Re: Re: now yucky veggies! and very OT

Thanks for the suggestion, Pam. I'm going to try that since I have enough lemon balm not to supply the world.
zem
zone 7
West TN
----- Original Message ----- From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] now yucky veggies! and very OT


And lemon balm leaves work as well at polishing furniture as Lemon
Pledge. Same scent w/out the fumes. Tried it when I read the pioneer
women used to do that. Works for moi.


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Zemuly Sanders
Sent: 12/15/2004 9:52:29 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] now yucky veggies! and very OT

Me, too, Bonnie. I knew Campbell's tomato soup was beginning to taste like
ice cream topping, then I read the ingredients, and there it was -- corn
syrup! No wonder the country is getting so fat; sugar does that to you. I
buy tomato soup at the health food store now (I think the brand is Nature
Valley or something like that). You are so right; that poison is in just
about everything short of furniture polish.
zem
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] now yucky veggies! and very OT


Or, a little okra in a lot of tomato is good.  Also, I put a few in
chicken
soup or minestrone.
I like to roast veggies, too.  Very good and easy.
We like baby brussel sprouts steamed until just tender and then with a
sauce.  I like a simple white sauce that you can make with little
calories.
Some of the creamy salad dressings, like poppy seed, works very well on
them.  Just drain out the moisture and add the dressing until warm.

Except for tomatoes and beans, like white and kidney, I don't use canned
veggies because they have such little nutrient and are high in salt and
sugar. I am amazed at how much corn syrup is added to prepared and canned
foods.

Bonnie ETN Zone 7


[Original Message]
From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Date: 12/15/2004 11:49:26 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] now yucky veggies!

I was going to suggest fried okra, too.  Nothing better.  If you roll
it in seasoned corn-meal and drop it on a very hot skillet that is
just lightly coated with olive oil, it doesn't even come out bad for
you.
Your brussels sprouts sound yummy, Zem. I have just about given
up heavy cream for health reasons, but it a bit of it really does make
many things come out better.
 What I do most often these days - at least when the weather is
reasonably cool - is roasted vegetables. If it's just for us, I mix them
all together, but for a party I keep each kind separate and place
them around a very large Nambe platter, which makes an attractive
presentation.  I start with a bit of olive oil and kosher salt in a very
hot oven.  While the pan heats I cut up the first round - onions and
carrots.  Then as I cut each different vegetable into thin slices,
I add them to the mix - or use two pans if I'm keeping them separate.
The combination varies with what is in the refrigerator, but usually
five or six kinds.  I try for a mix with different colors and textures.
Red bell peppers,  green squash, pod peas, mushrooms, turnips,
sweet potatoes are all good but I frequently try something new.
I usually add a few drops of sesame oil and a sprinkle of dried
herbs - tarragon or parsley is good. But of course canned or
frozen vegetables would not work - the texture would be all
wrong.  This may sound like a lot of work, but it's not.  If the oven
is very hot it only takes about 20 minutes from start to finish.
I'm glad to hear that someone else does eat vegetables.  I was
beginning to feel peculiar about it.
Auralie



In a message dated 12/15/2004 11:05:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
zsanders@midsouth.rr.com writes:
I love vegetables, too.  Probably because I grew up eating only ones
grown
in the garden. In winter we had what my mother had frozen or canned at
the 
end of the growing season.  Marge, you should try fried okra -- it's the
best.  There is no vegetable I don't really enjoy.  I made Brussels
sprouts
for a dinner party last night. The ingredients included shallots,
marjoram, 
pine nuts and heavy cream.  It was delicious.
zem
zone 7
West TN

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