Hockey night in Illinois
Sep. 25th, 2010 09:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ksmithLet's see if the Hawks can win one.
Today was a garden-kitchen day. Cut down all the tomato plants; bagged the greenery instead of composting because of the blight contamination. I thought I'd be lucky to salvage a handful of greenies, but I managed to fill a paper grocery bag with ripes, soon-to-ripens, and probably-will-never-ripen-but-we'll-give-it-a-shot. Split them between four bags, and stuck them in the spare room to do what they would.
All that's left now are a few basil plants and three bell pepper plants. All the bells have peppers, the largest of which may be about three inches or so across. Not big enough to pick. I don't know how much time I have until the first freeze, but I hope the peppers can ripen now that they aren't crowded by the tomatoes.
Then I got busy in the kitchen. Blanched&skinned a couple dozen Romas that had ripened over the last couple of weeks, and stuck them in the freezer. Picked a few more crabapples, and put on another crockpot of chutney. Roasted some red peppers. Baked apple-oatmeal cookies.
My feet hurt, and I'm tired. But the house smells mahvelous.
Today was a garden-kitchen day. Cut down all the tomato plants; bagged the greenery instead of composting because of the blight contamination. I thought I'd be lucky to salvage a handful of greenies, but I managed to fill a paper grocery bag with ripes, soon-to-ripens, and probably-will-never-ripen-but-we'll-give-it-a-shot. Split them between four bags, and stuck them in the spare room to do what they would.
All that's left now are a few basil plants and three bell pepper plants. All the bells have peppers, the largest of which may be about three inches or so across. Not big enough to pick. I don't know how much time I have until the first freeze, but I hope the peppers can ripen now that they aren't crowded by the tomatoes.
Then I got busy in the kitchen. Blanched&skinned a couple dozen Romas that had ripened over the last couple of weeks, and stuck them in the freezer. Picked a few more crabapples, and put on another crockpot of chutney. Roasted some red peppers. Baked apple-oatmeal cookies.
My feet hurt, and I'm tired. But the house smells mahvelous.
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Date: 2010-09-26 03:38 am (UTC)I wound up with several quarts of marinara, at least a gallon of crushed tomatoes, and a gallon of puree. A couple pints of basil pesto. Now I'll have a couple of quarts of chutney to add to the total.
I got such a kick out of picking those crab apples. Had some of the first batch of chutney on a chicken sandwich today for dinner. it's really good, even if I do say so myself. Today's batch has some additions--a couple cups of chopped tomatoes, and some additional spices.