Re: Drought.../ now peppers

Bonnie, look up the recipe for  "Tzatziki"  I used to work in a Greek restaurant and it was the BEST  STUFF.  I love it. 

james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:   No recipe, Bonnie. A pint of yoghurt; a small cuke, shredded; a large 
clove of garlic, pressed; and about a tablespoon of cracked pepper.

Also, the Lebanese--when they're not being bombed--make a 
yoghurt-cucumber soup that is excellent.

On Aug 6, 2006, at 3:43 PM, Bonnie Holmes wrote:

> Does she have a recipe or does she just put it together? I'd love to 
> try
> it.
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: james singer 
>> To: 
>> 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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