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sometime in the recent past Billy posted this:
In article , Billy wrote: In article , The Cook wrote: On Wed, 21 May 2008 10:25:47 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , The Cook wrote: On Wed, 21 May 2008 08:13:02 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , The Cook wrote: That is 1/2 of the chard in a 21 quart canner This is how much chard, and you're doing what with it? \ Since 1/2 of the chard we picked this morning fit in a 21 quart canner, the total amount of chard was 42 quarts. By the time is blanched I have about 24 cups going into the freezer. There is about 8 or so cups that will be sauteed with onion and garlic tonight. If you don't mind. It sounds like you're pasteurizing and canning, and then putting the chard in the freezer. Couldn't you just blanche it (3 - 6 min) and put it into freezer bags? The chard was in the boiling water bath canner while I was processing the rest of it since that is the largest container I have and it wouldn't all fit in the sink. It was not being cooked in it. I blanched it in small quantities for 2 minutes, chilled it and bagged it in FoodSaver bags. It is now in the freezer and I will seal the bags when it is frozen (or when one of us remembers it is there.) Now time to do the 20 quarts of collards. Can't decide whether I want to preserve the beet greens or not. Thanks Not to be thought a slacker, yesterday I harvested a chard (3/4 was used as an accompaniment to our dinner, the other 1/4 used in salad). Two lettuces replaced the chard in the garden. This morning I picked two strawberries and shared with my significant other. Five anise came out of the germinator. Yesterday I finished planting 26 Dent corn and 6 Mammoth sunflowers. Temps are cooling here and I covered the peanuts with a clear plastic hood so they would stay warm. I am still in awe of how early the tomatoes have started to bloom. Do you use raw chard in your salad and is it just the leaf or stalk too? Never considered eating it raw. Funny the ruts one can get into. -- Wilson N45 W67 |
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Wilson wrote:
sometime in the recent past Billy posted this: In article , Billy wrote: In article , The Cook wrote: On Wed, 21 May 2008 10:25:47 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , The Cook wrote: On Wed, 21 May 2008 08:13:02 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , The Cook wrote: That is 1/2 of the chard in a 21 quart canner This is how much chard, and you're doing what with it? \ Since 1/2 of the chard we picked this morning fit in a 21 quart canner, the total amount of chard was 42 quarts. By the time is blanched I have about 24 cups going into the freezer. There is about 8 or so cups that will be sauteed with onion and garlic tonight. If you don't mind. It sounds like you're pasteurizing and canning, and then putting the chard in the freezer. Couldn't you just blanche it (3 - 6 min) and put it into freezer bags? The chard was in the boiling water bath canner while I was processing the rest of it since that is the largest container I have and it wouldn't all fit in the sink. It was not being cooked in it. I blanched it in small quantities for 2 minutes, chilled it and bagged it in FoodSaver bags. It is now in the freezer and I will seal the bags when it is frozen (or when one of us remembers it is there.) Now time to do the 20 quarts of collards. Can't decide whether I want to preserve the beet greens or not. Thanks Not to be thought a slacker, yesterday I harvested a chard (3/4 was used as an accompaniment to our dinner, the other 1/4 used in salad). Two lettuces replaced the chard in the garden. This morning I picked two strawberries and shared with my significant other. Five anise came out of the germinator. Yesterday I finished planting 26 Dent corn and 6 Mammoth sunflowers. Temps are cooling here and I covered the peanuts with a clear plastic hood so they would stay warm. I am still in awe of how early the tomatoes have started to bloom. Do you use raw chard in your salad and is it just the leaf or stalk too? Never considered eating it raw. Funny the ruts one can get into. Chard is the only green we grow down here in SW Louisiana as it is the only one I actually enjoy eating. We use just the leaf in salads but when we cook it we use stalk and all. Sometimes we just graze on it as we go through the garden. |
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sometime in the recent past George Shirley posted this:
