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Sherryc

Wish it was cold and rainy here.  Just very dry and very hot.  I have been putting up pickled okra, sweet corn and green beans.  Next on the list is black-eyed peas, cream peas and tomatoes.  I planted a Black Krim tomato plant this year and it is the best heirloom.  Very smokey flavor.  We have been slicing them and eating with every meal.

Teka

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Anonymous

Hello All,   I got up early this AM so am checking in here.....as usual everyone has been cooking good things that I like hearing about.  Zucchini cobbler?...did I miss that one?   I made my zucchini casserole that I posted the recipe on here before while my sister was here and I always end up eating most of it and taking what is left over for lunch at work the next day. 

I am wondering if you planted bee balm if that would attract them and get them to pollinate your tomatoes, Apple?   I think there is still time....my father only got his tomatoes in a few weeks ago (late for him).  He worries about the bees for his buckeye trees ( a buckeye is described as a hairless nut of no value, but he's gung ho OH State and makes necklaces out of them for friends).

We had a successful 90th birthday party for him, but I of course was disappointed in the turnout because I had tons of food leftover.  There were 36 who came, I was expecting at least 50 and made food for probably 100.   I need to start thinking smaller.   I think my sauerkraut balls were the most popular....those along with the carrot cake ( had apple strudel for those who might not like cake) , although the big soft pretzels got lots of compliments to (people kept asking Did you make these and I would say, They came out of a box, which they did....all you do is add salt and heat in the over).   I could have skipped making sauerbraten and thought it was too dry myself....could not tell that people even made a dent in the pulled pork and think people ate more brats (my poor cousin did all the grilling in the 90o+ heat) than anything else in the way of meat.  So as I said, I was disappointed and was giving away leftovers for a week.

Tomorrow I am flying to Florida and am going to be visiting with 3Jays.   If we can find a store that carries ready to use pizza dough, I am going to make stromboli. 

Here are a few pics from my  Dad's 90th birthday party.

I had sauerkraut, German potato salad and Spatzele( sp?) in the stainless steel cookers. As you can see, people ALWAYS congregate in the kitchen!

Mandy1313

Lovely photos of the party  Marybe. 

I also missed the zucchini cobbler recipe.

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Blundin2005

May 29, 2012 11:48 PM Teka wrote:

Sherryc,

I would love to try the  zucchini squash cobbler.

 

This was Teka's post of the 29th. See...I'm not crazy!  I went looking for the recipe but I think SherryC posted only the menu of the bbq at her son's house with a promise to post the zucchini squash cobbler recipe when she got it.

We have something to look forward to...

Marilyn 

 

 

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Moderators

And thanks from us, too!! Love looking here!

Melissa Mod

Sherryc

NO one missed the recipe I have not gotten it yet.  I'll text my DIL and see if she can get it for me.

Three years, yeah, thanks so much for starting it.

Marybe your Dad's Bday sounds wonderful.  You always seem to do a great job with the food.

Blundin2005

Ah shucks gang! Thanks.

My DH and I agree that you can eat good food at anywhere. What makes it great food are the people who come together around the table. That's what makes our thread so good! 

Hugs to all,

Marilyn 

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carollynn79

Zuccini cobbler sounds good.  Picking a few strawberries , kale, spinach,swiss chard, lettuce.  Still hoping round on crutches slow recovery but cellulitis infection starting to clear, will try to post pictures this weekend.

apple

my natural friend from the Ozarks has a huge working gardern.. so proud of her.  She had about 20 squash blossoms yesterday... I told her that today we'd make some stuffed ones. She has eaten everything in the world but not squash blossoms.  She comes over in early spring and we go out to pick poke weed...  to boil some up for dinner.  I don't think she allows too many weeds on her property.    Our whole property is nothing but poke weed which my husband leaves for the birds.

