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Subject: [Homestead] cooking the garden veggies
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:27:55 -0400
Today, I am cooking and putting up squash..I have some grated for bread,
I have some boiling for casseroles and for the freezer(blanching); I
have some in bags for steaming for dinners next week; and I am trying
stuffed squash-my own recipe...I'll let you know how it turns out, but
basically, I let a couple of pattypan squashes get too big, but they are
perfect for this purpose. I cut the top out and hollowed it thin using
a melon baller. I saved the seeds as they were mature, and then steamed
the balled flesh in the microwave. For the stuffing, I combined a day
old onion roll, some leftover baked ham, cheddar and parmesan cheese,
sesame seeds, onions, an egg, the cooked flesh and some Italian herbs.
I mixed that up and stuffed the squash shells with that. I saved the
'lid' of the squash, placed it on the top, and put the squashes in the
oven. They are still cooking, but it smells great so far. I just
wanted something different...you know how it goes with squash, and I
only had a few plants!!(like 4 pattypan and 2 crookneck)
This morning, I made one of those breakfast casseroles to use up a bunch
of eggs and about a quart of half and half I had from something
else...I've never actually made one of those before, but it was fun. I
hope that it will be as good as it looked. It has bread in the bottom,
then sausage(home grown pork), some shiitakes and Anaheim peppers,
cheese, eggs, crushed red pepper, and the half and half. Cholesterol
heaven. :)
Damn, I miss those once a month cooking marathons...
Bev
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BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
34.498N 85.076W Bev is Earth, Ron is Sky
[Homestead] cooking the garden veggies,
EarthNSky, 07/12/2008