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[igorsMistress]

I found asparagus on sale today so I bought 4 pounds. I’m going to pickle some and can some plain. Excited to try the pickled, it has been awhile since I’ve had it that way.

Igor finished one shelf yesterday and is going to do the second today. That is really going to help me manage the pantry better! It’s such a small space and things get lost in there a lot.

4 lbs of asparagus gave me three pints pickled and three pints of regular for the pantry. Not bad.

 

[cavemanrich]

4 lbs of asparagus gave me three quarts pickled and three quarts of regular for the pantry. Not bad.

I'm not much of asparagus eater. But the pickled sounds delish how did you do it...???? meaning the spices or such added??

 

[Shadrach]

Our store had asparagus on sale too. It won't sit around long here, I like to roast it

Nice to get the pantry in shape!

I like it steamed and I make a butter, lemom and pepper sauce to dip it in.

 

[Shadrach]

This came out rather well. Chickpeas, spinach, roasted tomatoes a few herbs with toasted hallumi cheese added for the last few minutes of cooking. Got a couple of portions in the freezer, minus the cheese which is easy to add on reheat.

 

[igorsMistress]

I'm not much of asparagus eater. But the pickled sounds delish how did you do it...???? meaning the spices or such added??

This is the recipe I followed. It makes six pints so I halved it to make three.

https://www.ballmasonjars.com/blog?cid=pickled-asparagus

 

[igorsMistress]

This came out rather well. Chickpeas, spinach, roasted tomatoes a few herbs with toasted hallumi cheese added for the last few minutes of cooking. Got a couple of portions in the freezer, minus the cheese which is easy to add on reheat.
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Yummy! Sub the chickpeas for lentils and this is a fave of my husband. He likes it curried with some coconut cream added.

 

[igorsMistress]

I’m canning split pea soup for Igor and there’s a little leftover for him to try. Plus he is getting his ham hocks and beans for dinner.

 

[igorsMistress]

Igor came home and I showed him his pint of split pea and quart of ham hocks and bean in the fridge. I could see the indecision in his face as he considered which to have for dinner

 

[igorsMistress]

I gave the crew clean water and the ducks are bathing in their clean pool. The row cover is off the corn, now using it for the Roselle I put in, and I plopped a few more luffa seeds in as well. My leeks and potatoes are going off faster than I can use them so I’m canning a few quarts of potato leek soup for the pantry. I found this guy named Ben Starr on YouTube and he does a lot with sourdough. I made another starter so I can give his methods a try, no feeding or discarding so it’s right up my alley; the lazy alley . Hope and Cam like to help in the kitchen so I’m going to teach them to make bread when it’s ready.

 

[N F C]

I gave the crew clean water and the ducks are bathing in their clean pool. The row cover is off the corn, now using it for the Roselle I put in, and I plopped a few more luffa seeds in as well. My leeks and potatoes are going off faster than I can use them so I’m canning a few quarts of potato leek soup for the pantry. I found this guy named Ben Starr on YouTube and he does a lot with sourdough. I made another starter so I can give his methods a try, no feeding or discarding so it’s right up my alley; the lazy alley . Hope and Cam like to help in the kitchen so I’m going to teach them to make bread when it’s ready.

That's great Hope and Cam are interested in learning kitchen stuff...those are lessons they can use forever.

Your soup sounds good!