[AT] Old time gardens

[Mark Greer]

They do taste sort of pukey when they are still green. If you let them get
good and ripe to where the husk is dry and the fruit starts to yellow the
taste changes a bunch and they have a sort of lemony sour flavor that is
pretty good. The fruit will outgrow the husk and make it split open when it
is ripe. They will actually fall off the vine when you touch them when they
are ripe. I've been raising them for a couple of years but didn't realize
how ripe they should be until this summer when I was talking with my wife's
cousin's husband who is from Honduras and he laughed at me for picking them
before they were ripe. He is a chef at a local authentic Mexican restaurant
and grows a lot of his own spices and such for his cooking.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Willer" <gwill at toast.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Old time gardens


> Rob,
>
> I planted some of the tomatillos several years ago as recommended by our
> friend Smitty from CA.  They were supposed to be good in salsa.  They have
a
> husk that has to be removed.  I didn't care for the flavor, so I didn't
use
> them.  Now they are coming up EVERYWHERE!  Maybe I did something wrong?
>
> Be careful!
>
> George Willer
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rob Gray" <Robgray at epix.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 9:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Old time gardens
>
>
> > My dad gave me a few seedlings for the garden this year that were those
> > weird little Mexican tomatoe like things and they are good to eat right
> > out of the garden. I think they are called tomatillos but I'm not sure.
I
> > also like the peppers and immature string beans...
> >
> > Rob
> > NE PA
> >
> >
> > George Willer wrote:
> >
> >> Len,
> >>
> >> The peppers are the best.  I wish I hadn't plowed mine under now.  I
make
> >> it a point to not leave any to get very old and too hot.
> >>
> >> The tomatoes are second best eaten in the garden, but I feel like I
> >> should have a salt shaker along.  A couple things I haven't tried...
the
> >> Okra and asparagus.  I may never.  My dog, Reba, likes to dig her own
> >> potatoes and snitch an occasional ear of raw sweet corn.  I'll pass.
> >>
> >> I'm sure it has been more than a month since we have had any rain at
all.
> >>
> >> It sounds weird, but I plan to plow again in the spring... it keeps me
a
> >> little ways ahead of the weeds and I enjoy doing it.
> >>
> >> George Willer
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Rugen" <lrugen at c-magic.com>
> >> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> >> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 5:05 PM
> >> Subject: [AT] Old time gardens
> >>
> >>
> >>> It was a crazy afternoon.  I'm trying to fix a SEWER problem, I guess
my
> >>> pipe crushed under a driveway because of the wet ground.  Anyway, I
had
> >>> to
> >>> make a trip to the farm in the mud to weld a broken mini-backhoe and
> >>> look
> >>> for some other tools.  It has drizzled all day and I decided to take a
> >>> pass
> >>> thru what was left of our garden.  We have pretty much abandoned it,
but
> >>> the
> >>> fall rains have revived the okra and bell peppers.
> >>>
> >>> That got me to thinking of the times as a kid (and ever since) of the
> >>> things
> >>> that get ate before the leave the garden.  It seems there is nothing
> >>> quite
> >>> like eating something right where it grew, starting with peas in the
> >>> spring.
> >>> Of course, the cherry tomatoes were the main course all summer, but
> >>> there
> >>> are lots of things that I like raw.  All the cleaning that is
necessary
> >>> is
> >>> to wipe it off on a clean spot of my shirt.  I had a pepper today,
just
> >>> eat
> >>> to the seads and throw the rest out.  Still dripping with the rain.
> >>> Okra is
> >>> even good raw, if you don't mid the fuzz.
> >>>
> >>> The old farmsteads used to have a few apple trees that had a few
apples
> >>> each
> >>> fall.  Good to eat, but you had to cut around the bug holes at times.
> >>> Good
> >>> deer hunting near those trees too.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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