What are Hawaii folks planting and harvesting?

**kauairosina** 8/20/2015, 2:12 pm

We made something called Eggplant Involtini. Very labor intensive and very well received. We slice the big black beauties (don't remember the name off hand) into large half inch slices, baked in oven with seasoning and oil on parchment paper then rolled with ricotta cheese mixture inside and topped with tomato sauce. I make my own ricotta and sauce so it's a labor of love. Have to do it in shifts otherwise my back remembers how old I am. Fortunately, Susan was my cooking partner

Our beans and asparagus and red okra harvest is winding down.

We have planted more mesclun for starts since it seems to come up faster than in our seed flats.

MackerelSky 8/20/2015, 7:57 pm

Hey Folks,

Hope all is well...

Historically, we are around 4 weeks to first frost and we finally got our first vine ripened tomatoes. Actually, the two large ones fell of the plant and onto the soil. The first pic was taken last night. It's always the same, a cucumber hides from ya until it gets to be a bit big but will most likely still be good in a salad.

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This pic we took this evening and that tomato was very good eating. We also cooked up the cauliflower and the two buttercup squash. mmmmm-

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My lady finally spent some money and purchased a granite ware 20qt. pressure cooker/steamer to replace the old one we've had for nearly 30 years so there should be quite a few fruits and veggies crossing the island in the next month or so.

All the Best!
Brad

**donnainzone5** 8/20/2015, 8:11 pm

Green/purple/yellow beans, steamed with dill and garlic, all home-grown; salad: the last of the greens with the last of the Stupice tomatoes, some cilantro and parsley, and my first cucumber since I moved to Central Oregon.

Meanwhile, I'm busy blanching and freezing beans, broccoli, and squash. I should be getting some small ears of corn soon.

**Scorpio Rising** 8/23/2015, 6:03 pm

BLT, with real tomato! Yum!

**donnainzone5** 8/23/2015, 7:06 pm

Can't decide!

I have beans, peas, squash, (running out my ears, as usual, despite my having planted only three seeds this year. Found one of those under a squash leaf yesterday, but my neighbor is still eating the two I've already given her. Then there's the broccoli--a bit more coming soon-- and the two ears of corn I harvested today. Forgot to mention the peas.

Oops! There's that one cuke I harvested the other day. Between produce and seeds, the fridge is pretty well packed! Must. Clean. Out. Before. Guests. Arrive. Tuesday.

Tomatoes are taking their time. I used the last two Stupice in a braised version of Dover Sole last night. Other ingredients from my SFG were dill and diced onion.

greatgranny 8/23/2015, 7:22 pm

Slow cooker vegetable beef soup - it has been chilly here. Made it to get rid of some of the tomatoes. Yikes, I think for me alone I could plant way less than I do.

Two days ago I made a batch of catsup. A recipe I never tried before. Way too much cayenne for my taste so will send it with one of my kids who loves everything HOT.

**donnainzone5** 8/23/2015, 7:41 pm

I read a post today from a scientist in Poland--who unfortunately speaks and writes English poorly.

However, the jist was, and he posted an animated photo of color-coded jet stream patterns showing colder air over the U.S. Northeast and British Isles.

I should start keeping track of his "forecasts."

**sanderson** 8/24/2015, 10:36 am

Last winter's cooked and frozen butternut. I'm eating soft foods with my infected molar.

**donnainzone5** 8/24/2015, 10:41 am

Ooh, Sanderson, those hurt! Have you seen the dentist yet?

I've had a few of these during the past three years.

Some were caused by old root canals; a couple of those, in turn, were re-treated.

One molar, unfortunately, had to be extracted.

Hence, the horrendous dental bills!

Twice when I had horrible toothaches, though, the apparent cause was tiny bone fragments working their way out of my gums.

Hope you feel better soon! Please keep us posted.

