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FL summer gardening ideas - best tasting & productive vegetables/herbs
Julie:
--- Quote from: Galatians522 on April 02, 2023, 09:40:06 PM ---Almost everyone overcooks okra. Start by bringing your water to a boil. Next, add the okra and leave it in the hot water for 3 minutes--it will usually just start boiling again. At 3 minutes remove it from the heat and immediately drain the water. Butter and salt. I didn't really care for okra until I had it cooked that way.
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Do you just put the entire okra in whole or are you cleaning out the interior?
Eggo:
1I second sweet potatoes as a must. They can get invasive but if you have space they grow easily. All parts of the plants are edible raw or cooked. They are not poisonous raw vs regular potatoes
I think people don't grow wingbeans enough. They're good cooked or raw. Galatians, Baker Creek sells a day neutral variety, I have yet to grow it.
Winter melon/Ash gourd. You'll need a trellis. But the mature gourd can be stored like a year without refrigeration.
Luffa. Mature ones can be made into sponges but young luffa can be stir fried or made into soup. The texture is unique and very different from many gourds but it's very productive.
Galatians522:
--- Quote from: Julie on April 03, 2023, 12:06:48 PM ---
--- Quote from: Galatians522 on April 02, 2023, 09:40:06 PM ---Almost everyone overcooks okra. Start by bringing your water to a boil. Next, add the okra and leave it in the hot water for 3 minutes--it will usually just start boiling again. At 3 minutes remove it from the heat and immediately drain the water. Butter and salt. I didn't really care for okra until I had it cooked that way.
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Do you just put the entire okra in whole or are you cleaning out the interior?
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You boil the pods whole with the stems on. Do not cut them in pieces--that contributes to slimyness. You'll notice that the color changes to bright green when its cooked.
Galatians522:
--- Quote from: Eggo on April 03, 2023, 02:16:26 PM ---I think people don't grow wingbeans enough. They're good cooked or raw. Galatians, Baker Creek sells a day neutral variety, I have yet to grow it.
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That is the one I am growing. Its growing very slowly compared to the pole beans on the same trellis. We'll see how it does when summer gets here.
1rainman:
Peanuts
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