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Post by quettalee on Jun 27, 2006 16:59:26 GMT -5
i love cake stories!!
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Post by Quettalee on Jul 4, 2006 19:57:33 GMT -5
Dessert de jour...."blackberry cordial ice cream". Need I say more??
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Post by gams on Jul 5, 2006 18:32:43 GMT -5
Mmmmm....sounds good, Quetta! I had to pluck a blackberry from the bush yesterday. It looked so good; big, plump and inviting. Eewww....not quite ready; it was sooooooo bitterly sour.
But the raspberries!!!!! They are in season, and in the last two days I've been through as many quarts. So short a season; so fine a berry.
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Post by Quettalee on Jul 9, 2006 21:14:05 GMT -5
I haven't seen the first raspberry anywhere so far. I sauteed the first yellow squash and zuccuni of the season this week. It was picked, cooked, and eaten all within about three hours! It was absolutely bursting with flavor. Even the gurls gobbled it up. I cut it up with two big ole onions, garlic pepper, seared and steamed until just the right tenderness....nummmmy!
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Post by Sofa Loren on Jul 9, 2006 23:21:35 GMT -5
I love raspberries from the vine.
I had a delicious artichoke heart filled with a cheese-based center. It is a baked dish. So good. I asked for the recipe.
Yum.
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Post by Quettalee on Jul 10, 2006 6:43:02 GMT -5
That sounds num-mmy, Sof'. Anything that is associated with cheese is good in my book. Blueberries all over the place on my Monday monday grocery rounds...and cherries!! I love cherries, never developed a taste for the blueberries (the gurls will take care of those in short time). Both are extremely healthy for you. Both are power-fruits, healthwise--cherry "juice" being your best route. Trouble is, straight cherry juice will just about take your breath away! I never stop eating the cherries until my tummy starts to twist and turn...that part isn't very healthy. LOL.
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Post by gams on Jul 10, 2006 7:07:38 GMT -5
No taste for blueberries!!!! You'd be run out of town here, Q. Michigan - our area in particular - is the "Blueberry Capitol of the World". Maybe not the world; I'm not sure; that's the claim, though. We are definitely ranked first in the nation in blueberry production.
I love blueberries. I'll have to include a bunch of blueberry stuff in that package I'm sending three months ago....blueberry salsa - yum.
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Post by Quettalee on Jul 10, 2006 7:24:35 GMT -5
I know, I know. I'm going to try and do something creative with them this year while they are bountiful (and not $3.99/pt). Perhaps a blueberry cheesecake...or blueberry and strawberry shortcakes with lots of Cool Whip; or better yet, blueberries and Mandarin oranges! I have had a passion for those sweet little slices of Heaven as of late. Send me something...anything...and I'll give it a whirl. Maybe I just haven't had those particular taste buds stimulated in the right way.
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Post by Quettalee on Jul 16, 2006 16:54:09 GMT -5
Finally! The first fresh blackberries showed up at our house today; brought home by way of the girls from one of the church ladies....yellow squash, some other kind I'll have to research to know exactly what kind it is, and one lonely cucumber. Being July is Natl. Ice Cream month... Ice Cream...I think the blackberrries will adorn my favorite Ben and Jerry's french vanilla blend for dessert tonight. I have to wait until the sun goes down; it's 97 degrees outside right now---at 6pm!
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Post by gams on Jul 21, 2006 7:07:27 GMT -5
I was very disappointed with our blackberries this year; after a very florific show I expected tons of berries. We only got a handful of big, juicy ones; the others being under-developed. I checked out the wild ones along the trail the other day: same thing. I suspect it's due to the lack of rain we had most of the summer - mine are in an area of the yard I rarely water.
The vegie garden though, (except the peas), has provided lots.
Fresh green beans - I love them. We picked the last yesterday; Hubs pulled up the vines - fried in the drought and heat. But dang - sooo good while they lasted.
Picked the first of the acorn squash the other day; seems a bit early to me. I usually think of it as more of a fall-type squash.
And zucchinis! More zucchinis than anyone has a right to have, (please take some). I'd love to share, but everyone I know grows them or knows someone who grows them, and it's one big zucchini trade. I've pawned them off everyone I can, and still have more than I can use.
Long and smooth and firm - yet oh-so-tender, they seem to grow longer and firmer even as I hold them in my hands. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. Maybe I shouldn't try to give them all away after all.
