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[Chicken girl 15]

Very yummy. We love the flavor mushrooms give food.

 

[rancher hicks]

I hate mushrooms. Now before you jump on me I suggest you read, "Ask Marilyn". She just reiterates what I've said and believed for years. That we are genetically predisposed to the foods we like or don't like and their tastes.

Point? Please, please, please stop hounding your kids to eat their beans, peas, hot dogs etc. etc. There are plenty of healthy foods to choose from. In our house we had the rule you had to eat a little. Three beans, or whatever. Me I hate Brussel sprouts but I still ate three to set a good example.

Sometimes preparation makes a difference. I don't like Eggplant but DW has recipe that she uses it in that I like.

I like her spinach pie as long as she doesn't over do the spinach. I like FRESH spinach in my salad. Raw onions but she doesn't.

Anyhow, weather is good for mowing and it needs to be done. Have a nice day,

TTFN,

Rancher

 

[Beekissed]

I'll have to agree with tastes, though likes and dislikes aren't set in stone and can change once one grows older, so not sure about genetically predisposition as an etiology of that. Sometimes it's more texture or smell than the taste of food or that someone has just never tasted it but heard that it was icky, so never bothered to try.

I just turned 50 and tried asparagus for the first time this past year.....LOVE it! I've spoken to other people who have never tasted it either and simply because the movies and such say it makes your urine smell funny. It doesn't.

I'd say that, if you don't like something and haven't since you were little, you might want to try it again as an adult....could be there is a lot of food out there you would or could enjoy if you could get past how you felt about it when you were little. Some foods, it ain't gonna happen, but with some it just might.

My kids are picky about so many things now, even though they ate them just fine when they were kids....not sure how that happened.

Got my bait hive done and set up, part of the garden put in, two broodies on nests and one building one to sit, fruit trees planted and many more projects to get to...tis the season. Out there in the world everyone acts like the winter holidays are the busy season, but on a homestead it's just the opposite....spring is the busiest season, followed closely by harvest/autumn. Winter is mostly set on cruise and summer has moments where a person can go have some fun, drag a line or travel a little while the garden grows.

Hope you are all gloriously and joyously busy if it's your desire to be so!

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

They say it is every seven years your tastbuds completely renew. So if you do not care for something, it is possible in 7years if you try it again you might change your mind.
I like asparagus, grew up on it. Dad would come home from work driving the country roads looking for wild patches of it. But they are correct about the urine smell, it definitely makes for a strong odor. But really it is not such an inconvenience, we have modern plumbing. I do think fresher tastes better, and has less of a smell.

 

[wyoDreamer]

The wild asparagus is starting to grow here! I found a 1 inch tall stalk while working the garden. Not really a wild patch, but it has been there for over a long time ... the 70+ year old neighbor grew up in our house. HIs mother planted it when he was young.

When you eat asparagus almost every day during wild asparagus season, yes your urine gets pretty strong smelling.

 

[bluto in mo]

Question about asparagus, how do you weed around ir with out killing it?

 

[wyoDreamer]

Question about asparagus, how do you weed around ir with out killing it?

Very carefully! I am going to use a hand rack and just pull out what I can by hand out of the top inch of soil. After the season, when the tops have grown completely, I will be a little more aggressive, but careful not to damage too much root.

 

[KlopKlop]

Very carefully!  I am going to use a hand rack and just pull out what I can by hand out of the top inch of soil.  After the season, when the tops have grown completely, I will be a little more aggressive, but careful not to damage too much root.

Asparagus crowns are very deep. 6" or so. You can work the top couple of inches without disturbing the crowns. I recommend mulching with loose mulch. Shredded tree leads have worked well for me in the fall

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

Most old farm wives I know swear by salt water. They just dump their salt water on the patch. The asparagus plants (mature plants) root balls are low enough in the ground that the salt doesn't bother them, but it kills any weeds.