permaculture

["Kelly Lockamy" <garden_muse@bellsouth.net>]

rick,
thanks so much for that entertaining recipe idea.  i'll do just that,
although sans that handy sounding Foley seed seperator.  i'll be in the much
up to my elbows!  my chickens will enjoy the seeds, never thought of that
benefit.
i'll look forward to your upcoming cook book- should be a real classic one
day given your light-hearted approach and appreciation for eating good
stuff! Euell must have a big grin on his spiritual face right now.
now for those blasted chinese "artichokes", or florida betony.....
keep it cooking,
kelly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Valley" <bamboogrove@cmug.com>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 1:59 AM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] recipes using 'marginal' fruits, veg, etc


>
> > hey graham, if you get a submission for an eleagnus recipe, could you
post
> > it?  my bushes are FULL of fruit right now.
>
> How about this- it's my own invention. I cook lots, done that restaurant
> thing, and was reading Euell Gibbons in 8th grade- I think I was
channeling
> Bro' Euell on this one.
>
> Strip a big pot worth of fruit off the Autumn Olive bushes afap (as fast
as
> possible)
> Put a half cup/cup of water in a pot. Cover, bring to a boil, add the
fruit,
> recover, then as soon as the cover is warm to the touch, open, stir,
remove
> from heat, and using a Foley Food Mill, separate the pulp from the seeds.
> This is easy and quick. The seedy mash could become the start of a fruit
> vineagar. Or poultry would probably relish the seeds. The pulp can be used
> for all sorts of recipes directly or frozen or canned for later.
> I used it directly as the base of a merengue pie. The color was an
outrage,
> the pie did not survive very long at all. (well, it WAS a party) And the
> Eleagnus fruit is very beneficial to the human organism, no doubt full of
> anti-accidents & who knows? All in all, in terms of a ratio of time &
effort
> for harvest & processing vs. results, I'd put it up there at the head of
the
> list. It was a piece of cake- or pie.
>
> -Rick
> in Benton CO. Oregon, where the Autumn olive is leafing out.
>
>
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