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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 13,692
    edited June 9
    Cleaned up my garden got huge amounts of arugula. Reseeds every year and really takes over. Might make pesto.
    Decided to cook it with hot Italian sausage, dried hot lemon chilies from last season, brown butter whole wheat noodles. Lot's of cracked pepper. 
    Never really cook with arugula, but it cooked down and tastes great.
    if I had garlic would have added it. My scapes are prob ready to be snapped off. Garlic early July. I plan to add them to butter and freeze to use whenever. Did that last season and was a treat. 

    The burden of a gardener. What to do when it's harvest time. Always impress myself when I try something new and it works. Pats self on back.
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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 13,692
    edited June 9
    Have huge amounts of arugula left if anyone has ideas. 
    Giving that stuff away. Just composted most of my kale. Recycled and couldn't give away and eat enough.
  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 NEW YORK Posts: 12,031
    SpicyPolish Kielbasa… so good Kurwa


  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 NEW YORK Posts: 12,031
    Last night for the Spurs game… yea not the Knicks game 😜 had a few buddies over who didn’t like me by end of the night … proof I don’t just do takeout, used a Jamaican jerk rub in the wings.. fuckin bangin 
    steak was great…. Caught a few fish yesterday… i
    like to do fun stuff like fishing or the Bronx zoo before big games. Find my happy place … i



  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 13,692
    Heck yes. Nice to see!
  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 NEW YORK Posts: 12,031
    Loujoe said:
    Heck yes. Nice to see!
    Caught a few fluke… a few porgies, it’s great I have a nice harbor 2 miles from my house.. go into LI Sound on 16ft boat… quick trip, got some color… good tunes.. it’s nice to have simple pleasure . Sunshine does wonders for you… gonna eat well in Texas this weekend.. I’ll post some fun food… so excited regardless of the game 😝 yea right who am I kidding… I’m greedy want #6 … I’ll never be able to wear my Spurs jerseys ever again here.. not even kidding.. that poor dude who got jumped yesterday… people are so terrible 
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,763
    Loujoe said:
    Have huge amounts of arugula left if anyone has ideas. 
    Giving that stuff away. Just composted most of my kale. Recycled and couldn't give away and eat enough.

    Suggestion for next time: instead of composting it, you can blanche and freeze kale, and/or you can puree it and freeze it in cubes or whatever and use it in smoothies. 
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 13,692
    PJ_Soul said:
    Loujoe said:
    Have huge amounts of arugula left if anyone has ideas. 
    Giving that stuff away. Just composted most of my kale. Recycled and couldn't give away and eat enough.

    Suggestion for next time: instead of composting it, you can blanche and freeze kale, and/or you can puree it and freeze it in cubes or whatever and use it in smoothies. 
    Good ideas. Was my plan yet never got to it. Really amazing how much  food you can grow from 1 small pack of seeds. Plan to try kale again.fall through winter into spring. 
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 43,572
    Loujoe said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Loujoe said:
    Have huge amounts of arugula left if anyone has ideas. 
    Giving that stuff away. Just composted most of my kale. Recycled and couldn't give away and eat enough.

    Suggestion for next time: instead of composting it, you can blanche and freeze kale, and/or you can puree it and freeze it in cubes or whatever and use it in smoothies. 
    Good ideas. Was my plan yet never got to it. Really amazing how much  food you can grow from 1 small pack of seeds. Plan to try kale again.fall through winter into spring. 
    Im curious about the winter kale.  I wanted to do that and eat it.

    Let me know some details please.
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 13,692
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Loujoe said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Loujoe said:
    Have huge amounts of arugula left if anyone has ideas. 
    Giving that stuff away. Just composted most of my kale. Recycled and couldn't give away and eat enough.

    Suggestion for next time: instead of composting it, you can blanche and freeze kale, and/or you can puree it and freeze it in cubes or whatever and use it in smoothies. 
    Good ideas. Was my plan yet never got to it. Really amazing how much  food you can grow from 1 small pack of seeds. Plan to try kale again.fall through winter into spring. 
    Im curious about the winter kale.  I wanted to do that and eat it.

