Re: [IceHorses] Re: OT-whats for supper granpaw

2008-07-19 Thread Mic Rushen
Oh my >I have never seen a beetroot! Here our beets are all bright red and >pickled. How do you cook a beetroot! Fresh beets are like rutabaga (which we call swede) but smaller and softer, dark purple/black in colour. You boil them, then peel them and eat them fresh, or pickle them. The li

Re: [IceHorses] Re: OT-whats for supper granpaw

2008-07-18 Thread Janice McDonald
Sue, my momma had a peach tree for years and it always just grew one or two peaches. then an old man walking by told her if she will hang a bar of soap in a nylon stocking and tie it in the tree it will make peaches. the next year it was so full of peaches a branch broke. maybe something in the s

[IceHorses] Re: OT-whats for supper granpaw

2008-07-18 Thread Susan Coombes
> I have never seen a beetroot! Here our beets are all bright red and > pickled. How do you cook a beetroot! I have had instruction that they are best cooked in a pressure cooker. Pull off the tops and boil them after shaking off the dirt. Plunge into cold water and peal them. You can eat th

Re: [IceHorses] Re: OT-whats for supper granpaw

2008-07-18 Thread Nancy Sturm
we dont have raspberries Oregon has a wonderful climate for all kinds of berries, both domestic and wild. We ride on narrow trails lined with both blackberries and black cap raspberries. Three days ago, we commented on the fact that the bears didn't seem to have found the berries. Today

[IceHorses] Re: OT-whats for supper granpaw

2008-07-18 Thread Susan Coombes
> > Hey, don't forget the carrots, strawberries, raspberries and > blackcurrants! > ; ) We ate all the strawberries. Carrots aren't ready yet. Didn't grow rasps. 10lb of blackcurrant jam (first year one plant). Gooseberies and redcurrants were ok. Tayberries are good too. I can't wait for the

Re: [IceHorses] Re: OT-whats for supper granpaw

2008-07-18 Thread Janice McDonald
we dont have raspberries, we have blueberries, should be blooming soon, and blackberries, they make the yellow flies come in. We have strawberries almost all year round from somewhere in fla, and no currants tho I did buy some imported in the store once and they were amazing. We have some native

Re: [IceHorses] Re: OT-whats for supper granpaw

2008-07-18 Thread Janice McDonald
I have never seen a beetroot! Here our beets are all bright red and pickled. How do you cook a beetroot! Is it like a turnip or a rutabega?? and are your peas what we call "english peas" that you can only get here canned? Little green round balls?? I wonder why they don't grow here. and are

Re: [IceHorses] Re: OT-whats for supper granpaw

2008-07-18 Thread Mic Rushen
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:03:47 -, you wrote: >We poor people in th UK are having home grown potatoes, peas, beans, >beetroot, radish and cucumber and lettuce. The tomatoes aren't ready >yet. Hey, don't forget the carrots, strawberries, raspberries and blackcurrants! ; ) Mic Mic (Michelle)

[IceHorses] Re: OT-whats for supper granpaw

2008-07-18 Thread Susan Coombes
> I am eating fresh shelled field peas with snaps and sliced homegrown > tomatoes for dinner, a fresh squash casserole for supper. with fresh > brewed ice tea. I wonder what the poor people are eating today... > Janice We poor people in th UK are having home grown potatoes, peas, beans, beetroo