EJ
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:51 pm Post subject: Allotment harvest |
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Honestly, I am having one of those weeks where I don't know if I am coming or going, so I will catch up with all the postings later...but in the meantime, I managed to grab an hour to go picking on the allotment and thought I would share the bounty with you all. Who wants to come for supper? 
 - todays toms, they are slowing down now but I am still picking this amount every few days.
 Sweetcorn from a very late sowing, 12 cucumbers from one vine!! Am loosing the will to live where cucumbers are concerned!!
 Big carrots with no fly damage as they are late ones. A couple have been nibbled at the end by sluggues, but that can be cut off.
 And the overall harvest. A good days picking, which leaves me with Friday to do some serious weeding on the plot!!
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Nicely presented too EJ if I may add. I'm coming over for dinner in about an hour, is that ok? I'll use the Gnome Catapulter (TM) to launch me over to Essex. Have the net set up to catch me 
What in heavens to you do with all of this food?!
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EJ
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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I'm waiting, net in hand! 
Two thirds of the toms get roasted slowely in the oven, then pulped and frozen in portions. The plan is to have 52 portions of frozen toms as we eat a lot of tom sauce based dishes throughout the year.
Sweetcorn, number one son will have one for supper, the others will go in the freezer. The beans are going into a chicken and bean stew for our supper tonight. It is the cucumbers I am having difficulty getting rid of. Am going to have a go at cucumber soup!!
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That's mighty healthy eating EJ. Gillian McKeith won't be making a trip to your place anytime soon 
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 Trying to figure out dinner then I got the invite  . Thanks the 3 of us will be over about 7:00. Hubby wont be home til 6:45. Can't wait looks so goooood! I'll bring home made ice cream. Mint ok with you?
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Great veggies I have to take a rain check on dinner have to work  EJ slice those cucumbers long ways salt and pepper them.I myself roll them in flour and place them in hot oil and fry them golden brown .Place on paper towels and drain ,some spray a baking dish with cooking spray and bake.They taste as good as squash.
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Sharon and I are on the way for supper but we are having to take a row boat so it will be a while . Beautiful vegetables.
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Imagine what we could do if we all got together for supper. I just put a big lamb in the frezer and some beef. Your veg would go really well with it.
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| muddybob wrote: | | Imagine what we could do if we all got together for supper. I just put a big lamb in the frezer and some beef. Your veg would go really well with it. |
That would be great, getting hungry over here!
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What a fab idea muddy. Well, for supper we had multi coloured chicken stew! Multi coloured due to yellow and green courgettes, the bright stems of the rainbow chard, red, white and green dried kidney beans, long thin green beans, white and brown wild rice, red from a couple of skinned chopped tomatos and the cream coloured chicken! It was delicious, and there is enough for me to have some for lunch tomorrow!! Perfect.
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I wish you'd made enough for us 'cause we were all ready to invade your kitchen!!!!  Off to raid the 'fridge as, for some reason, I'm a bit peckish now - can't think why!!!
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