OT Might be problems with our food chain this summer or fall, so thinking about planting garden

My favorite use of cauliflower is in cheese, cauliflower soup.

 

I don't really like cheese soup but hey, there's a Yiddish expression that translates to you can't taste with another's mouth. To each our own, not just in food.

Slow cooked artichokes fabulous, never tried before. Takes a long time but totally hands off.

 

I've had deep fried artichoke hearts, excellent, and pickled artichoke hearts in my salads, also excellent, but I enjoy boiled artichokes eaten with some mayonaise the best although that is the form that I can eat the least often because of the strong flavor. Also, I'm really not supposed to eat any artichokes because of my renal diet.

 

I'm sorry. I absolutely loathe mayonnaise with a passion. I mean it totally grosses me out.

Setting out corn next week.

 

I use to loath tomatoes and now they're my favorite vegetable. If you don't like store bought mayonnaise, and some are better than others, then try some homemade mayonnaise. Alton Brown once touted homemade mayonnaise in one of his shows.

 

Sorry, don't care if it's mayonnaise, aoli, remoulade or any other variation, I loathe it.

 

https://thehill.com/policy/healthca...ull-page-ad-the-food-supply-chain-is-breaking
https://www.washingtonpost.com/cont...28-ad80-0e679dcd2669/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2
first is the reporting about Tyson chairman of the board taking out a full page add in the New york times,arkansas times-gazzette, and the washington post. he states that the food supply chain is broken with the closure of the tyson plants and that their product makes up about 15% of the available pork products in grocery stores.
the second link is to a pdf of the advertisement in the Post.

 

finally got the arbor for the grapes built and staked down. I think there are two different types of grapes based on last years investigation. Didn't even know we had them until MY mother spotted them and told me about them. Looking forward to having grapes!

Anyone know how to make wine? The only guy I know from here who does, is never here anymore.

 

Never tried making wine, make grape jelly. But there are tons of books on it.

Put in corn & beans today.

A tip: when you harvest leaf lettuce, don't pull it out, cut it at ground level and leave stem & root in the ground. They will produce a second crop of leaves.

 

The first good red wine I ever had was from some sort of red plums that my cousin made when we were about 15 or 16. Damn, it was delicious. I stretched it out by taking a sip every 2 or 3 days. Now, these days I drink only quality wines and I'll place my cousin's homemade red plum wine against most of the quality wines I drink today.
I would suggest that you use Google and they will have more than one link to a source that will tell you explicitly how to make a homemade quality red from scratch.
If you're interested in making your own beer, I can suggest an outfit that will have everything you need to make as much beer as you like. They supply the yeast, all sorts of different hops, and other things including malted grains. You tell them what kind of beer you want and they will help you craft it. Everything is done right there and all you have to do is take it home when you're finished a few weeks later.

 

We used to grow a lot of red leaf lettuce but I've now switched to more crunchy types like romaine, butter lettuce and bibb lettuce.

 

Technically I do know how.
Have I done it recently aka as an adult(last 13 years)? No.
Grandparents have had an grab arbor for my entire life. Grandfather used to make wine from it. I've helped, done it, made it.
But that was 13 years ago and I remember nothing now.
Nowadays I just make jam using my grandmothers recipes. I don't share the jam. Cause I'm a bad person like that.

 

Lol, that's okay, Google is my best friend... but... not really...damn filtered bs... but... it'll get the job done.

 

Yeah with how filtered google has it, I will probably only get links to corona virus issues somehow connected to alcohol or something. lol

Not a beer fan other than to loosen up my vocals for when I spit into a mic. Other than that, i'm not much of an alcohol guy really. Never found a wine sweet enough and not dry enough to like. Every one leaves my mouth feeling a bit gritty, with that said, Ive not tried many wines. but i might be into trying to make some wine to see how it turns out. Who knows, maybe I turn my property into a vineyard and make it rich with some good recipe I twist to my own.

 

A wonderful sweet wine when served chilled is a chenin blanc sweet. I tried it in the Napa valley and it was superb. Also, if you like a sweet white wine, I would suggest an ice wine. A sauterne or Moscato is very delicious.

 

Ill check them out. Thanks,

 

Oh dear. Lucia was resting under the grapevines. Gray cats are almost invisible in shadow so I didn't see her when watering the garden and she got sprayed with the hose.

That was morning and she still hasn't spoken to me.

 

spoken meaning she wont converse, but still gives curt yes and no’s? Or simply wont utter a word and sits mostly with her back facing you?

 

Means she stayed out all day, came home for supper, walked right past me and when I tried to pet her veered away. Went back out as soon as she ate.