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[Speicher]

Consider the parsnip. Nasturtiums also ward off bugs, and the petals make a peppery addition to salads. Grow corn to accompany the broad beans, and squash. The corn provides a cane for the beans to grow on, and the squash and corn are further fertilized by the nitrogen fixation of the beans. We call this three sisters planting.

I could try corn, if you mean what we call sweetcorn, and parsnips, but squash are very large are they?

 

[Speicher]

It is time I wasn't here. Time for and to persuade Kizzy that I would like my pillow and bed for sleeping in.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I could try corn, if you mean what we call sweetcorn, and parsnips, but squash are very large are they?

Depends on the sort. here's a primer:
https://whatscookingamerica.net/squash.htm
although sort of canted toward the States, your results and varieties may vary.

 

[Speicher]

Depends on the sort. here's a primer:
https://whatscookingamerica.net/squash.htm
although sort of canted toward the States, your results and varieties may vary.

Butternut squash is good as a base for soup. Thank you for that link, I will read it more leisurely tomorrow later today.

 

[Reynard]

You could grow those little patty pan squashes as well. Spaghetti squash is a bit of fun. Courgettes would fit the bill as well.

Just don't go growing giant pumpkins. I had a crack at that one year, just for a laugh.

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, I'm off to the Land of Nod via Wooden Hill.

And please, Mr Morpheus, I really don't want a repetition of last night's nightmare...

 

[raleighnut]

A bit like the advice given to me about making curry from a pakistani friend who was on my course at uni.

Lots of finely sliced onion, a can of chopped tomatoes, fresh ginger and garlic (as much or as little as you like though a teaspoon of each seems to be about right), chilli (fresh or dried, it doesn't matter, again to taste) and a really good garam masala. And marinate your meat overnight in plain yoghurt if making a meat curry, or add the yoghurt as a finishing touch when making a vegetable curry. If you're feeling flush, throw in some cardamom pods and cassia bark during the cooking - long and slow is best.

She said to me that it'll taste like a good curry regardless of what goes in it. And you know what, she's right. 25 years later, I still make my curries the same way.

Edited to add: if the sauce needs thickening, add some ground almonds or some creamed coconut.

I'd agree completely apart from the 'Garam Masala' I make up my own spice mixture from generally Cumin, Coriander, Turmeric and Fenugreek although some recipes call for seeds to be added too (Mustard, Fennel, Kalonji etc)
I could never get Chicken Tikka Masala right though til I saw a recipe for it, I was putting Yoghurt in it when it should be Double Cream (Yoghurt is too tart)

 

[EltonFrog]

First pot of tea of the day. ✅

 

[Levo-Lon]

Blueberries grapes and sugar free Alpen with my cuppa..
Van looks like an ice cube!!

 

[raleighnut]

Owwww, Kizzy is biting my ankle, must be time for brekkie.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Owwww, Kizzy is biting my ankle, must be time for brekkie.

You've been up hrs man!! Poor thing must be starving!!

 

[biggs682]

First pot of tea of the day. ✅

Just had my first cuppa oh and a chocolate hob nob

And people are scraping ice again so looks like the car for me this morning then

 

[Levo-Lon]

It's raining, it's going to be lethal..

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

We’ve had rain this morning. Plus the forecast says it’ll go up to 5 C today. I’ll get my shorts out.

 

[Illaveago]

Morning. It is mainly grey here with a little bit of broken cloud on the horizon. There seems to have been a bit of a frost as the car's windows are icy.