Yes indeed... you two should be able to turn-out world class stews. No dount about it. BTW...What were you afraid to ask? We like to eat different types of things too. One never knows what type of food will be found on the table here. heh heh heh. We have travelled extensively and now enjoy making some of the dishes that we have eaten in other countries. Because of our colonialism, we have absorbed several different types of ethnic dishes...and if you don't feel like cooking at home, then there are restaurants from all over the world. (if you want to pay dearly) Eating can be such a joy...but you know what the best part is?---it's using your own veggies in the meals.
Your Living Right......... I was afraid to ask you for the Snert recipe.. ......Ha ha ha That is wonderful to be able to travel that way. My husband was in the air force an was in the Other countries, but I was only in USA......traveling. He prefers farm territorys .. And your 100% correct..........Veggies out of your own garden is our bag also......Do you by any chance raise Parsnips ? Mine will come out in the spring. We really like the buggers.....Fried in butter.
Chuckle... "afraid to ask for the recipe..."--You never have to be bashful about such things on here... that's what this website is for. But I can appreciate your feelings because we had a very nice Polish lady gardening across from us on the allotment complex for a couple of years, and she was the same. I perceive the "shyness" as good manners, which is nice, but not ALWAYS necessary. She had a beautiful garden there and worked extremely hard maintaining it. It was a sad day when she left. Now to parsnips....you are touching my heart there. I am crazy about them. It took me a while to discover that what we call pastinaak is what you call parsnips. I was really dumb, I knew both words but had never put them together for some reason. So... they are something that we grow every year and harvest after it begins to frost. We eat them fresh and freeze them in for eating during the year. This past year was an odd one over here and veggies didn't do so well. We had to plant 'snips more than once. they just rotted in the ground. the last time we let the seeds germinate in a moist piece of paper towel then immediately placed them in the bed. normally it isn't a good idea to do this because the slightest disruption to the root and it will turn out deformed, which is not ideal for cleaning or showing. I have a problem with carrot fly larvae getting into the 'snips so the best method here is to use enviromesh. I tried planting onions all round the bed, but it just didn't work. You always hear about "companion planting", but to be honest, I have only had limited success doing that with the various crops in the veggie plot. As for preparation:I like them fried in butter as you mentioned, but also in a roerbak. I am not sure how to translate this word. It's when you cook, say, ground beef then add different veggies like 'snips, peas and spinach and perhaps beans, noodles or potatoes. You cook this all together then at the end you make a sauce and stir it through or pour it over the meat and veggies.Sometimes you keep the pasta/potatoes separate from the roerbak. I can tell you, B... that I have never eaten parsnips a way that I didn't like. In fact, we had some last night with nasi goring. Do you know this? We pulled a few earlier before it began to frost to sample, and just froze them in. The flavour really improves when they have been exposed to freezing temps.
nasi goring nasi?????????????? Whats that in English? Again I agree 100%..... never met a parsnip I didnt like.. How do you serve them raw? I ususally dig mine after it snows a while .. So sweet.. Our weather was stupid this year on the veggies also. Brussell sprouts are small like your finger. Tomatoes rotted fast.....I wrapped some in news paper and we still are eating tomatoes.. Maybe 12. Mine lasted long....Peppers were great. barb
Nasi Goring sorry... that's Indonecian fried rice. I have never eaten 'snips raw, except for a quick bite now and then....you know, just for the taste I had g great crop of toms (in the greenhouse)-but the ones outdoors died of phytophthera. Every single one. I only grow two types of toms now and they are both blight resistant. But the sickness was so bad this past season that not even THEY could fight it off (the outside ones, I mean). My peppers were great as well...also the paprikas were very decent. I grow them in the greenhouse. Next year there will be very few paprikas and more tom plants. I'm already getting enthousiastic. The seed catalogues are in and I can hand in the want list at the annual allotment club meeting in January.
allowmernt club? Tell me about the club. You swap? We are getting some catalogs.....But I arent on the order list of many.. $$$$$$$$$$$ Not like they used to be. Ok we eat fried rice......I love that with peppers and onions, when they are ready..SOunds good to me. I will do parsnip some time like that.
The club is our gardening club. The members can rent a plot of land and grow veggies/flowers on it(not to sell). They can have a small shed and/or greenhouse. The members get their plot delivered completely clean, and that is the way that they must give it back. We get deals from various organizations that offer things like compost, manure, fertilizer, tonkin sticks and other things. There are various social gatherings during the year as well as a general meeting where the members vote on new rules. You can read more about it on my website which I have made for the club. BTW, the snips were served as a side dish with the nasi goring (not mixed through it).
Garden club That is wonderful way to share and care. See I live on a small farm and everyone around has a garden and flower bed......Epidemic here. Who can raise the nicest I guess.......We do it for food and fun. We raise our own cattle for our meat. So we do live easier on the budget. Also pick wild berries for jellys and pies. We only have apples and blueberrys here and a few raspberrys. Strawberries are hard to do , they rot fast but we still do them. b
It sounds like you have a good spread there. It must be really nice to have so much room to garden and raise livestock. You do a little bit of everything, don't you?
Beef cattle we raise...... 56 acres plus some of the churches land..(Free) Nice........yes .But costly.........Too many government restrictions on every thing .. I was raise on a much larger farm.. My dad was a dairy farmer.......( He came here from Poland , went to the coalmines n bought a farm, and raised 10 kids there.......5 of each.. All I got was one...........
Wow!... You told a whole history in just a couple of sentences. Heh heh. I can imagine that it is a costly enterprize, but you must really enjoy it in spite of the financial aspect. It is a nice sized piece of land--not to large and not too small. Lucky soul.
ha ha I am good for something.....Stories..... It wasnt luck.......It was hard work and sacrifices and my husband had to work double ..In the steel mill by day and evenings and weekends, farming. Now retired.......Last summer he and I build me a carriage house for my Lawn equipment and 4 wheelers. Wasnt easy.......some choice words here and there.. We are do it your selfers.
ho ho ho...choice words, indeed! Well you have a nice place for your lawn equipment now though. Do you have veg and flower plots in different places across your property?
Yes Yes we have favorite spots......An unfavorite spots. I have 2 separate pieces for veggies.....Man made. /WOmen made too. The flower beds on all4 sides of my tall white house. And one straight strip above the house is flowers. Almost straight...... 4 stray patches I create in different spots. WIll check my photos and see if I can find a scenery one. Now I have flowers on 2 sides for of my carriage house........many of my flowers came from seedy folks online.........
I hope that you find a scenery foto of your yard and gardens. They sound quite nice actually. Woman-made plots...hahahaha. you´re a funny girl. Do you have a large variety of flowers then?
