Subj : Re: Del Monte Muerto
To   : Ben Collver
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sat Jul 12 2025 05:12:30

-=> Ben Collver wrote to Dave Drum <=-

DD> I'm more concerned with small scale (home/homestead) vegetable patches.
DD> Industrial giants will finger out their own solutions. Speaking of the
DD> industrial giants - didja norice that Del Monte has gone "tits up"?

BC> Once i read that night polinators, such as moths, do just as much
BC> polination as honey bees.  Some flowers, such as zucchini, close
BC> business at night.  Moths are also on the decline, and some attribute
BC> it to pollution, including light pollution.

The flowers are the only part of the zucchini that I actually like. Not
my favourite squash.

BC> I had not heart about Del Monte.  That's too bad, i actually liked that
BC> brand.  One thing i've notices is that in Grocery Outlet, a west coast
BC> discount store, they used to have a whole aisle dedicated to canned
BC> fruit and vegetables.  Then it was half an aisle.  Then it was a
BC> quarter. Now it's a pathetic shelf or two, and most of that is imported
BC> from overseas.  But there's chips get an entire aisle, soda gets an
BC> entire aisle, and cookies and crackers share an entire aisle.

BC> Salt, fat, and sugar, they've got what plants crave!

To be honest - it turns out that it's a "Chapter 11" deal. So they will
probably get "conglonerated" into some mega-corp stew pot. It's all
about the $$$, doncha know?

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     Title: Batter-Fried Squash Blossoms
Categories: Appetizers, Breads, Snacks
     Yield: 8 Servings

    36 lg Squash blossoms; picked just
          - about to open (male
          - blossoms are larger)
     1 c  Milk
     1 tb Flour
     1 ts Salt
   1/8 ts Fresh ground pepper
   1/2 c  Cooking oil
          Paprika

 In a shaker jar, combine milk, flour, salt and pepper.
 Place squash blossoms in large pie tin and gently pour
 the milk-flour mixture over them. Heat the oil in a
 large heavy skillet until a drop of water will sizzle.
 Fry the batter-coated blossoms in the hot oil until
 golden brown; drain on paper towels and sprinkle with
 paprika. Serve hot.

 Squash blossom is considered the greatest of delicacies
 by the Zuni. Choicest of all are the larger male flowers
 which are carefully gathered from the vine, fried in
 deep fat, and served as an appetizer or used as a
 seasoning for vegetables, soups and stews.

 POSTED BY: Loren Marti

 FROM: The Art of American Indian Cooking by Yeffe
     : Kimball and Jean Anderson, Avon Books, New
     : York, NY, 1965.

 RECIPE FROM: http://www.recipesource.com

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