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Comestibles: canna have too many.
I like the look. An alternative to the 'fruit bowl painting' genre.
Makes one feel like a member of the peasantry.
Afterall:
"The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it."
Gertrude Stein
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I planted out some seedlings today, so I thought I'd harvest what needed harvesting.
Voila!
Now I gotta eat it...
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Comment by Dave Riley on December 15, 2020 at 21:38
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I'm cooking radishes a lot now. Last night we had a chayote (choko) Filipino stew into which I also added radishes, chopped to the same thickness as the chokoes.
This Filipino dish (recipe) is a standard at our place. So tasty and nutritious...and filling!
I serve it with a fried egg on top.
I do grow a lot of radishes -- daikons. And they're usually very big.
The greenery on the bottom right of the photo is leaf celery -- which is an absolute kitchen essential. Celery plus onion plus sweet peppers is the Holy Trinity of Cajun cooking. Must be the greatest invention since...
But I changed the Filipino recipe by first cooking up the Holy Trinity...but I almost always have celery because I can grow it as leaf.
Then before serving I added a good bunch of Okinawan spinach (Gynura bicolor) and water spinach(Ipomoea aquatica)...so good for you but tasted fab..
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Yes: crispy white.
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Comment by Christa on November 25, 2020 at 17:21
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Lovely white chokos Dave. we love eating them steamed with vegies. First time I've seen a Hokkaido pumpkin, hope it tastes good. Does it have a pale centre?
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The choko will go into Filipino dishes. The green beans and radishes into soups along with spring onions (that's my daily fare) . I'm keen to do best by the Hokkaido pumpkin. The toms, I'll freeze. Some of the eggs will go to the neighbours. There's a bottle gourd in there which is sentenced to being part of a Sri Lankan curry.
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Comment by Dianne Caswell on November 23, 2020 at 22:36
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Interesting Haul Dave, what did you end up cooking with this lot. Do Share!!!
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Comment by Barbara Tealby on November 23, 2020 at 18:29
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Such abundance!
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