatillos and green tomatoes.

Nonna.PapaVino 10/15/2013, 10:48 am

Curried potimarron squash stew over basmati rice, with some of the green tomato chutney I made and canned yesterday. Squashes didn't do as well this year as last, so each one harvested is babied until it becomes dinner. Nonna

Cherbear 10/15/2013, 1:14 pm

We had our Thanksgiving dinner yesterday and harvested squash (buttercup) zucchini and tomatoes. All three were in the dinner yesterday. I roasted the buttercup squash with some sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts and parsnips. The zucchini were fried, and tomatoes simply sliced with salt. They were yummy. Today was zucchini with my lunch with many tomatoes ripening on the windowsill. bounce

southern gardener 10/15/2013, 1:24 pm

llama momma wrote:Unit from a couple posts back inspired me to take a good look at the broccs. Then with unseasonable warm weather lately they grew fast. One and 1/2 pounds made into creamy brocc-chedder cheese soup with some shredded late carrots.

wow!! those are beauties!~ wtg. We had veggie soup. Turnips, khol rabi, SWEET carrots, prob the best we've ever had, beets, potatoes, yummo!!

Cherbear 10/15/2013, 1:47 pm

Double post is double. Anyway, I read that nonna had made green tomato chutney. I saw a recipe for that in Joy of cooking. How many tomatoes did you need?
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