Wilson wrote: sometime in the recent past Billy posted this: In article , Billy wrote: In article , The Cook wrote: On Wed, 21 May 2008 10:25:47 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , The Cook wrote: On Wed, 21 May 2008 08:13:02 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , The Cook wrote: That is 1/2 of the chard in a 21 quart canner This is how much chard, and you're doing what with it? \ Since 1/2 of the chard we picked this morning fit in a 21 quart canner, the total amount of chard was 42 quarts. By the time is blanched I have about 24 cups going into the freezer. There is about 8 or so cups that will be sauteed with onion and garlic tonight. If you don't mind. It sounds like you're pasteurizing and canning, and then putting the chard in the freezer. Couldn't you just blanche it (3 - 6 min) and put it into freezer bags? The chard was in the boiling water bath canner while I was processing the rest of it since that is the largest container I have and it wouldn't all fit in the sink. It was not being cooked in it. I blanched it in small quantities for 2 minutes, chilled it and bagged it in FoodSaver bags. It is now in the freezer and I will seal the bags when it is frozen (or when one of us remembers it is there.) Now time to do the 20 quarts of collards. Can't decide whether I want to preserve the beet greens or not. Thanks Not to be thought a slacker, yesterday I harvested a chard (3/4 was used as an accompaniment to our dinner, the other 1/4 used in salad). Two lettuces replaced the chard in the garden. This morning I picked two strawberries and shared with my significant other. Five anise came out of the germinator. Yesterday I finished planting 26 Dent corn and 6 Mammoth sunflowers. Temps are cooling here and I covered the peanuts with a clear plastic hood so they would stay warm. I am still in awe of how early the tomatoes have started to bloom. Do you use raw chard in your salad and is it just the leaf or stalk too? Never considered eating it raw. Funny the ruts one can get into. Chard is the only green we grow down here in SW Louisiana as it is the only one I actually enjoy eating. We use just the leaf in salads but when we cook it we use stalk and all. Sometimes we just graze on it as we go through the garden. Although my grandfather always seemed to have chard in his garden, we never ate the leaves - always just boiled the stalks and had them with a white sauce with butter. Thanks -- Wilson N45 W67 |
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Do you use raw chard in your salad and is it just the leaf or stalk too? Never considered eating it raw. Funny the ruts one can get into. Chard is the only green we grow down here in SW Louisiana as it is the only one I actually enjoy eating. We use just the leaf in salads but when we cook it we use stalk and all. Sometimes we just graze on it as we go through the garden. Although my grandfather always seemed to have chard in his garden, we never ate the leaves - always just boiled the stalks and had them with a white sauce with butter. Thanks -- Wilson N45 W67 ok, so I'm a chard virgin....what does it taste like? how does it compare to lettuce? Spinach? something else? curious, Kathi |
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"Kathi Jones" wrote: (big snip) Do you use raw chard in your salad and is it just the leaf or stalk too? Never considered eating it raw. Funny the ruts one can get into. Chard is the only green we grow down here in SW Louisiana as it is the only one I actually enjoy eating. We use just the leaf in salads but when we cook it we use stalk and all. Sometimes we just graze on it as we go through the garden. Although my grandfather always seemed to have chard in his garden, we never ate the leaves - always just boiled the stalks and had them with a white sauce with butter. Thanks -- Wilson N45 W67 ok, so I'm a chard virgin....what does it taste like? how does it compare to lettuce? Spinach? something else? curious, Kathi Beets. -- Billy Bush Behind Bars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related |
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Kathi Jones wrote:
(big snip) Do you use raw chard in your salad and is it just the leaf or stalk too? Never considered eating it raw. Funny the ruts one can get into. Chard is the only green we grow down here in SW Louisiana as it is the only one I actually enjoy eating. We use just the leaf in salads but when we cook it we use stalk and all. Sometimes we just graze on it as we go through the garden. Although my grandfather always seemed to have chard in his garden, we never ate the leaves - always just boiled the stalks and had them with a white sauce with butter. Thanks -- Wilson N45 W67 ok, so I'm a chard virgin....what does it taste like? how does it compare to lettuce? Spinach? something else? curious, Kathi Tastes like a very mild spinach to me Kathi. I like it much better than collards, mustard, or spinach. |
