The Eureka lemon and the Lisbon lemon are two bitter-flavored lemons. The Eureka and the Lisbon can be used to flavor both sweet and savory dishes. They can be used in sauces or as an accompaniment to fish and poultry. They can be used in baking and desserts, and their slices or wedges can be…
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February Temperate and Warm Regions Planting and Garden Checklist
If you live where the soil does not freeze in winter these vegetable and fruit gardening tips are for you. While the soil does not freeze, freezing temperatures and frost can still happen in February. Temperate and warm regions include USDA Zones 9 and 10 in the United States which include much of the southern…
February Cool Regions Planting and Garden Checklist
Here are garden tasks and vegetable and fruit growing suggestions for USDA Zone 8 for February. Snow is possible in Zone 8. Frost and freezing temperatures may threaten at any time during this month. Zone 8 in the United States includes the Mid-South and Pacific Northwest states. Garden Tasks in USDA Zone 8 in February…
February Cold Regions Planting and Garden Checklist
Snow and ice and freezing temperatures will prevail in cold winter regions this month. Spring is still 8 to 12 weeks away. Cold winter regions include USDA Zones 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 which include the Northeast, Upper Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and the Rocky Mountain, Plains states, and most of Canada. February Indoor Seed Sowing…
How to Serve and Cook Kale
Kale can be steamed, sautéed, boiled, and simmered. Kale can be tenderized and served in salads or combined with potatoes to make a tasty soup. Kale is a great match with hearty foods such as pork chops, fried catfish, garlicky sausage, and cornbread. A winter vegetable that goes practically undisturbed even by snow, kale can…
Six Ways to Cook and Serve Leeks
Leeks can be steamed, braised, grilled, and poached. You can also make leek au gratin and leek-potato soup. The flavor and fragrance of leeks are more subtle, more delicate and sweeter than onions How to Choose Leeks Select leeks that are straight, firm and intact with crisp, upright, brightly colored leaves and that have unblemished…
Five Ways to Cook and Serve Collards
Fresh chopped or shredded collards can add a little spice to salads. As well, collards can be steamed, boiled, sauteed, and added to soups and stews. Collards are a good match for smoked pork. Combine collards with mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, or beans and puree. Collards have a very strong cabbagey flavor and are considered…
Poached Pear Recipe
Since pears—that is the European varieties–are plucked from the tree before they are ripe and cure to ripeness usually in a cool, dark place, how do you know a pear is ready for your bite? Well, there are two ways to choose a pear for eating out of hand: smell and feel. A ripe pear…
Nantes Carrots
The Nantes carrot was first described in a nineteenth century French vegetable seed catalog in this way: “Root almost perfectly cylindrical…skin very smooth…flesh of the root entirely red, very sweet and mild in flavor….” The Nantes carrot takes its name from the city on the Atlantic coast of France where the surrounding countryside is ideal…
