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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: amphibian on August 01, 2009, 18:51:37

Title: Yum.
Post by: amphibian on August 01, 2009, 18:51:37: (http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad166/waldorfnicol/P010809_18480001.jpg)

Another coup for Wilkos seeds.
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Post by: Hector on August 01, 2009, 18:56:08: lol, that picture paints a thousand words....or mouthfuls :)
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Post by: Digeroo on August 01, 2009, 19:04:59: Pic got the old saliva going.

Bought some wilko corn seeds half price for next year.

Hopefully I will be eating some corn soon, hope you enjoyed it.

Just eating some carrots, supermarket carrots just do not taste like that. A coup for Franchi Nantes di choggia.
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Post by: amphibian on August 01, 2009, 19:06:23: Quote from: Digeroo on August 01, 2009, 19:04:59
Just eating some carrots, supermarket carrots just do not taste like that. A coup for Franchi Nantes di choggia.

Must buy some, I have not had any luck with carrots, again.
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Post by: amphibian on August 01, 2009, 19:29:05: (http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad166/waldorfnicol/P010809_19240001.jpg)

Salad Blue. Early main Crop, dug one plant up, huge yield. Quite a lot of scab though.
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Post by: saddad on August 01, 2009, 19:40:20: One really sad day, before an investigation.... I had mash made with Salad Blue, Burgundy red and a white potato... just to give the meal some colour... :)
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Post by: thifasmom on August 01, 2009, 21:42:15: amphibian i always assumed you were a nice person but i'm not so sure now ;)
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Post by: Twoflower on August 01, 2009, 21:56:40: it is surpose to be that colour? :-\ are you sure it's not food dye? :)
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Post by: manicscousers on August 01, 2009, 21:57:57: don't think I could eat it :P
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Post by: Twoflower on August 01, 2009, 22:09:48: You would have to you white cheese other wies the colours just wouldn't go ;D
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Post by: amphibian on August 02, 2009, 07:24:54: Quote from: Twoflower on August 01, 2009, 21:56:40
it is surpose to be that colour? :-\ are you sure it's not food dye? :)

It's salad blue, it is that colour. They're purple raw, seems they change to a bluer hue when you bake them.

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qE8rf3Kb4fI/Ro9rp1hKAjI/AAAAAAAAAXg/2Ss9Jgs6EhY/s400/blueandred.jpg)

Blue potatoes are a little strange and you look at it and expect it to taste different, but it just tastes of potato.

Some people, though, turn their noses up at tomatoes that aren't red. You've got to embrace diversity.
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Post by: 1066 on August 02, 2009, 11:52:03: They just look great! I'm growing purple haze carrots this year, very yummy and a fantastic colour ;D
Still waiting for the sweetcorn tho ;)
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Post by: thifasmom on August 02, 2009, 15:00:22: i think they are really pretty, maybe i'll try them next year.
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Post by: amphibian on August 02, 2009, 15:43:19: Quote from: 1066 on August 02, 2009, 11:52:03
Still waiting for the sweetcorn tho ;)

But you're further south than even me. Bet you didn't get your seeds in Wilkos.
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Post by: 1066 on August 03, 2009, 06:38:41: Quote from: amphibian on August 02, 2009, 15:43:19
Quote from: 1066 on August 02, 2009, 11:52:03
Still waiting for the sweetcorn tho ;)

But you're further south than even me. Bet you didn't get your seeds in Wilkos.

LOL - You're right I didn't get them from Wilcos - there isn't 1 in Hastings! How's that for deprivation !? :P

I am further south but you're in sheltered Maidstone! It gets a tad breezy here, particularly as my site faces the sea. I did put up some windbreak material around them but I think I should have fleeced them for the 1st week or so. Ho hum you live and learn ;) And some eat their sweetcorn earlier than others - now where's the sulking emoticon when you need it?

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