Posted on 03/22/2020 6:34:31 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Looking good! My Peppers are a bit behind yours, as they should be.
Just noticed you screen name tubebender.
As in neon?
Yeah, I hang on to the Baker Creek catalogs just so I can browse through them in winter when I’m starving for the sight of greenery.
Artichoke and Potato au Gratin
CHEESES 2 cups grated Parm / 3 cups grated Gruyere
POTATOES 3 pounds thin-sliced (about 1/8-inch), Yukon Gold
ASSEMBLY Layer in greased oblong baker 1/2 sliced potatoes rows overlapping; s/p; 2 minced gar/cl.
Add single layer 6 c drained marinated arti/hearts; 1/3 cheeses; drizzle w/ 1/2 QT h/cream; rest potatoes overlapping; s/p.
Drizzle w/ 1/2 qt h/cream; then rest cheese. Cover w/ buttered foil. Bake almost done 350 deg 45-60 min
(potatoes easily pierced w/ knife). Uncover; bake/melt cheese golden, 15-20 min. Cool slightly on rack before serving.
I’m leaving out the artichokes, and substituting the broccolini in the gratin! ;)
No crime in that.
Can we just take the ton of leaves the mow and blow guys pile into trash cans and dump it there? Lazy.
Yes. In the fall I rake a pile of leaves into patch of four roses (they’re small). In the spring I clear the leaves out from the bush by hand to expose the new growth to sun.
Most of the leaves are removed from the patch in the spring, but a sufficient layer is left all around to keep the weeds and grass down.
There is quite the discussion on the latest corona thread about gardening.
I’m going to encourage people to come over here for it.
I’m dedicating at least HALF of one of my 8x4 beds to Garlic this coming fall. You’re so inspiring! :)
Orange Cream Filled French Toast
FRENCH TOAST pocket day-old French bread loaf thusly: first slice ½ thick, then next slice ½ thick all the way through; repeat for 810 portions. Spread tb cream filling in each pocket, then press together. Dip in whisked batter of 4 lge eggs, cup milk, tb sugar, tsp vanilla; turn to coat; dip all slices. (Note: can soak Bread overnight in liquid; turn over once).
Preheat skillet on med. Add Tb butter and swirl to coat pan. When butter foams, add as many slices as will fit; lightly brown. Turn/cook other side. Remove and keep warm. Cook rest.
SERVE with Orange Sauce, ramekin of orange cream cheese.
ORANGE SAUCE Melt 1/2 c butter/3 tb cornstarch a min. Add 2 c heated oj. Stir/thicken, then add 2/3 c sugar. Bring to boil; simmer 5 min. Add ¼ c maple syrup, or to taste; oz orange zest.
ORANGE CREAM FILLING combine 4 oz cream cheese, tb oj, tb sugar, tsp orange zest, 2 tb orange marmalade.
I am sooooo jealous.
We are moving this year so I was not able to plant my crop here as I would not be around to harvest it, and the garden there needed too much cleaning up to work on it there so no garlic for me this year. >:(
Yum, yum....
My garlic looks great too and is almost ready to come out of the raised beds.
How do you store it afterwards?
“ORANGE SAUCE Melt 1/2 c butter/3 tb cornstarch a min. Add 2 c heated oj. Stir/thicken, then add 2/3 c sugar. Bring to boil; simmer 5 min. Add ¼ c maple syrup, or to taste; oz orange zest.”
I have everything on hand. This is going on Pancakes or Waffles this coming weekend. That is, if we’re all still alive. ;)
Kwik Trip (our local Gas Station with food & stuff) has the BEST 99-cents a loaf bread for making Baked French Toast. You don’t need anything fancy. It would work great in this recipe, too. :)
You’ll be eating so good, no virus would dare get near you.
I laid the slices on parchment paper on cookie sheets and set the over to standard proof, which is not too hot, and left them int there for about 3 days.
A word of caution, though. Open the windows in the kitchen or you'll burn your eyes out.
Now I have nice dehydrated garlic slices like this.
Another soggy Missourian here.
Somebody gifted me 2 small planter boxes - if used for herbs, my favorites would be basil, dill, thyme and Italian parsley.
Do any of these repel squirrels? Haha. Dang yard rats.
Clean living, good eating, fresh air, sunshine, playing in the dirt and a solid immune system will take you far these days it seems! :)
Playing in the dirt.......that’s gotta be it.
I’v been pondering whether the coronavirus in a “clean disease”....like polio.
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