I used to play competitive pool (like billiards really but on generally small tables) in the little bars in deep southern Ozarks.. where real country folk work and play and there are no tourists.  Boy  I loved those people down there. They had a tournament just about every weekend and i quickly became a fixture because i would make awesome cookies to bring with me.    I thought i legitimately won.. but then i figured out they just wanted my cookies to keep coming.  I also played the organ at some of the churches.. blew them away. 

 An honest gentlemen loses pool games to women and treats her kindly. 

Anyway, I had a friend there whose husband played... i think her name was Erna (some old German name).. She invited me over for dinner. Usually dinner in that part of the Ozarks involved somthing chicken fried but Erna i guess, had to get rid of some her zuccini.  It did have bacon tho. 

2 sisters. just up the road had a smokehouse, little bbq restaurant.. there were only about 10 seats and the food was mostly to be picked up and taken home.  Country hams and bacons.  man on man.. I remember the bacon was so delicious.  the hams were huge.. hung from the rafters and the sisters had arms as big as the hams.  big girls they were... they were state pool champions too for Arkansas and Missouri..I won one game.  I am very little and they both swaggered over to me, towering like giants and asked my name.  they never let me win altho i did beat one of them in an arm wrestling contest (just strong from being a chef).. the big winner of a case of Yukon Jack.. the world's worst liquor ever.  I just left it in that town  for the guys where the arm wrestling contest was..  i drank one drink and practically had a heart attack. It's orange flavored whiskey rotgut.    there was little fun stuff in the Ozarks to do except go to bars and eat, shoot, fish  and visit.   The bars were family oriented.. everyone ate there, and very little hanky panky and stuff.  .. just pool tables, those long table with sand on them for shooting shiny disks, darts... the computer games with those little guys... hot dogs and tvs.

Erna's husband (no kidding.. his name was something like Uln), had the world's largest greased up and fancy pompadour.. he was a fantastic world renowned trick shot player and showed me many skills.    I just ran into Uln at a Senior Center here in my town recently (we are visiting again really soon). ... Erna had died about 8 years ago... we hugged and went to play pool in the rec- room. "I don't wanna hear no piany playing.. come on"

At Erna's dinner that nite (back to the show)We had 10 varieties of zuccini.... must have been what was in the garden that week.  We also had the most intense sliced tomatoes with crumbled bacon... they were fantastic.   I remember Erna saying "Come on now.. you just can't eat tomaters.. you have to have some zuccini too!.. like i was a little kid.

Zuccini with white crackers and milk (baked) - that was super weird

zuccini baked with fresh corn and tomaters. (that's how they said tomatoes)

Zuccini stuffed with tomaters

Zuccini stuffed with icky breakfast sausage

Zuccini casserole

Zuccini with peas (that was super gross)

Zuccini cake

Zuccini muffins.

It was good all in all. They made the breakfast sausage very plain.  It was much prized, but i bet it only had salt, pepper, red chili flakes and garlic in it.

Erna reminded me of my friend Diana.. they are both so slow moving and so naturally and easily nice.. very lovely people.  I just happen to know the nicest people.

I've never actually made stuffed zuccini blossoms, but will try with some of Marilyn's recipes already posted on the interwebs.  Diana is coming to dinner with her blossoms.. i hope they'll be fresh enough at 6 pm. (what do you think Marilyn?)

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luvmygoats

Apple - I, too, love your writing and stories.  Very entertaining about the Ozarks.  Love the name Yukon Jack.  Written about my goats.  Always looking for unique names esp. for the ones I give away, the neutered (wethered is correct term) males.  Might have to name one of the baby boys out there Yukon Jack.  Don't know though how fitting for goats that originated in Africa???

I have a minor dilema.  Bought 10 oz raspberries and 18 oz blueberries (fresh) yesterday.  Only DH and I.  Need some ideas.  DH not much of an adventurous eater.  Bought shortcake bottoms and, I know bad for you, squirt whipped cream.  Guess I will mash some raspberries with some sugar and make shortcakes.  Isn't there something about using balsalmic vinegar, which I have, in some recipes.  Probably have some pork in freezer could make that with berries or chicken too, even chunk of cooked ham.  You name it within reason I probably have it.  Know I could always make smoothies or muffins to freeze.  I am the worst at buying food and letting it go to waste. Determined to stop that.  Hoping to quit working in Dec. for good (age 60 then) and budget will be very slim.  Thanks for any and all suggestions.

