Food and Recipes while under Coronavirus quarantine #8

[killarney rose]

That honey problem always happens to me with those little bear jars.

 

[killarney rose]

Today I canned 10 pints of tomatoes. More coming tomorrow.

These are the tomatoes I use, from Aplin Farms.

This Tiny Alabama Town Grows the Best Tomatoes in the World

Ever heard of a Slocomb tomato?

www.yahoo.com

 

[killarney rose]

25 pints of tomatoes canned. I’m pooped and happy to be finished with them!

 

[IceIce9]

We’ve been food prepping like it’s the end of the world over here. Ha!

I went to 2 veggie pick ups plus harvesting my garden. My youngest is home for the summer. So lots of vegetables.

I made enchiladas with refried beans, black beans, tomatoes, black olives, cheese, red sauce and queso. I added chicken to mine.

I picked 2 eggplants last night. I’ve decided I grew too many big tomatoes. 8 plants was overkill. I will do more Roma tomatoes, 4 plants is not enough. They all are about finished. I’ve read if you pick them before they’re ripe, the squirrels won’t poke them. So that’s what I’ve been doing. I’m going to grow some cherry tomatoes on my lanai this summer. They’re supposed to be ok in the heat. I’ll bring them inside the house during the storms.

The blueberries should come in soon if they’re going to. My original blueberry plant took a hit during the hurricane. It’s not damaged just the salt air seems to have shocked it. I need to prune it after it is done. I think that will help. The two new blueberry plants have adjusted nicely.

I’m on my 3rd bed of green beans. I think I’ve mastered succession planting with them. The Brussels have tiny sprouts but I’m not sure they’re going to make it. It is getting way too hot.

New this year is small sugar pumpkins! The leaf miners are trying to take over. I snipped off those leaves. I’m going to stake them up to see if that will help.

My little foster puppy Sassy inspects the garden regularly.

I love your little puppy!

 

[PayrollNerd]

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This is our concoction this week. Eggplant & Zucchini Parmesan. It was delicious. Then I decided to put it on top of angel hair pasta. That made it even better. It was like having lasagna but it wasn’t a heavy meal. You didn’t feel like a ton of food was just sitting in your belly.

Sassy the puppy was adopted on Saturday! Tonight Neeko is visiting. He is old and timid now, going blind and deaf. The storm spooked him so I’m out here in the living room nearby.

 

[slowpoke]

This was dinner this evening. Husband and I teamed up to make this Chinese meal. Mapo Tofu and Chinese Green Beans. Pretty good, especially the green beans!

And, you can’t tell from this pic, but the plate is pretty old, and interesting.
My aunt used to collect the pieces back in—maybe the 1960s? They would come in boxes of laundry detergent called Duz!

Golden Wheat pattern.
Anyone else familiar with the pattern?

 

[IceIce9]

This was dinner this evening. Husband and I teamed up to make this Chinese meal. Mapo Tofu and Chinese Green Beans. Pretty good, especially the green beans!

And, you can’t tell from this pic, but the plate is pretty old, and interesting.
My aunt used to collect the pieces back in—maybe the 1960s? They would come in boxes of laundry detergent called Duz!

Golden Wheat pattern.
Anyone else familiar with the pattern?

I just checked eBay, and there are several listings of Golden Wheat bowls and plates. Interesting!

I remember my mom using Duz detergent, but I don’t remember the plates.

She used to buy a laundry detergent that had a hand towel inside, and the big box had a bath towel inside. I think it might have been Breeze laundry detergent, back in the late 1960s.

I always begged her to buy the brand with the free towels inside because I thought it was so much fun opening to box to see which color towel would be inside.

 

[killarney rose]

I remember those dishes and I remember Duz detergent and the premiums.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Since we are allergic to nuts, no pesto. But we improvised with extra basil from the garden, paprika, extra garlic, extra salt and pepper mixed into the olive oil. Then I added more feta and basil on top.

We made this for Kiddo’s going back to vet school dinner in Jan. The two spaghetti squashes that are smaller are from the garden. Since they were small, I bought the rounder wider one so we had leftovers.

 

[snooptroop88]

Did a hot dog hack. Oscar Mayers, air fryer. Turned out nice. Warmed buns air fryer. And then just mustard, sweet relish, diced white onion, lil celery salt. On mine, cucumber, my son hates cucumber on dogs, so none on his. This worked, honestly. I didn't miss the tomato or the sport pepper. I've tried dill relish with this combo, don't like it as much.

Also made a good solid order of cheese sticks in air fryer, got a slab of mozz, carved it up, wedges into flour, into egg, into panko w/mostly Italian spices. FROZE THEM, that worked well.