**sanderson** 8/24/2015, 11:52 am

Got antibiotics over the phone from on-call dentist Sunday morning. Tooth a lot better. I made an appt for Thursday so it gives me time to get over the "flu!" When it rains, it pours, and all on a weekend. When I have a fever, my brain takes a vacation. I have 2 lower molar implants so far and a couple root canals. This is an upper molar and I hope my jaw will support an implant, if needed. This molar has a gold crown that shows when I smile so I wouldn't mind a nice porcelain one that doesn't reflect light in photos! Laughing

**donnainzone5** 8/24/2015, 12:14 pm

Glad you're feeling better! Yes, flu indeed does a number on one's brain power.

**kauairosina** 8/24/2015, 12:35 pm

good healing to you Sanderson!

Two of my younguns arrived yesterday. One surprised us. Son Eric with former partner Laura and their son Dylan 6 years old, from California who were expected,and daughter Lori who popped over from Kona to surprise us. Love them dearly but happy for brief visits, which these will be. Has anyone found out how to bottle that energy? I'm OK trailing slowly behind them.

Marc Iverson 8/24/2015, 5:46 pm

sanderson wrote:Last winter's cooked and frozen butternut. I'm eating soft foods with my infected molar.

Good luck with that. I'm a bit surprised you say you can hold on till Thursday -- bad mouth stuff tends to be exceptionally painful. When I had an upper molar infected, it was eye-wateringly pain of the type that made me feel I couldn't even sit down.

**donnainzone5** 8/24/2015, 6:04 pm

Will your dentist prescribe painkillers?

**sanderson** 8/24/2015, 11:09 pm

The antibiotics are working nicely so the pain and swelling are way down. A bad tooth can make one a drooling, one-eyed idiot. The pain was up to my eye, some down in the lower jar (my husband called them sympathy pains) and the soft palate. Yes, our own dentist would and does prescribe pain meds for bad procedures. Most of the time Ibu does the trick for pain. I took some left over codeine-Tylenol and had a real interesting reaction, to say the least. Now just to get over the fever flu. My brain keeps peeking out from under the bed to see if it's safe to come out.

**Scorpio Rising** 8/25/2015, 7:00 pm

http://www.food.com/recipe/creamy-swiss-chard-pasta-57123?photo=306868

I did this with some chard and a couple tomatoes and it was good. Would add more cheese, and I stirred in some kielbasa, would not do that again!

Sanderson, sorry about your tooth, I have had a ton of work done. Glad you have some pain relief and antibiotics....fingers crossed!

Marc Iverson 8/25/2015, 7:14 pm

I'm glad the pain is way down, sanderson. What a misery tooth and gum problems can be.

yolos 8/25/2015, 8:35 pm

Pinkeye Purple Hull Peas cooked with smoked sausage, tomato bits, garlic, etc. Also new potatoes.

**sanderson** 8/26/2015, 3:44 am

yolos wrote:Pinkeye Purple Hull Peas cooked with smoked sausage, tomato bits, garlic, etc. Also new potatoes.

Yummy!

Yep, with age comes wisdom, patience, and major dental work.

Marc Iverson 8/26/2015, 4:08 pm

sanderson wrote:
Yep, with age comes wisdom, patience, and major dental work.

Also way too many trips to the bathroom or way too few.

greatgranny 8/26/2015, 5:35 pm

Marc Iverson wrote:
sanderson wrote:
Yep, with age comes wisdom, patience, and major dental work.

Also way too many trips to the bathroom or way too few.

All of the above.

**sanderson** 8/26/2015, 9:21 pm

With age comes all of the above plus Table Tops and compost tumblers. From my TTs, a few small black Krims and Jimmy Nardinos as snacks.

greatgranny 8/27/2015, 1:41 pm

Made spaghetti sauce with about 6 very large tomatoes. Will probably add some Italian sausage or ground beef sometimes. The recipe was really quite easy. I know it will taste better tomorrow, it always does. But, was a quick lunch for today anyway.

southern gardener 8/27/2015, 1:49 pm

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We harvested these Edamame's yesterday. Produced heavily and grew really fast!!

**sanderson** 8/27/2015, 2:03 pm

Wow! What will you do with them?

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