Soft neck garlic, I plait and hang up in the kitchen; lasts until the next crop arrives; ditto with hard neck and elephant garlic, either tied up with string or stuck in a small vase.
Last summer, the last of the runner beans were pretty stringy, but I blanched and froze them. Last week I made them into soup; when cooked, blitzed them in the blender, then passed the puree through a 'mouli legume' (a hand mill for veg; about £12.00 and v, useful) this got rid of all the stringyness The soup was divine
Last year I grew Parsnips for the first time. I left them in the garden till the last minute and we had them for Christmas dinner. To compare, we did a batch of shop bought parsnips and my home grown batch - it was AMAZING how much of a difference there was in flavour and everyone loved the home grown ones. They will always be on the garden menu from now on
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Soft neck garlic, I plait and hang up in the kitchen; lasts until the next crop arrives; ditto with hard neck and elephant garlic, either tied up with string or stuck in a small vase.
Last summer, the last of the runner beans were pretty stringy, but I blanched and froze them. Last week I made them into soup; when cooked, blitzed them in the blender, then passed the puree through a 'mouli legume' (a hand mill for veg; about £12.00 and v, useful) this got rid of all the stringyness The soup was divine
mm that sounds good
Last year I grew Parsnips for the first time. I left them in the garden till the last minute and we had them for Christmas dinner. To compare, we did a batch of shop bought parsnips and my home grown batch - it was AMAZING how much of a difference there was in flavour and everyone loved the home grown ones. They will always be on the garden menu from now on
kjd, what a good idea to do the comparison. I no longer buy any tomatoes in the winter or spring as they are so horrible compared to the ones I grow.