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Okay, need a little help here. This is my mystery mallow. Its' either a green roselle or a Kenaf plant. Going by the leaves, can anyone give me a clue which. It might make a difference in whether I bring it in in the fall. In other news, managed to get some picks and fruits from the Kisco...

My families "base" red vinegar is the one from American Vinegar works. NO ONE in the house likes balsamic, and I'm actually ALLERGIC to it (gives me INCREDIBLE gas diarrhea and cramps*. They make a rice vinegar as well, though my mom prefers another brand to theirs (one of the store ones, don't...

I used to have a book about odd bits of culinary esoterica. I had the Turandot Rossini story, along with the origin of such things as Baba al Rhum. It also gave me my fist introduction both to the story of the death of Vatel (the French chef who plunged his own sword into his stomach because...

No, you need UNRIPE tomatoes for that. Ripe ones would bee too wet and mushy. Also, you probably wouldn't want to try and make ketchup or tomato sauce. Heating tends to move the pigments towards the yellow/red part of the spectrum. That's why red tomatoes turn into red-orange tomato sauce...

One other thing about that one. I'll have to be careful about saving every seed, as not only does it not make many, it can make ones that have no seeds AT ALL (which makes me wonder if it could be the variety called Thompson's Seedless Grape). Unlike with a lot of other seedless tomatoes it WILL...

Well, not EXACTLY, as each color of tomato has their own taste notes due to the pigments also having flavors. But, if you mean do they taste ripe, yes.

Next two ripe tomatoes in (even if they don't look it). The longer one is NOT ripe yet, but it fell off while I was touching it, so it is presumably pretty close (though I do not a potential issue with this one, it has the SMALLEST attachment point of any tomato I have ever seen. It's not...

Beats an amble through the brambles.

Try singing this if it happens again, should get a laugh Or, if you are in a meaner mood.....

Finally ate the tomato I harvested. Still don't know the type, but the taste was fine, so I guess I'll save the seeds.

Just to update, the tomato got quite a bit pinker in the day or two since I harvested it, so it is now less that pastel pink color than the more standard pink one would expect from something like a Brandywine.

If you mean "do I plan to save seeds, and possibly re-plant it later) then yes. Today, I took a closer look at the pot and confirmed that that is the "off" one in the pot (I had thought it was the dominant form, but all of the others have the lumpy look I originally assumed was an errant seed...

There are so many kinds of thyme, but of course, all have their uses. As they say "There is a seasoning and a thyme for every purpose under heaven."

Well, here it is, the first ripe tomato. And yes, despite the color it IS ripe, I ca feel it. Can't say it's the most ATTRACTIVE color I've ever seen (and, of course, it's supposed to be green.) but I suppose it ultimately depends on taste. Not huge (maybe an inch to an inch and a half...

Just sprinkle some a bit lower. Then thyme is on your side.

If I can get these pits to grow, it might actually be a pretty good combination, ornamental (it's a purple leafed plum) AND some fruit. Not all that common a mix (I've seen dozens of those purple leafed plum trees around, but this is the only one I know that makes some fruits.) I've mentioned...

7/25 FINALLY have gotten some beans black which are all purple/black. It looks like one plant is making all black, one is making the soldier/orca ones, and one is making ones that are almost totally white with just a dot of purple on each side of the hilum. And that's sort of the issue...

THESE don't, but I was selective in which fruits I picked off the tree. I am planning to try and EAT some of these when they are ripe after all. Plus, where there are holes, there's a tendency for rot to get into the holes and ruin the fruit before it is done ripening. The condition seems to...

Okay, here are some fruit from that pear tree I found (pill bottle cap is for scale) They're not TOTALLY ripe (they're still rock hard), but, given how many were already on the ground and how semi-infrequently I'm in that area, I thought it was better to take some now and let them finish up...