Re: whats on the menu

by polgara 30th June 2010, 5:08 pm

OOh that sounds nice

by Compostwoman 30th June 2010, 5:36 pm

So did your tayberries, pol!

ours are not quite ripe, yet whats on the menu - Page 7 Icon_cry

by polgara 30th June 2010, 5:40 pm

They were wonderful & lots more to come.

by Compostwoman 30th June 2010, 6:16 pm

Main problem with ours is keeping the bloomin hens off them... whats on the menu - Page 7 Icon_rolleyes

by polgara 30th June 2010, 7:11 pm

I`ve netted mine against the birds

by Dandelion 30th June 2010, 9:03 pm

I netted mine so well against the birds that I'm having trouble picking them myself!! I have had some poultry assistance when picking them, but sadly the chickens don't put many in the colander...

by Chilli-head 1st July 2010, 10:17 am

Tonight will be my first go of the season at one of my favourite meals. It is loosely based on an Indonesian vegetable curry, and involves a mildly spiced coconut milk based sauce, to which vegetables are added in order of how long they need to be simmered.

My extra bit of fun with this dish is that I have the added rule that it should only involve vegetables from the garden/lotty whats on the menu - Page 7 Icon_biggrin

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 1st July 2010, 10:38 am

You have a coconut palm on your lotty? Impressive!

by Chilli-head 1st July 2010, 11:12 am

Hum. Ok, I make exception for the coconut and some of the spices. For now whats on the menu - Page 7 Icon_smile

. But the onion, garlic, chilli, cabbage, carrots, beans, mangetout and potatoes are all my own work. I may have my own corriander seed later in the year, assuming it bolts as usual ...

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 1st July 2010, 11:52 am

All you need is a noodle tree and you're sorted.

by Compostwoman 1st July 2010, 12:45 pm

Spaghetti squash?

by polgara 1st July 2010, 2:35 pm

Menu today was a local carvery, best bit was the meat!!!!

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 1st July 2010, 2:44 pm

Yes, when they have to carve the custard it's not so good.

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 1st July 2010, 5:15 pm

Limited to what I can cook on top of the cooker since the ovens blew up so today we are having parmesan and parsley crusted Schnitzel with lotty new potatoes and lotty broad beans.

by Compostwoman 1st July 2010, 5:22 pm

Today for lunch we had a roast leg of local lamb, new pots, broad beans, sugar snap peas, parsnips from the freezer ( which were very heavily frozen in the winter and taste of honey) and courgettes in a tomato and parmesan sauce.

and a glass of home made wine.

Everything except the lamb was home grown

I could get used to re arranging my day so we cook mostly while the PVs are generating whats on the menu - Page 7 Icon_biggrin

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 1st July 2010, 6:33 pm

Although your oven is gas... Razz

by Jaded Green 1st July 2010, 6:38 pm

Compostwoman wrote:Today for lunch we had a roast leg of local lamb, new pots, broad beans, sugar snap peas, parsnips from the freezer ( which were very heavily frozen in the winter and taste of honey) and courgettes in a tomato and parmesan sauce.

and a glass of home made wine.

Everything except the lamb was home grown

I could get used to re arranging my day so we cook mostly while the PVs are generating

that sounds so brilliant whats on the menu - Page 7 Icon_biggrin

by Compostwoman 1st July 2010, 9:33 pm

Wilhelm Von Rhomboid wrote:Although your oven is gas...

Er, no, it is electric... whats on the menu - Page 7 Icon_rolleyes

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 1st July 2010, 10:15 pm

Compostwoman wrote:
Wilhelm Von Rhomboid wrote:Although your oven is gas...

Er, no, it is electric...

It was a joke, CW.

by Compostwoman 2nd July 2010, 12:33 am

But how would I know it was a joke? I can't "see" your face or "hear" your voice, so I have nothing else to go on...

but ha ha , very funny.... whats on the menu - Page 7 Icon_rolleyes

Am being smug, yes . I know. But it is SO great to generate renewable electric and export it to other people! AND not pay for the stuff we are using, in the daytime!

having the oven on for 2 hours to cook the lamb was something we just would NOT have done, in the weekday, daytime, normally.

by Compostwoman 2nd July 2010, 12:41 am

Jaded Green wrote:
Compostwoman wrote:Today for lunch we had a roast leg of local lamb, new pots, broad beans, sugar snap peas, parsnips from the freezer ( which were very heavily frozen in the winter and taste of honey) and courgettes in a tomato and parmesan sauce.

and a glass of home made wine.

Everything except the lamb was home grown

I could get used to re arranging my day so we cook mostly while the PVs are generating

that sounds so brilliant

it is, JG, oh it is.

Sorry whats on the menu - Page 7 Icon_redface

am going on about the PV's again....but honestly it is SO great! All that hard work and effort and money..but immediate , tangible paybacks, both financial, ethical and just feel good stuff...

and this time of year it is so good to just go and dig/pick stuff for dinner...we have just come out of the "hungry gap" where all we had fresh was mainly kale and other assorted brassicas, and onions, garlic, carrots, potatoes ( going limp) from the store, and various dried/frozen stuff from last summer's harvest. Good food, but it all gets a bit boring and to be able to go and make a different meal every night from what is ready in the veg plot is such a delight!....

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 2nd July 2010, 12:47 am

Compostwoman wrote:But how would I know it was a joke? I can't "see" your face or "hear" your voice, so I have nothing else to go on...

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The

and the fact I have no idea what your oven is didn't give it away? Oh well. It's the way I tell 'em.

by Compostwoman 2nd July 2010, 12:55 am

Ah well....I am poorly so have a sense of humour failure, anyway!

But having the "free" elec, while cooking with an elec oven , is a great thing as if we change our mealtime habits we use a heck of a lot less elec, because in the daytime we are making our own!

How is Bea now Billy? and how are you?

by polgara 6th July 2010, 5:24 pm

Made a bolognaise today & then had a bowl of tayberries & cream. Well happy

by Pork 6th July 2010, 7:31 pm

I've got trout, new potatoes and crudites with aioli. I cooked beetroot and green beans and chopped the carrots. Should be good. We've got it tomorrow as well so it had better be.

by Compostwoman 6th July 2010, 11:35 pm

Home made quiche ( home grown eggs, spinach and onion as well...) spuds, beans, toms, cucumber and herbs

the only stuff not home grown was the milk, the flour and the butter.

I want a house cow.....

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