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Post by Quettalee on Jul 22, 2006 0:35:53 GMT -5
I wasn't overwhelmed with the blackberries we had last week. They were huge and succulent, but sour as all get out.
We got the first tomatoes from the neighbor today. Huge and half-green still. Our plants are taller than me and full of solid-green baseball-size boys.
Our gardener-extraordinary informed me this morning we also have "one" plant full of okra! I love okra. I can remember my grandmother giving me my own special pair of gloves and my own special knife to cut the okra....because anyone who has ever cut okra knows it can be a prickly situation!
I have had a squash of some kind sitting on the counter for a week. Not quite sure what to do with it. Was probably going for the basic casserole, but the girls informed me today it is suppose to be used for squash "pie"--similar to sweet potato pie.
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Post by Quettalee on Jul 22, 2006 0:37:34 GMT -5
so much for proof-reading!
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Post by xengab on Jul 22, 2006 6:13:41 GMT -5
It is strawberry time and English strawberries are wonderful I can't get enough of them.I love them with cream.or ice cream,or both(greedy,grin) In the winter,we can buy Spanish ones,but the all have exactly the same shape and they have no taste at all.
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Post by gams on Jul 22, 2006 6:23:52 GMT -5
That's always true, isn't it? Things grown locally always taste better than things shipped.
Proof-reading, Q? I do it, but it usually means it's proof I don't read thoroughly enough.
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Post by Quettalee on Jul 30, 2006 5:18:10 GMT -5
We have been rolling this past week in some of the best-tasting tomatoes of the past few years! Altho #2's plants are taller than me and abundantly loaded with good-sized "fruits of the vine", they remain a solid shade of green. The neighbor's plants were a foot tall before ours were in the ground, so we are still holding faith that we will soon be seeing some varied colors of yellows and red in the near future. Tomorrow--which I see has become today as I notice the sky begin to lighten outside the window--bacon bit, spinach, cheese (smoked swiss), and tomatoe sandwiches! With lots of vegannaise, of course. And let's not forget the perfect chip...any suggestions? It won't matter. I never actually met a chip I didn't like. Now, if I just had a gallon of sweet tea to go with that...and some good garlic dill pickles... Is it lunchtime yet?
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Post by quettalee on Jul 30, 2006 5:40:23 GMT -5
we do have a gallon of sweet tea u silly gurl!!!
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Post by Quettalee on Jul 30, 2006 5:43:41 GMT -5
You always know what I need, don't you, littleone?
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Post by quettalee on Jul 30, 2006 10:58:30 GMT -5
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Post by gams on Jul 30, 2006 22:57:22 GMT -5
I am in tomato envy. We can't grow decent tomatoes in our garden; we get handfuls of tomatoes, but not an abundance of them, nor do they get very big, though they sure are sweet. The problem is our backyard kitty-corner neighbor's black walnut trees. They are huge, and though far enough away that their shade doesn't not cover the only spot it our yard sunny enough for a vegie garden, their roots extend far beyond that. Tomato plants are very susceptible to black walnut toxin, and every year, just as the fruit is about to ripen, the plants succumb and start to wilt.
Tried growing them in huge pots last year, but the roots grew out the drainage holes and into the toxic soil. Placed the pots onto pavers this year, and so far things seem to be going well, but only planted a couple of cherry tomato plants. That's cool though; I pop cherry tomatoes like candy. And the neighbor on the other side has plenty of the bigger ones to share.
Looking for a good chip? Some good dill pickles? I saw that Lays now makes a dill pickle flavored potato chip.
And I just gotta cringe at "sweet tea". Ewww....makes my teeth hurt and stomach turn just thinking about it. Ick, ick, ick.
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Post by Quettalee on Jul 31, 2006 5:04:51 GMT -5
I only want the sweet tea with certain food....like the "premium" fried catfish platter from Captain D's. We don't eat fast food, but Captain D's is the exception when only carry-out will do. You have to ask for the "premium" strips or you get the ones that look almost like catfish "nuggets" instead; good, but not the same as those filets. We also like the red beans and rice and mashed potatos and gravy from Popeye's Chicken. And they have some catfish as well that's pretty darned good--and always hot because they don't drop it until you order....because....it's a chicken place! Otherwise, our favorite Chinese restaurant is the only place we eat out.
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