We can produce vegetables here at Mist Cottage, so going forward the focus for our diet will be on what we have access to, vegetables.
Today’s project consisted of tweaking my very own recipe for Squash Sauce Maggie’s Own.
The day before yesterday I canned Coleslaw, which uses cabbage, carrots, onions, and red pepper. All of these things are grown in Ontario, and hopefully will be accessible going forward. Our garden cabbage last year was amazing, so delicious, so we hope to get an even bigger crop this fall, and Canned Coleslaw will be high on my autumn canning list.
The Canned Coleslaw was a big success, we have already eaten three jars of it, and there are three left. The wonderful thing about this recipe is that it could be made and canned, made and frozen in serving sizes, or made and refrigerated for immediate consumption. You wouldn’t have to can it, you could freeze it, or refrigerate it to eat it all up within a few days. I don’t know what the texture would be like if it was frozen, or refrigerated, if you try it let me know. We loved the canned product, which has a long shelf life, and can be stored at room temperature, so no freezer space is needed. Our freezer space is at a premium, so anything that can be stored at room temperature is a boon.
My next vegetable experiment will be to dehydrate carrots, just to see how it goes. Dehydrated vegetables can be stored in sealed jars indefinitely, so I will be testing different vegetables to determine which work best preserved that way. I am very keen to dehydrate onions and garlic, but that will have to wait until they are either inexpensive, or we learn how to grow them in quantity here on our small urban plot. Our garden plans are bigger than our yard, so we will have to be judicious in our choices.
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“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
Benjamin Franklin
1706 – 1790
These days it seems that no one is leaving things unsaid in those tempting moments.
Re the quote: I made the mistake of reading the comments on a news post (Frontline, about the COVID troubles in the States). Wow, shouldn’t have done that. I probably shouldn’t have answered a couple comments, also. If I don’t read them, I won’t know what they said…..
Enjoy your veggies!
Joan, it is oh so difficult to not offer sane aspects of an issue! I find myself, in this past week, having made a faux pas, and surprised myself. I shared a meme that was false, and it is my own fault, because I did not research it, I trusted that the friend who originally posted it researched, but like me, he had not researched it. Luckily it was caught and I was notified, so I deleted it. First time ever that has happened. I think the world situation is wearing us all down a bit, but we will bounce back, because we care and do not despair.
“Eat your veggies!” LOL, very appropriate!
Stay safe dear friend!
Maggie, I tried to look at your Squash Sauce recipe but WordPress wanted me to login with Username and Password?
The idea of your coleslaw with apple instead of red pepper and Margarett’s non-mayo dressing sounds like an interesting combination!
So good of you to remove a mistaken meme. It makes me itchy when people post false things they could have looked up and then never take things down when you point out the error. I’m always suggesting people look things up in Snopes first, but they never learn and just keep doing it over and over again. And honestly, it makes me angry when they obviously get huffy with me because I point out that they’ve made a mistake. Shame on me for not wanting people to be misinformed or frightened by something that isn’t true, you know?
Teri, that is so weird! We can get it up on our different devices, that are not logged into wordpress. I’ll do a bit of searching to see if this problem has been noted elsewhere, and what might cause it.
The meme was unfortunate, trusting other people to have researched information is foolish, and I was foolish. At least it was brought to my attention and I had the opportunity to remove it! I think it is the right thing to do, pointing out misinformation, but I only do it for people I respect, otherwise I seldom bother. So many people fancy themselves intellectuals, and discussing anything with them is a complete waste of time, they do not have well developed analyitical skills and I am not their mother or their teacher. Fortunately I have this venue to exercise worthwhile interactions with friends!
An exception to all of this is commenting on other people’s political posts, particularly those who live in other countries, living under other political systems and climates. I don’t follow their issues, so I just scroll on by those discussions, because I have nothing informed to offer.
Teri, I’ve had a look at the link and found the error, thanks for the heads up! The link was to the editing page for the recipe, not the recipe itself, fixed now I think!
“So many people fancy themselves intellectuals, and discussing anything with them is a complete waste of time, they do not have well developed analyitical skills and I am not their mother or their teacher.”
You’ve given me something to think about, though I didn’t see myself in either of those kinds of roles. What I was concerned with was the person delivering incorrect info to other people, possibly to their harm.
The link works fine, now. Thanks!
Teri, I think that in the instance where you are providing information that prevents harm, interacting is worthwhile, up to a point, and it would be helpful to some people.
Yes, thank you for alerting me to the issue, I seldom link to my own pages, the process is a little different than linking to external pages!