    Let me know some details please.
    Oddly
    Last season I planted seeds in late fall. Didn't ever take off. Came back to my plot early spring and it survived the winter. Could harvest a little. Fertilized it with a little  composted manure. Grew like crazy. Could have been an anomaly. Will see this season. 
    It's not where I live, so Didn't check on it all winter.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 43,572
    Loujoe said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Loujoe said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Loujoe said:
    Have huge amounts of arugula left if anyone has ideas. 
    Giving that stuff away. Just composted most of my kale. Recycled and couldn't give away and eat enough.

    Suggestion for next time: instead of composting it, you can blanche and freeze kale, and/or you can puree it and freeze it in cubes or whatever and use it in smoothies. 
    Good ideas. Was my plan yet never got to it. Really amazing how much  food you can grow from 1 small pack of seeds. Plan to try kale again.fall through winter into spring. 
    Im curious about the winter kale.  I wanted to do that and eat it.

    Let me know some details please.
    Oddly
    Last season I planted seeds in late fall. Didn't ever take off. Came back to my plot early spring and it survived the winter. Could harvest a little. Fertilized it with a little  composted manure. Grew like crazy. Could have been an anomaly. Will see this season. 
    It's not where I live, so Didn't check on it all winter.
    I grew some of the kale that is a decoration.  I know you can still eat it but didn't.

    Will look into it further.
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 13,692

  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 46,946
    how it was , when it started , how its going , now wrapped in butcher paper and foil...





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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 13,692
    Added some orange zest to this batch. I'm addicted to preserving. Was going to add hot peppers but decided I can do that if I want after I open a jar. 
    Berries rhubarb and sugar sit overnight in fridge. Morning add 3 tablespoons lbottled lemon juice ( for accurate acidity to jar) 1/4 tsp salt simner away for about 30+ min. Stir to avoid burning.

    Orange zest was an afterthought so just added sone to each jar before adding jam.

    Jar em up!

    Great hobby when you have the tools and time. 

    Peaches should be coming around soon. Did peach hot pepper jam a few years ago. One batch came out great
     The other I cooked too long. It messes up the gelling of the jam. Kind of a science.

    In case anyone cares... 

    Anyyyyywayyyy
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,895
    Loujoe said:
    Added some orange zest to this batch. I'm addicted to preserving. Was going to add hot peppers but decided I can do that if I want after I open a jar. 
    Berries rhubarb and sugar sit overnight in fridge. Morning add 3 tablespoons lbottled lemon juice ( for accurate acidity to jar) 1/4 tsp salt simner away for about 30+ min. Stir to avoid burning.

    Orange zest was an afterthought so just added sone to each jar before adding jam.

    Jar em up!

    Great hobby when you have the tools and time. 

    Peaches should be coming around soon. Did peach hot pepper jam a few years ago. One batch came out great
     The other I cooked too long. It messes up the gelling of the jam. Kind of a science.

    In case anyone cares... 

    Anyyyyywayyyy

    I wish I had the time, space and patience for canning/preserving. I am going through a pickle/fermentation phase. There are two ladies that show up at our local farmers market every other weekend with barrels of good stuff. I eat sauerkraut almost every day. Hot pickled cauliflower is one of my favorite things to eat. Same with pickled cherry peppers. Both are always in the fridge.
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 13,692
    Sweet^ yes you inspired me before with that cauliflower. Thx for the reminder. Never experimented with fermenting. Would be fun and assuming less work than cooking and processing jars.

  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 13,692
    Whacha got there Mr Rat? Looks great. Brisket if some sort?
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,895
    Loujoe said:
    Sweet^ yes you inspired me before with that cauliflower. Thx for the reminder. Never experimented with fermenting. Would be fun and assuming less work than cooking and processing jars.


    Truthfully I have no idea how it all works. I just buy jars or quarts at the market. But the Cento hot cauliflower makes a perfect side dish. I even use the brine. My Japanese family, that loves pickles, will not eat it. Strange but true. 
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,895
    edited June 14
    We also eat a bunch of kimchi each month, but we do not make it. We have an Hmart nearby. Which is next to a Shake Shack. Sweetheart, I am making a kimchi run. This month its the rib sandwich maybe x2 and a lemonade.
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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 13,692
    edited June 14
    candymy garlic isn't ready and only needed a couple cloves. Market only sold garlic by the pint. Ok. Buy pint. Roast it up.
    keep the vampires/coworkers away.

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