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Post by Sher on Mar 11, 2021 9:51:25 GMT -5
The zucchini plants and eggplant all seem to like the new containers much better!! Lots more room for their roots. And one of the pot-a-penos has blooms on it!!!
Wonderful!
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Post by campingcorgis on Mar 11, 2021 11:12:34 GMT -5
Ditto! Wonderful and good job!
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Post by maskedsonnet on Mar 11, 2021 18:41:29 GMT -5
Taste Test #2 - Asian Greens mix (mizuna, pak choi, tender green, daikon, michihili cabbage)!! Very, very tasty, I like this much better than the mega mix (probably because it's not so busy). Ate it with ranch and parmesan again, I'm going to get some more variety of dressings with my next grocery pickup to go with my salads. Maybe someday I'll even graduate to making my own dressings! But for now, the easy and lazy way is good after a 12-hr shift. If I start making my own I'll have to work them in with my regular meal preps. I really don't know how to describe the mix itself, since I've never tasted anything in the mix individually, but they all taste very nice together  |
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Post by campingcorgis on Mar 11, 2021 19:04:50 GMT -5
Taste Test #2 - Asian Greens mix (mizuna, pak choi, tender green, daikon, michihili cabbage)!! Very, very tasty, I like this much better than the mega mix (probably because it's not so busy). Ate it with ranch and parmesan again, I'm going to get some more variety of dressings with my next grocery pickup to go with my salads. Maybe someday I'll even graduate to making my own dressings! But for now, the easy and lazy way is good after a 12-hr shift. If I start making my own I'll have to work them in with my regular meal preps. I really don't know how to describe the mix itself, since I've never tasted anything in the mix individually, but they all taste very nice together It sounds great! And, don't let DIY salad dressing seem like a big task! It really isn't. Or, doesn't have to be.  |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Mar 11, 2021 19:54:37 GMT -5
The recipes for dressings you posted a while back all sounded very yummy! How long do you find they last in the refrigerator? I don’t imagine they’d last me longer than a week, but I’d hate to have something go bad on me.
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Post by campingcorgis on Mar 11, 2021 20:10:31 GMT -5
Most of them will last for about 3 weeks, I would say. Probably not the 1000 Island, because of the egg and fresh chopped stuff...going from memory...but there are so many ways to do oil, vinegar with a few spices or mustard, etc., that last a good while. What I like to do is make several at once. I don't necessarily make the full recipe. And I have dedicated jars and lids I like to use. And a drawer in the fridge that holds salad dressings + most condiments (pickles, olives, etc., etc.) that FIT in a drawer. It makes it easy to find just want I want, looking down into it...LOL. Dressings can be used for other things too. Pasta, taters, rice...make nice "salads" of a sort?  |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Mar 11, 2021 22:04:01 GMT -5
That’s good to know! I figured anything with egg is best eaten as soon as possible, like home-made mayo, so there’s no time for any of the nastier bacterias to form.
Also, seeing “salad” in quotes makes me think about potato salad and chicken salad... things that never taste right without mom looking over my shoulder and taste testing for me! I know how they’re SUPPOSED to taste, I even know what ingredients she puts in there in their approximate amounts (nothing is actually measured in either of those recipes with her) but until they have the Mom Seal of Approval it’s not right lol
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Post by campingcorgis on Mar 12, 2021 13:10:19 GMT -5
That’s good to know! I figured anything with egg is best eaten as soon as possible, like home-made mayo, so there’s no time for any of the nastier bacterias to form. Also, seeing “salad” in quotes makes me think about potato salad and chicken salad... things that never taste right without mom looking over my shoulder and taste testing for me! I know how they’re SUPPOSED to taste, I even know what ingredients she puts in there in their approximate amounts (nothing is actually measured in either of those recipes with her) but until they have the Mom Seal of Approval it’s not right lol Exactly! Salad is not restricted to greens. And there are a lot of "dressings" that can be used on potatoes, meats and pasta! Some might say, think outside of the box? LOL. And the dressings take less time to make than it takes to cook those potatoes, meats and pasta... |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Mar 25, 2021 20:16:08 GMT -5
There are squash forming!!!  |
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Post by campingcorgis on Mar 25, 2021 20:30:56 GMT -5
Woo hoo! How exciting!  |
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Post by Sher on Mar 26, 2021 1:20:24 GMT -5
Success!!! So exciting!  |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Apr 1, 2021 18:55:41 GMT -5
The golden zucchini is still growing, I look forward to tasting it!  The pot-a-peno has set several peppers!! Although the leaves have been hit rather hard by the thrips, I think the measures I've taken so far are helping, so it should hopefully recover  |
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Post by Sher on Apr 1, 2021 20:06:10 GMT -5
I am so excited about the zucchini! Hope you get lots of squash. But even one would bs a victory worth celebrating!
And I am thrilled that you are winning the war with the thrips!
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Post by Shawn on Apr 2, 2021 7:14:02 GMT -5
I echo Sher. I am looking forward to seeing the zuchs as well.
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