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"Kathi Jones" wrote in message ... (big snip) Do you use raw chard in your salad and is it just the leaf or stalk too? Never considered eating it raw. Funny the ruts one can get into. Chard is the only green we grow down here in SW Louisiana as it is the only one I actually enjoy eating. We use just the leaf in salads but when we cook it we use stalk and all. Sometimes we just graze on it as we go through the garden. Although my grandfather always seemed to have chard in his garden, we never ate the leaves - always just boiled the stalks and had them with a white sauce with butter. Thanks -- Wilson N45 W67 ok, so I'm a chard virgin....what does it taste like? how does it compare to lettuce? Spinach? something else? curious, Kathi I've found tender young chard better tasting than spinnich and doesn't bolt so quick down here in the heat. m2cw Edrena |
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Kathi Jones wrote:
(big snip) Do you use raw chard in your salad and is it just the leaf or stalk too? Never considered eating it raw. Funny the ruts one can get into. Chard is the only green we grow down here in SW Louisiana as it is the only one I actually enjoy eating. We use just the leaf in salads but when we cook it we use stalk and all. Sometimes we just graze on it as we go through the garden. Although my grandfather always seemed to have chard in his garden, we never ate the leaves - always just boiled the stalks and had them with a white sauce with butter. Thanks -- Wilson N45 W67 ok, so I'm a chard virgin....what does it taste like? how does it compare to lettuce? Spinach? something else? It's a beet, just bred to put out lots of greens instead of lots of root. If you've had beet greens you've got the idea. -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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sometime in the recent past Kathi Jones posted this:
(big snip) Do you use raw chard in your salad and is it just the leaf or stalk too? Never considered eating it raw. Funny the ruts one can get into. Chard is the only green we grow down here in SW Louisiana as it is the only one I actually enjoy eating. We use just the leaf in salads but when we cook it we use stalk and all. Sometimes we just graze on it as we go through the garden. Although my grandfather always seemed to have chard in his garden, we never ate the leaves - always just boiled the stalks and had them with a white sauce with butter. Thanks -- Wilson N45 W67 ok, so I'm a chard virgin....what does it taste like? how does it compare to lettuce? Spinach? something else? curious, Kathi I'm going to let someone else answer this, but it is milder than spinach when cooked - I don't know about raw. "Chard Virgin," hmmmn? Sounds like something you might find next to a volcano ;-) -- Wilson N45 W67 |
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sometime in the recent past Wilson posted this:
sometime in the recent past Kathi Jones posted this: (big snip) Do you use raw chard in your salad and is it just the leaf or stalk too? Never considered eating it raw. Funny the ruts one can get into. Chard is the only green we grow down here in SW Louisiana as it is the only one I actually enjoy eating. We use just the leaf in salads but when we cook it we use stalk and all. Sometimes we just graze on it as we go through the garden. Although my grandfather always seemed to have chard in his garden, we never ate the leaves - always just boiled the stalks and had them with a white sauce with butter. Thanks -- Wilson N45 W67 ok, so I'm a chard virgin....what does it taste like? how does it compare to lettuce? Spinach? something else? curious, Kathi I'm going to let someone else answer this, but it is milder than spinach when cooked - I don't know about raw. "Chard Virgin," hmmmn? Sounds like something you might find next to a volcano ;-) Hell, I thought it was funny :-( -- Wilson N45 W67 |
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Wilson wrote:
sometime in the recent past Wilson posted this: sometime in the recent past Kathi Jones posted this: (big snip) Do you use raw chard in your salad and is it just the leaf or stalk too? Never considered eating it raw. Funny the ruts one can get into. Chard is the only green we grow down here in SW Louisiana as it is the only one I actually enjoy eating. We use just the leaf in salads but when we cook it we use stalk and all. Sometimes we just graze on it as we go through the garden. Although my grandfather always seemed to have chard in his garden, we never ate the leaves - always just boiled the stalks and had them with a white sauce with butter. Thanks -- Wilson N45 W67 ok, so I'm a chard virgin....what does it taste like? how does it compare to lettuce? Spinach? something else? curious, Kathi I'm going to let someone else answer this, but it is milder than spinach when cooked - I don't know about raw. "Chard Virgin," hmmmn? Sounds like something you might find next to a volcano ;-) Hell, I thought it was funny :-( I did too Wilson. |
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"Wilson" wrote in message ... sometime in the recent past Wilson posted this: sometime in the recent past Kathi Jones posted this: (big snip) Do you use raw chard in your salad and is it just the leaf or stalk too? Never considered eating it raw. Funny the ruts one can get into. Chard is the only green we grow down here in SW Louisiana as it is the only one I actually enjoy eating. We use just the leaf in salads but when we cook it we use stalk and all. Sometimes we just graze on it as we go through the garden. Although my grandfather always seemed to have chard in his garden, we never ate the leaves - always just boiled the stalks and had them with a white sauce with butter. Thanks -- Wilson N45 W67 ok, so I'm a chard virgin....what does it taste like? how does it compare to lettuce? Spinach? something else? curious, Kathi I'm going to let someone else answer this, but it is milder than spinach when cooked - I don't know about raw. "Chard Virgin," hmmmn? Sounds like something you might find next to a volcano ;-) Hell, I thought it was funny :-( -- Wilson N45 W67 Oh, sorry Wilson - I thought I had replied. Yes it was funny - I had a wee chuckle.... Kathi |
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In article ,
Wilson wrote: sometime in the recent past Billy posted this: In article , Billy wrote: In article , The Cook wrote: On Wed, 21 May 2008 10:25:47 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , The Cook wrote: On Wed, 21 May 2008 08:13:02 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , The Cook wrote: That is 1/2 of the chard in a 21 quart canner This is how much chard, and you're doing what with it? \ Since 1/2 of the chard we picked this morning fit in a 21 quart canner, the total amount of chard was 42 quarts. By the time is blanched I have about 24 cups going into the freezer. There is about 8 or so cups that will be sauteed with onion and garlic tonight. If you don't mind. It sounds like you're pasteurizing and canning, and then putting the chard in the freezer. Couldn't you just blanche it (3 - 6 min) and put it into freezer bags? The chard was in the boiling water bath canner while I was processing the rest of it since that is the largest container I have and it wouldn't all fit in the sink. It was not being cooked in it. I blanched it in small quantities for 2 minutes, chilled it and bagged it in FoodSaver bags. It is now in the freezer and I will seal the bags when it is frozen (or when one of us remembers it is there.) Now time to do the 20 quarts of collards. Can't decide whether I want to preserve the beet greens or not. Thanks Not to be thought a slacker, yesterday I harvested a chard (3/4 was used as an accompaniment to our dinner, the other 1/4 used in salad). Two lettuces replaced the chard in the garden. This morning I picked two strawberries and shared with my significant other. Five anise came out of the germinator. Yesterday I finished planting 26 Dent corn and 6 Mammoth sunflowers. Temps are cooling here and I covered the peanuts with a clear plastic hood so they would stay warm. I am still in awe of how early the tomatoes have started to bloom. Do you use raw chard in your salad and is it just the leaf or stalk too? Never considered eating it raw. Funny the ruts one can get into. Yeah, raw. I just use the small leaves for salads. The chard came in a mesculn salad seed mix and took over part of my salad garden during the winter. Now I want the space back as I already have a patch of chard. Typically, when I cook chard, I do the stems first for about two minutes and then add the sliced leaves. I do this no matter whether I'm blanching the chard (6 - 8 min. max.) or sautéing it with olive oil and garlic (until wilted). -- Billy Bush Behind Bars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related |
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