canesisters
Garden Master
Monty started a post about growing eggplants without ever having eaten them. Until last summer I hadn't ever eaten them either. In fact until last summer, I hadn't eaten a LOT of things.
I was one of those people who only breezed through the produce section to grab some carrots for the horse and to get to the deli.
I was raised in a home where canned corn and instant potatoes were the regular veggies. Where hamburger helper was a complete meal and was made 'really good for us' by adding a can of peas. Don't get me wrong - I'm NOT knocking my folks!! They did the best they could and I'm still around, sane, and a reasonably productive citizen.
Last summer I stopped in the middle of the produce section and realized that I didn't know what half of the things in it were.
How did this happen? How does someone get to be 40-ish and not know if all those pretty squash/gourd things were eatable. So I started on an experiment. Every now and then I would pick up something that I didn't even know the name of and bring it home. Then I did some research and found at least 3 ways to eat it. Well.. that's not entirely true. Some of the things I brought home were dismal failures and got tossed right away.
But some of them have become weekly standards.
Anyway, I guess the point is that I've discovered that I love squash - spaghetti squash in particular. And that cabbage cut really thin and just barely wilted substitutes fairly well for pasta. And that apple juice is just as good as chicken broth in some instances. And that there are all sorts of things on the shelves near the rice that are really good too.
This year I'm hoping to have my own little produce section to play with. I'm so excited!
Have you tried something new lately? Do you have a 'best ever' way to prepare something that might be an old standby to you, but is probably new to me? Have you tried to grow or cook something and said 'NEVER AGAIN!'?
I was one of those people who only breezed through the produce section to grab some carrots for the horse and to get to the deli.

Last summer I stopped in the middle of the produce section and realized that I didn't know what half of the things in it were.


Anyway, I guess the point is that I've discovered that I love squash - spaghetti squash in particular. And that cabbage cut really thin and just barely wilted substitutes fairly well for pasta. And that apple juice is just as good as chicken broth in some instances. And that there are all sorts of things on the shelves near the rice that are really good too.
This year I'm hoping to have my own little produce section to play with. I'm so excited!
Have you tried something new lately? Do you have a 'best ever' way to prepare something that might be an old standby to you, but is probably new to me? Have you tried to grow or cook something and said 'NEVER AGAIN!'?