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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Veggies and Fuzzies
The giant veggies are back. I can't believe these people already have tomatoes! I'm going to have to get a greenhouse!
Quick steam veggies preserves its nutritions and less harsh on the stomach (instead of raw veggies since we don't have cow's stomach). Stir fry is good if you drink its broth without using too much cooking oil, use a little cooking oil and add some water or chicken broth.
That chard looks really good. You should prolly try growing that (there might be time this year if you start with seedlings). It's really easy and grows fast.
Is that basil in the bag?
BTW, I think your squash plant is now the same size as mine. That's interesting, huh? I just picked my first small squash yesterday. That 24hr sun really lets your growing season catch up with ours, I guess.
I like to put leafy veggies in pasta sauce--either with marinara or with just good olive oil and grated parm or pecorino. In the bag is spinach. I get the best spinach from this Korean guy who mans his veggie stand with his daughter. Oh, he also has great radishes. But I get the kale and the chard from this other family. It's funny how they each are outstanding at their own thing.
We can get bok choy at the farmer's market. The things I miss are things that wouldn't grow here at all, so I couldn't grow them myself. Like pluots. Or mangoes. They ship that stuff up here, but it's in pretty sorry shape.
I like dried mangoes, but not a lot. Fresh mangoes in tropical places are the best! I think it's because they are picked ripe instead of picked green, shipped, and then artificially ripened.
Quick steam veggies preserves its nutritions and less harsh on the stomach (instead of raw veggies since we don't have cow's stomach). Stir fry is good if you drink its broth without using too much cooking oil, use a little cooking oil and add some water or chicken broth.
ReplyDeleteThat chard looks really good. You should prolly try growing that (there might be time this year if you start with seedlings). It's really easy and grows fast.
ReplyDeleteIs that basil in the bag?
BTW, I think your squash plant is now the same size as mine. That's interesting, huh? I just picked my first small squash yesterday. That 24hr sun really lets your growing season catch up with ours, I guess.
I like to put leafy veggies in pasta sauce--either with marinara or with just good olive oil and grated parm or pecorino. In the bag is spinach. I get the best spinach from this Korean guy who mans his veggie stand with his daughter. Oh, he also has great radishes. But I get the kale and the chard from this other family. It's funny how they each are outstanding at their own thing.
ReplyDeleteIf you grow anything, you should grow veggies you can't get in fairbanks, like baby bok choy, etc.
ReplyDeleteWe can get bok choy at the farmer's market. The things I miss are things that wouldn't grow here at all, so I couldn't grow them myself. Like pluots. Or mangoes. They ship that stuff up here, but it's in pretty sorry shape.
ReplyDeleteDo you like dried mango?
ReplyDeleteI like dried mangoes, but not a lot. Fresh mangoes in tropical places are the best! I think it's because they are picked ripe instead of picked green, shipped, and then artificially ripened.
ReplyDeleteeither with marinara or with just good olive oil and grated parm or pecorino.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first read that I SWEAR I saw marijuana instead of marinara. And I even get paid to pruuph-reed.
Ah, but bok choy is nothing compared to baby bok choy!
ReplyDeleteHow come "xiao bai cai" is larger than "bai cai"?
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