Zucchini cobbler is a google term.  Just glanced at them but saw some from AllRecipes, one of my favorite sites.

Fog lifting from rads.  Took my first letrozole last night.  98% estrogen positive so have to make AIs work.

Hope everyone is having a good Saturday getting things done and enjoying life.

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luvmygoats

Teka - Well stink is relative.  The females do smell like livestock.  But the unwethered males pee on their beards to make them attractive to females.  That's the stink.  They also smell a little musky but who could smell that over the nasty pee smell.  I only have one full male and that is more than enough to "perfume" the air.  People in the goat business laughingly call it "the smell of money", not that I make anything on them.  But your male is more important to breeding success than the females.  These are miniature dairy goats but I don't milk.  No time, no decent place to milk.  Might change if I retire. Finicky DH might!!! just have to get used to the taste.  LOVE goat cheese done right 'course don't love the cost. 

Pies?? Did you mean pics?  Don't do photobucket, etc.  DH got avatar on here.  She's long gone a real sweetheart of a goat, my Nellie.  Died way too young from cancer.

Blundin2005

Hi all, 

Welcome luvmygoats. Us too...we eat goat cheese often and I use goat milk for my cappuccino in the morning. Frappe for the berries? or topping on ice cream?

Apple it was a treat to read that you are stuffing zucchini flowers and loved the story. Your neighbors seem to make your place a nice place to be.   

I took some pics of a stalk of romaine lettuce that I am letting go to seed. A beauty of its' own don't you think?

     

This is the red leaf lettuce (ginestre) egg salad sprinkled with paprika, sliced tomatoes, kalamata olives and a few salami slices.  

 The weather is cloudy and drizzly today. We're expecting sun tomorrow. The tomatoes are beginning to form. The strawberries are a puttering along but not real enthusiastic. I must admit that the bee population seems a bit low this year. I hadn't thought much about that until I read Apple and Teka. Our dog Napo catches bees to eat! 

Buon weekend everyone.

Marilyn 

Ps. Almost forgot...Apple, splash some cold water on the blossoms to freshen them us if they are wilted. Don't forget to take out the stamen inside. Buon appitito..can't wait to hear about it!

 

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luvmygoats

Apple - Thump those tomato blossoms!  Help them pollinate.  I think I heard late afternoon is best time.  Generally we don't have trouble with pollination due to windy Texas.  I just went out and no bees on my plants either but have tomatoes.  Texas had so much drought/heat last year most home gardeners even good ones, which I'm not, pretty much gave up.  I have a huge Brandywine plant that is dwarfing everything.  If it only will keep setting fruit.  Only have a small 3 x 6' area since I don't have time to take care of much and DH waters it every morning since right in backyard.

apple

i think i will move the tomatoes (they are in big pots) up to where all the other flowers are.  maybe there are bees already up there.  I've been painting, shaking and blowing on those flowers.. how does one remove the stamin.

Anyway, just made the best cole slaw.

shredded cabbage and carrots, celery, onion, garden herbs (oregano, parsley and chives) and made a dressing of mayo, a lime, celery seed, salt pepper and sugar.. Simple, but it is really good.. it will macerate for a couple hours.

We're having Jewish hot dogs for dinner.

I was at the store and said 'Dang' and the kid worker said 'What are you looking for?" and i said 'Nathan's hot dogs'.  The hotdogs were pretty skinny.  I said ' I thought they were supposed to be thicker and this kid said ' Oh they get a lot bigger when you heat them up'.  it cracked me up.. i was so embarrassed.. he had no idea why I was laughing to hard.

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Blundin2005

Apple -- How to remove the stamen:  At the bottom of the flower is the green cap that connects the stem to the flower. Snap or cut the cap from the flower and the stamen should come with it. Then I fill the cheese from the top or slit the flower, fill, then flap. 

