I can't believe this, I forgot what kind of winter Squash this is and how big it is suppose to get before I harvest it. Can someone please help me out here. I am such a ding bat. The problem, as I have been saying, is that I planted way too much and everything grew. Not like last year where hardley anything grew.
Lots of crook neck and nobody wants any. Oh well, I don't can, but I will freeze them.
Anyway this is the one I have a question about.
Eep! I have no idea what that is. (no surprise, I don't know what hardly anything is. LOL)
I wish I was your neighbor, I'd love some crooknecks. ;)
Can it be acorn or butter nut? Just guessing. Its this funny. I don't want to pick them if they need to grow more but I don't want them to grow too big so that they become grainy either.
Okay, I think I found it. Burgess buttercup.
When I saw the first picture, I was thinking Buttercup Squash. They are really yummy, dark orange flesh inside the dark green rind, and very sweet. I would let them get bigger and more ripe before picking.
I'm glad your garden did so well. Strange that there are no takers, especially in this economy. I would have been no help with the id . . .
Mm. They sound delicious. Now I doubly wish I was your neighbor. ;)
I love butternut squash and accorn squash. I hope this buttercup is simular. I make a thick curry soup out of them and make fresh bread to eat with it. Ummmm I can hardly wait. It looks like there is going to be an abundance of them.
Sorry you are closer too the1pony as I would love to share with someone. I have to agree that in this economy folks are still turning food away. Oh well, their loss.
Would a local food bank take your surplus? Some take fresh produce as well as canned/packaged stuff, but not all of them.
I agree on Burgess - but it definately needs to get much bigger. It will also need to cure to produce sugar and develop a tough skin for storing. You can tell when they are cure by trying to 'pop' the skin with your finger nail - you shouldn't be able to do it.
Thanks Laurie1. Will do
I'm here to tell you anything Gourdbeader cooks has to be delicious. : )
I agree, it does look like a buttercup squash.
I have been really busy drying excess tomatoes. Are they every yummy. You can dice them up and put them on your winter salads or use them in any recipe that you would use tomatoes in (soup, etc).
This last batch I put herbs and seasonings on before I started drying them. Boy were they good.
How do you dry your tomatoes? Do you use a food dehydrator and how thick do the slices need to be? I might just try that.
I use a big home made (out of wood) dehydrator. I slice them about 1/4", put them on the screen, season them and put in dehydrator. I try to do it when I have enough for a full machine. It takes about 10 hours. The wonderful thing about them is that they are even good in place of dried fruit, they are so tasty.
There is a great company up in your neck of the woods that make fantastic dehydrators.
Can you post a picture of it? I would love to make one as I am going to be rolling in tomatos if I don't do something and I love dried tomatoes in olive oil
Oh, wow. That's cool. My hubby is gonna want to make one of these now, I'll betya.
Oh WOW!!! is right. I love the size and everything about it. How much knowledge does your husband have about heating eliments and thermostates?
How difficult would it be to have you husband make some instructions on building the unit? I betcha as soon as some others see this they are going to want to know how to build their own dehydrator. I don't know if Greg could do it but I think I know someone who could. That is really a wonderful dehydration unit. How lucky you are. Do you dry fruit too? I bet you could do some great banana chips and dried strawberries, oh the possiblities are running rampad in my brain. Thanks for sharing the pictures. Very nice unit.
Have you ever seen round cucumbers? I hadn't. A friend just gave me some and they are really good. Check these out
One more pic
Yes, they are lemon cucumbers. : )
I tried the banana chips, they were yuky. : ( I think my bananas were way to ripe, I will try again with much firmer bananas.
Strawberries are awesome. Cut them in half to dry.
I will talk to Cliff about measuring, and instructions. Might even be a website that would have this. This one was given to us because it wasn't working. Cliff put a new fan in it and cleaned it up. Everything else worked (heating element & thermostat). I feel so forntunate. Wish we were closer to each other, I would just share it with you Jan. : )
Come on over. : )
Dried some summer squash, turned out great. Can't wait to try it in soup this Winter.
Tomorrow I am going to try jalapenos & poblano peppers.
Gourd...
Your Yellow Cucumbers are Called 'Lemon Cucumbers'...Delicious...One of My Very Most Favorites.
Great Eaten Raw or Soaked in a Little Vinegar.
Your Squash You First Posted Above May Turn Out to be a Bi-Color Mottled One...Yellow and Orange or...Green and Orange. It has Alot of Time Yet to Color-Up. I Think it May be in the 'Dumpling' Squash Family.
But You Can See the Mottling Starting in the First and Second Pics.
Lemon cukes are my favorite. My folks grew them in Corvallis and always had a great harvest.
In the past they've been hard to find here, but this year there were starts everywhere. Unfortunately for me, the critters have been eating them. And then I looked over and saw my dog nibbling at the plants. Grrrr.
Your harvest looks yummy!!
Wow, I had never seen them before. Just goes to show you where I haven't been, in the garden, in my younger years. Yes we had to cut one open just to try it and verify that it was truely a cucumber. Yummy, yes. I think I will try putting a little balsamic vinegar on them and let them pickle a little.
Yes Lynn, I do wish we were closer. I have transportation problems so i guess we will just have to long distance it for now.
My mom always served them with fresh tomatoes and a light buttermilk dressing . . .
Sounds yummy
YUMMM
