Subj : celery
To : JIM WELLER
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Aug 06 2022 16:50:03
Hi Jim,
JW> we grow Chinese celery which has thin, round, hollow stems
JW> and lots of leaves. It is also more strongly flavoured than regular
RH> farmer's market ... celery ,,, had a lot of leaves so it may
RH> have been the Chinese celery, have to ask next time I see him.
JW> You won't have to ask; just look at the stems.
Didn't get there today as both of us were working at a Purple Heart
Recognition Day picnic. Steve was one of the official photographers; I
was working in the American Legion Auxilary tent serving up drinks (iced
tea, lemonade and water). Don't know if we'll get there until next month
as Steve will be helping to teach an amateur radio licensing class the
next 3 Saturdays but I'll try to remember to look when we do get back.
JW> Regular celery has leafy tops too; it's just that the stuff in the
JW> supermarket has been trimmed. Ironically the best part is being
JW> discarded.
I don't use the leaves that much; most of what I do uses the stalks.
JW> I am also fond of celery seed and so celery salt as well, as a
JW> spice. It is virtually mandatory in tomato juice.
I use the seed a fair amount (have to remember to pick more up) but not
the salt. When I was growing up, my mom used a lot of onion and garlic
salt so when I got married, I started buying onion and garlic powders
plus real onion and garlic. We get enough salt from other sources that
we don't need the (lightly flavored) stuff.
JW> Title: Remoulade Shrimp
RH> That does look like it would have a lot of flavor!
JW> Yeah, Cajun remoulade sauce packs a wallop and is much spicer than
JW> the original French version.
Nice!
RH> figs from our tree
JW> I didn't realise they could be grown in places that get frost. I
JW> thought of them as a hot dry climate fruit that could only do well
JW> in places like California, Egypt and Turkey. But I read earlier
JW> tonight that they can survive temperatures down to 25 F and some
JW> varieties even 20 F and that your winters are milder than I would
JW> have guessed.
We can get down into the single digits at times but very low temps are
more likely to be teens or twenties. We also get some snow, usually
about one good storm per winter, plus a lot of here today, gone today
storms. We'll also usually get at least one good ice storm per winter.
JW> Another non-traditional pizza from some guys in Atlanta that are
JW> friends of a friend ...
JW> Title: Smoked Duck with Watercress and Brie Pizza
JW> Categories: Pizza, Cheese, Duck, Smoked, Bbq
JW> Yield: 4 Servings
Something different, not what you usually think of as pizza.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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