Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[farmgirl19]

OK, guys! I don't think I have a recipe for squash with chocolate, but I'll be looking for one, just for y'all! Who knows what sort of fun creations I might find? This should prove interesting ayway!

 

[sseelhoff]

OK, guys! I don't think I have a recipe for squash with chocolate, but I'll be looking for one, just for y'all! Who knows what sort of fun creations I might find? This should prove interesting ayway!

Maybe squash with a mole sauce? Mole uses Mexican chocolate.

Mexican Mole Sauce Recipe - Allrecipes.com

 

[jinman]

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.

Okay, I'll take responsibility for the multiple late frosts if you take responsibility for the hail storms. That way we can spread the blame.:laughing:

Don, I have some 3' tall picket fence panels to give 50% shading. Last year, I used them above my pepper plants and they kept producing fine. This year, I'm gonna put them up over my tomatoes when it gets hot as an experiment. I think the tomatoes can keep blooming in the heat if they aren't subjected to 12 hours per day of searing sunlight. I may try the pickets on some plants and not on others just to make a scientific comparison. If it doesn't help, why waste my time when I could be sittin' in the shade with a cool Shiner Bock.:thumbsup:

 

[farmgirl19]

Maybe squash with a mole sauce? Mole uses Mexican chocolate.

Mexican Mole Sauce Recipe - Allrecipes.com

Interesting thought! I think this will be a fun way to search out, (and create), new recipes for squash. I like working from scratch, and getting ideas, when it comes to the kitchen!

Thanks for adding to my ideas!

 

[sseelhoff]

Interesting thought! I think this will be a fun way to search out, (and create), new recipes for squash. I like working from scratch, and getting ideas, when it comes to the kitchen!

Thanks for adding to my ideas!

I would think a casserole type dish with grilled chicken breast diced, squash, mole, with some asadero cheese? Or use that as a filling-start with a base of tortillas (maybe coated in mole?), then some filling, then a layer of tortillas, etc..?

Probably could work some fresh tomato in there somehow.

 

[Bird]

Of course the corn is ready at different times in different parts of the country, but we were in Sayre, PA, for 4 months in 1993 and they'd had a lot of flooding that delayed some planting. I remember the newspaper said they traditionally had fresh corn for July 4th, but that year it was about the 20th-22nd before any was ready. But then there was lots of it and cheap at a roadside stand just north of where we were staying in the motorhome.

 

[jinman]

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!

If you use zucchini, then you may have to peel it if the zucs are big. The peel gets tough on them pretty quickly. Smaller zucs are better and don't have to be peeled. Most yellow squash has a very tender peel when picked, but the bigger ones toughen up if you keep them for several days. Yesterday, I noticed I have a tennis ball sized spaghetti squash. The last time I grew them, they were the size of small watermelons, so they have a way to go. We also picked a couple of cucumbers already.

 

[Western]

Jim, been alooong while since I raised some hail, but I will take responsibility for that:laughing: I think your "idea with the fence panels may have some promise, I have Oak trees, so "ain"t moving them around:laughing: I lso wonder if the thick mulch will aid the temp regulation in the ground around mine? we will see.

If any of you are lucky enough to find Olathe Sweet corn around here, you have to try it. Grown in Olathe Colorado and is the best corn, cooked anyway you want, I have ever had...Hands down.

They have a festival, rightly called the "Olathe Sweet Corn Festival" When we lived there, we got the festival and the live entertainment one year was the band "Loverboy" It was incredible. Likely out of most of y'all's taste though, being "old" and all:shocked:

 

[Lou66]

I would think a casserole type dish with grilled chicken breast diced, squash, mole, with some asadero cheese? Or use that as a filling-start with a base of tortillas (maybe coated in mole?), then some filling, then a layer of tortillas, etc..?

Probably could work some fresh tomato in there somehow.

I don't have any moles because of the gumbo clay,, I wonder if I can use field mice in place of mole?:laughing: Lou

 

[Western]

I don't have any moles because of the gumbo clay,, I wonder if I can use field mice in place of mole?:laughing: Lou

Lou, I know what ya mean!! I caught the only 5 "moles" I think I had Ahh Mole Poblano. Had it in "green", but hard to find around here.

Also hard to find around here ,(that is good), is Green chili enchilada sauce. Had some Homemade in N. Mexico last summer while out of town working, brother, I could have eat there everyday!!