Re: Drought.../ now peppers

Does she have a recipe or does she just put it together?  I'd love to try
it.


> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 8/6/2006 1:43:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Drought.../ now peppers
>
> Add to the uses for cukes--Ms Fatma make a cold pasta sauce of 
> cucumbers, garlic, cracked black pepper, and yoghurt. Quite tasty.
>
> On Aug 6, 2006, at 1:15 PM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
>
> > Whoo-hoo, ain't abundance wonderful?
> > You can chop the peppers and freeze them without blanching or 
> > anything. If
> > you have a Tilia or something to suck the air out of the bags, much 
> > better,
> > but it will work regardless. You can freeze stuffed peppers as well, 
> > cook
> > the filling first though. The texture will not fool anyone but they are
> > still good. You can pickle pepper strips; or you can let them ripen, 
> > roast
> > and peel, then puree with a little garlic for pepper spread. That can 
> > be
> > easily frozen too. Peppers are so forgiving, you can let them sit on 
> > the
> > plants practically forever while you figure out what to do. (At least, 
> > that
> > works in my climate)
> > You can dry tomatoes for snacks, or make roasted tomato sauce in the 
> > oven
> > and freeze it for later. Very easy, no canning equipment required.
> > The only thing to do with cukes is fresh eating or pickles. I make 
> > cucumber
> > salad a lot this time of year. Cantaloupes can be chunked up and 
> > frozen with
> > some syrup, again the texture will not fool anyone but it's okay in 
> > fruit
> > salad (still a tad frozen) or in smoothie kind of drinks later. I've 
> > heard
> > of cantaloupe pickles but never tried it; and I made cantaloupe jam 
> > once.
> > Note the word "once".
> > And if you work - I can't remember - it's easy to get rid of your 
> > extras. I
> > even know people who WANT zucchini, imagine that.
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Sent: 8/5/2006 7:27 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Drought.../ now peppers
> >
> > Most years I would agree with your folks, but not this year.
> >
> > My 6 plants have yielded more than we can eat. My family is tired of
> > stuffed peppers :) They are huge ones too....good 5 -6 inches. Another
> > round is about ready, looking into cutting them and freezing for stews
> > etc over the winter... anyone done that?
> >
> >
> > I am also going to have an over aboundance of tomatoes ....and 
> > cucumbers
> > .. and cantalope... only a couple of watermelons tho. Sweet corn didn't
> > make it.... the few ears where harvested by some critter.
> >
> >
> > I guess this series of rain, hot weather was perfect for the veggie
> > garden. I planted less than I usually do since I didn't think I would
> > have time to preserve the extras, so only planted what we normally 
> > could
> > eat..... sigh.... hum, if they continue at this pace, wonder if I could
> > offer it on freecycle.....
> >
> >
> > Donna
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Cersgarden@aol.com
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Sent: Saturday, August 5, 2006 8:46:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Drought.../ now peppers
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 8/4/06 4:26:29 PM, cathy.c@insightbb.com writes:
> >
> >
> >> get sweet peppers, even though the hot peppers I plant produce non
> > stop!
> >>
> >
> > Cathy, my sweet peppers never produce like the hot ones either.   I 
> > only
> > need
> > a few hot ones for salsa so I have been hauling hot ones everywhere
> > trying to
> > get rid of them.   I have 4 plants and the variety is 'Garden Salsa'.
> > Prolific!
> >      Ceres
> >
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