And finally got to try Rao's sauce. YUM. I got it mostly for the cheese sticks, it is quite good.

 

[PayrollNerd]

On my second summer cold. Started yesterday with a sore throat and dry cough. Just a stuffy head now. So I made vegetable rice soup with mostly leftovers. Then I had some….. for breakfast!

My friend makes bowl cozies and she knows I like Curious George.

 

[IceIce9]

Anyone remember the grape jelly sold in drinking glasses back in the 70s? I think it was Welch’s, there was a whole collection of them. The Flintstones were the ones I remember.

 

[killarney rose]

Anyone remember the grape jelly sold in drinking glasses back in the 70s? I think it was Welch’s, there was a whole collection of them. The Flintstones were the ones I remember.

Yes, there was always a series of some type being sold.

 

[snooptroop88]

Anyone remember the grape jelly sold in drinking glasses back in the 70s? I think it was Welch’s, there was a whole collection of them. The Flintstones were the ones I remember.

Vaguely on this one.

I remember the Currier & Ives Arby's set. Super nice.

 

[whiterhino]

Anyone remember the grape jelly sold in drinking glasses back in the 70s? I think it was Welch’s, there was a whole collection of them. The Flintstones were the ones I remember.

Yes I had one with Warner Brothers characters on it!

 

[snooptroop88]

Made pasta salad, love this pasta salad!! Small shell pasta, boiled, threw in some French dressing/creamy and some sweet pickle relish. Mashed soft boiled egg in there. Cucumber, carrot, slivers mozzarella, white onion/diced. Rosemary, parsley, marjoram, basil, black pepper. Oh, and diced green bell pep. I wished I'd had some celery because I know it would have worked in there. That's pretty darn tasty! I wasn't sure if the pickle relish would work with French, but I looked it up & someone else tried it & they really liked it. It's good, honestly.

I really wanted a nice big batch of pasta salad in here, but dreaded actually making it because the heat here has been just really bad. So glad we've finally got a batch now.

 

[Puzzles8]

Anyone remember the grape jelly sold in drinking glasses back in the 70s? I think it was Welch’s, there was a whole collection of them. The Flintstones were the ones I remember.

I remember every box or product packaging or supermarket having "free gifts". Our encyclopedias were from supermarket promotions, so were our dishes and pyrex. Jay's Potato chips had a pencil inside. Then there is the epic Cracker Jack.

My favorite Welches glass was the one with Dino.

 

[iamshadow21]

I've been baking because things have been hard. Last week I made brownies, as I did the week before. Today I made a caramel mud cake, which is something I haven't made for years.

It has to cool in the tin for at least another two hours, but it looks and smells pretty good. I know it looks short, but it's in a deep spring form tin. It's a substantial cake.

I use this recipe, have done for many years. The website code is a bit borked for me right now on my phone, they've updated the website look and screwed up the mobile view, but if you turn to landscape and hit the print button, you should be able to turn it into a PDF you can download to your phone. That's what I did.

Rich Caramel Mudcake Recipe | Recipes.com.au

A mouth-watering caramel mud cake that’s so rich, that you'll be inspired to learn how to make caramel from scratch. Enjoy a homemade but messy delight.

www.recipes.com.au

 

[slowpoke]

I've been baking because things have been hard. Last week I made brownies, as I did the week before. Today I made a caramel mud cake, which is something I haven't made for years.

It has to cool in the tin for at least another two hours, but it looks and smells pretty good. I know it looks short, but it's in a deep spring form tin. It's a substantial cake.

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I use this recipe, have done for many years. The website code is a bit borked for me right now on my phone, they've updated the website look and screwed up the mobile view, but if you turn to landscape and hit the print button, you should be able to turn it into a PDF you can download to your phone. That's what I did.

Rich Caramel Mudcake Recipe | Recipes.com.au

A mouth-watering caramel mud cake that’s so rich, that you'll be inspired to learn how to make caramel from scratch. Enjoy a homemade but messy delight.

www.recipes.com.au

Wow, that looks so good! Yum

I have never seen golden syrup where I live. Interesting.
Is it is used a lot in baking where you are?

 

[iamshadow21]

Wow, that looks so good! Yum

I have never seen golden syrup where I live. Interesting.
Is it is used a lot in baking where you are?

Yes. It's an essential ingredient in ANZAC biscuits, for example.

It's a product of a stage of sugar processing. It's similar in texture to molasses, but it's a golden colour and a less intense flavour.

Golden syrup - Wikipedia

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