Momine

Teka, how about blueberry-raspberry pancakes? That is what we had for breakfast today, made with buckwheat and kefir, walnuts and oatmeal, some cinnamon and lemon zest.

I haven't checked this thread in months, so many good ideas and nice pictures.

Someone had asked about my hazelnut dressing months ago, if anyone is still interested, I just chuck everything in the blender. I do a lot of dressings that way - a bunch of herbs, juice of a lemon or a lime, olive oil, garlic, nuts (optional) blend it all till smooth.  

Yesterday I got a pile of really fresh, small asparagus cheap. We roasted them with halved baby roma tomatoes and halved cloves of fresh garlic, salt, pepper, and olive oil. They look really good. A little balsamic would probably also be good, as would eating them at room temp with parmesan shaved over the top. Alas, no cheese for me, but I bet it would be good. 

apple

We have a darling farm just right around the corner.  Bear Farms.  they raise horses,  llammas, donkeys, goats.. at least most of them seem pretty small.. about a 10 acre opertion.  So I am driving buy one day and it looks like I see a donkey standing over a dead baby donkey..  I sigh, park, walk up to the door. Mr. Behr answers and when i say - it seems like you have a dead baby Donkey over there yonder (i do have a sense of humor)... he said "  Yonder?  Donkey?  I don't have any donkeys - that's a horse and the baby is taking a nap.

ok .. so i feel like a fool.  Then i asked him if he ever sold llamma wool (i have a friend who would love to buy some wool... he said ' Didn't you read that sign?"  (i guess it said no solicitors)? oh well, i said  ' have a nice day. .. sorry'.

Know the difference between Japanese and English haiku.The Japanese haiku and the English language haiku have several critical differences. In Japanese the haiku is composed of 17 sound units divided into three parts - one with 5 syllables, one with 7 syllables and another with 5 syllables. Since sound units are much shorter than English syllables, it has been found that following the Japanese example results in a much longer poem. The Japanese write their haiku in one line. In English, however, each part is given a line in order to clearly divide the parts of the haiku. This allows the reader time to form an image in the mind before the eyes go back to the left margin for more words. The line breaks also act as a type of punctuation.

The goats they could mow

they would be happy and full

I'd make hats from their fur.

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Momine

Teka, I love raspberries, and since I am trying not to eat sweets, I missed my favorite raspberry sweets. Raspberry pancakes are a good substitute.

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luvmygoats

Teka - OMG My local store Brookshires (a Texas grocer) has Bulgarian buttermilk along with the regular stuff.  Love the Bulgarian even though I wouldn't drink it on a dare.  Love to cook with it and have even frozen it.  Comes in a quart which is way too much to use for just the 2 of us.  Make buttermilk scalloped potatoes a recipe I engineered out of "Cooking Well for the Unwell".  Guesstimate the sauce 'cause what the recipe came with is just not enough.

1T oil, 2 large baking potatoes, peeled & sliced thin, 1 onion sliced, 2 T unsalted butter, 1 c warm buttermilk, salt and pepper to taste.  Oven 325 degrees.  Lightly oil shallow baking dish (8 x 8" or so).  Bring large pot of salted water to boil. Add potatoes & onion; cook until just barely tender 5 min. only.  Drain, rinse with cold water & set aside.  Melt butter in saucepan.  Stir in flour & cook stirring for 2 min. until golden & well combined.  Stir in warm buttermilk & cook, stirring, until thickend 4-5 min. Do not boil.  Arraage potatoes/onion in baking dish.  Pour sauce over, lifting slices to let sauce flow under (or layer with sauce).  Bake 1 hour uncovered until lightly browned on top.  Serve hot.  Makes 2 servings.  This is the original recipe.  Been a while since I made it but I bet I make a little more sauce and add a little more potato.  Original recipe did not have the onion in it but it sure does taste good in it.  I also add a dash of grated nutmeg & maybe use little garlic salt in place of regular salt.