Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[Western]

Western; In my book, chocolate is the 5th major food group, and important indeed. Was just looking at it from the nutrition standpoint, instead of necessity standpoint!

Oh nutrition Takes the fun out of everything!

Whoo Hoo! We just harvested our first ear of corn in 15 years. I was going to wait one more day, then I realized that is exactly what I say every year right before the coon raid. We cooked it in a pan with a fresh picked sweet pepper - good. Whipper does get some credit also for her nightly coon chases keeping them at bay.

Don, Already WOW! Did you plant in February or March?

 

[txdon]

Don, Already WOW! Did you plant in February or March?

I planted in March and it only got a tinge of frost damage. Potatoes coming out tomorrow.

 

[jinman]

Don, I think one of my favorite meals is new potatoes and green beans with nice hot cornbread just dry with no butter. I'm one of those folks who only cares for buttered bread about twice a year. I like cornbread and don't use butter or margarine. If cornbread is cooked right, it isn't dry anyhow.

FG19, I love just the taste of fresh squash. Just last night, I sliced a zuc and dipped it raw into spinach dip. No chips needed. The dip has enough calories without adding chips. After I get my fill of fresh squash, I love the variations and casseroles. Thanks for your recipes.

 

[Western]

Don, you where fortunate with the frost, as you know, we suffered from it Because "someone" North of me couldn't keep the door closed.

What type of corn? Bi-color is my favorite in a sweet variety.

Jim, I love cornbread too, even semi sweet in plain milk, but I have to have butter. The Mexican cornbread is excellent and it is good without butter.

FG19, Sounds like a great casserole!! If you where closer, I'd be a mouse in the pantry:laughing:

 

[farmgirl19]

Thankyou, this is one that only needs 1 slight variation but it looks good! My onions and tomatoes are ready to pick, just waiting on the squash.....may have to get frozen.

txdon; I'm not sure how well that recipe will do with frozen. It really needs to do its cooking from raw. Not to mention, it would already be sliced, if frozen, and not lengthwise. I guess you can try it, then when your squash comes in, make it from fresh, and let us know how they differ.

 

[farmgirl19]

jinman; I think you are right about green beans and new potatoes being a perfect meal! I don't even need the cornbread, but wouldn't refuse it! I want mine buttered though. I am going to have to make a dip, and have the sliced squash as my chips soon!

Western; If you lived closer, you'd be welcome. I tend to feed the strays around here, as well as a couple of neighbors! :laughing:

 

[Bird]

One friend makes a casserole with Ritz crackers, and it sounds good, just haven't tried it, due to the Ritz.

A squash casserole with Ritz crackers might be good, but I remember many years ago seeing a recipe for an "Imitation Apple Pie" using Ritz crackers instead of apples. I had to try it, and I guess it was too bad, but it sure wasn't worth doing a second time.:laughing:

 

[txdon]

Don,
What type of corn? Bi-color is my favorite in a sweet variety.

Western, it's just sweet yellow corn from the bins at Ace Hardware. Every single seed came up resulting in mass thinning.
FR19, I forgot the squash slicing would be wrong, can't have that. I can wait a few weeks. My squash just came up yesterday. I just hope the tomatoes don't stop producing in the August heat, but they probably will, so I'll have to remember to freeze a few.

I started doing a new thing with planting this year. I cut the empty paper towel/toilet paper tubes and oatmeal containers and have 2" tall circles and plant the seeds in them. It helps with spacing, watering and identifying the correct sprouts. I also, before planting, put a shovel full of my 2 year old organic homemade compost under each seed circle. I'll see if the yield is the same as twice as many plants. So far the 4 tomato plants are making more tomatoes than we can keep up with and no insect/animal pest are invading this organic area.

 

[blueriver]

Whoo Hoo! We just harvested our first ear of corn in 15 years. I was going to wait one more day, then I realized that is exactly what I say every year right before the coon raid. We cooked it in a pan with a fresh picked sweet pepper - good. Whipper does get some credit also for her nightly coon chases keeping them at bay.

Nothing finer than fresh out of the garden sweet corn ... First yr in ages I didn't get any planted ... I'm jealous

 

[blueriver]

Western; In my book, chocolate is the 5th major food group, and important indeed. Was just looking at it from the nutrition standpoint, instead of necessity standpoint!

My book ranks it considerably higher in the chain ....