Remember our Squash Beds? We have several because people in Uruguay like squash. There is not a lot of variety of squash available in the market, and yet squash is something that stores well, so we knew if we did not eat it all fresh, we could store it for later. Needless to say, we have yet to have any extra. We feel special when we get to have squash on our table.
None of us eat cucumbers. But, we all like pickles. Pickles of the taste and crunch we are accustomed to are not available. So, we decided to make our own, or rather Megan did. She found a recipe for Bread and Butter pickles that are ready to eat in 24 hours along with a dill recipe that takes a minimum of four weeks to ferment.
The Bread and Butter pickles we have been eating as fast as she makes them. They are delicious. We did share with friends, but did not get any comments, so we think they did not fall in love with them as we did. That’s ok, all the more for us.
Besides carrots, last fall Megan planted turnips and rutabagas. We like a root soup that Megan concocted a few years ago but have not been able to find the vegetables at the vegetable stand – they have some variety of turnip here but rutabagas were elusive. So this year we decided to try our luck at growing our own, especially since we were able to grow beets so well. It was successful.
We had a delicious soup for dinner from our own garden. We only got enough of each kind of root vegetable (excluding the carrots) for a few batches of soup. The caterpillars did a number on the greens before the cold weather arrived. Next year there will be more.
Our pickled carrots with onion and garlic came out O.K. but the onion and garlic flavor almost overpowers the carrots. So, while edible, it is not yummy like the sauerkraut. So Megan is trying again – just carrots this time in the fermentation crock, no ‘additives’.
We have also made carrot cake, carrot bread, and carrot salad, besides having carrots with dinner. The chickens and rabbits have also had their share of carrots and carrot greens. We should all have excellent eye sight.
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