You all seem to be such proficient chefs. Well here is a place to share some of that cooking knowledge. Or do you have a cooking problem? Ask away. Jams and chutneys go here too.
Jessiebean wrote:Green Rosie- may be a stupid question but with steeping the courgettes in the salt is that a salt solution or do I just sprinkle the salt on the diced courgette like you do with old eggplant?
Oops - sorry missed this - just sprinkle the salt over the courgettes like you would with eggsplants (aubergines )
ooh yes I will do so today!
I do like French vegie names much better than the ones we use in Australia, Courgette, aubergine and mange tout sound so much more refined than , zucchini, eggplant and snow pea...
"Never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.”
Jessiebean wrote:ooh yes I will do so today!
I do like French vegie names much better than the ones we use in Australia, Courgette, aubergine and mange tout sound so much more refined than , zucchini, eggplant and snow pea...
Except when i mispronounce mange tout to sound like a dog disease followed by tout to rhyme with shout
Jeremy Daniel Meadows. (Jed).
Those who walk in truth and love grow in honour and strength
ooh yes, you want to hear horror- listen to an Aussie strangle any French or any Foreign word.. apparently folk around Queensland way don't want to try to pronounce things correctly ever(even English)!
"Never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.”
Thanks for the recipe Green Rose we made it today and it came out great, we also made Lemon Honey, Tomato relish, Apricot Jam and tomorrow we are making beetroot pickle, green tomato chutney, plum jam, christmas pickle and lemon and orange marmalade.
Our remote ancestors said to their mother Earth, "We are yours."
Modern humanity has said to Nature, "You are mine."
The Green Man has returned as the living face of the whole earth so that through his mouth we may say to the universe, "We are one."
I'm so glad it is winter and I can have a break from all that!
Did you ever try the pumpkin chutney recipe that I gave you Homegrown? It turned out quite OK but not as good as the apple one that I make when I've got a glut and love the best.
I have made my version (I had brown vinegar, no dry mustard and no cornflour- I used plain flour but did consider using birds custard powder briefly... hrrrrm) and I am pleased with the results.
Homegrown you have been busy- is lemon honey what we called lemon butter or lemon curd?
"Never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.”
MMM, sorry I haven't yet waiting for the autmn harvest, which the way our weather's going could be early, had the fire going last two days, JB I'm pretty sure you call it lemon curd, we dropped the green tomato relish and made pear and green tomato chutney, it turn out great. starting plum jam and beetroot pickle tomorrow. The great thing is that a lot of this will be sold at a big market on the 20th along with my planters and seedlings, there is suppose to be several thousand people through it, wish us luck
Our remote ancestors said to their mother Earth, "We are yours."
Modern humanity has said to Nature, "You are mine."
The Green Man has returned as the living face of the whole earth so that through his mouth we may say to the universe, "We are one."
No worries, but we could sure do with a few more ishers down this way, if we don't soon there will be too many up in the NH and world will tip over from the weight.
Our remote ancestors said to their mother Earth, "We are yours."
Modern humanity has said to Nature, "You are mine."
The Green Man has returned as the living face of the whole earth so that through his mouth we may say to the universe, "We are one."
Green Rosie- I made a half recipe of the Chocolate courgette cake.
It is really lovely. I have made one from another recipe and it was awful but this one even kept the children quiet when they were scraping the batter out of the bowl and off the beater.. anything that makes the kiddies be quiet even for a messy few minutes is a winner in my book!
Ish seems to make my eldest talk even more than most things... " I wike those happy fings ...look a flower.... look a duck....look AHHAHH a flower....loook a chi-cken... loook a flower...MUMMY look ....berries" etc
I might have to whip up another batch of the cake batter to keep him quiet
"Never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.”
Just bumping to gloat that a sudden courgette glut has been truned into another batch of Green Rosies Hot as you like pickle. Substantially hotter than last years which is just about finished!MMMM:)
"Never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.”
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