Sally's GF3 thread

[fuzzi]

Buckwheat! I hadn't thought about that.

I planted buckwheat in some of my garden beds after I'd harvested the onions or garlic in them. It has a lot to recommend itself:

Honey bees love it.
Planting the seed to bloom in ... 6 weeks? Maybe less.
Crowded out weeds.
Cut it down, let it return to the soil.
Frost kills it, so you don't need to worry about the plants overwintering and being a problem like, ahem, alfalfa.

It does not fix nitrogen. I'll see how many seeds sprout from last season.

Did I mention that it blooms quickly and the honey bees love it? I'll be planting it again this year in garden areas that need some filling in.

A friend of mine does bees. She and her dh did not care for the taste of buckwheat honey, shared a bottle with me. I LOVE IT. It has a earthier, not exactly musky, but stronger taste. She gave me several bottles since I loved it so.

 

[cavemanrich]

Well, he does like the gravy I've made using cornstarch as the thickener.

Sally, you can also use instant potatoes as a thickener.

 

[cavemanrich]

Sally, here is a GF dish you may enjoy. Made this yesterday, and since its not baking, I don't have a designated thread for such.
Pinto beams soaked overnight.
Cooked for 2 hours in chili seasoned water.
Thickened with instant potato flakes.

Served with my dinner plate.

Actually EVERYTHING on that plate is GF.
I have been making the beans, cooked in Chili seasonings for some time now. I usually mash them and have refried beans to use for my Taco base, or Bean burritos.
Then wife tells me. Just leave as they are. You still have teeth.'
So this is my new way to have them.

 

[Sally PB]

Hubby's new (refurbished) camera has to go back to B&H. There is a speck of dirt on a surface he can't clean, and it shows up in every image. Dang. They are replacing it, and I hope the replacement (when it comes) is in A++++ condition.

That was a big downer for the day.

But other people in Michigan (Union City) had a tornado touch down, so we have nothing to complain about. We have some ruts on our driveway from the heavy rain.

 

[fuzzi]

Hubby's new (refurbished) camera has to go back to B&H. There is a speck of dirt on a surface he can't clean, and it shows up in every image. Dang. They are replacing it, and I hope the replacement (when it comes) is in A++++ condition.

That was a big downer for the day.

But other people in Michigan (Union City) had a tornado touch down, so we have nothing to complain about. We have some ruts on our driveway from the heavy rain.

I saw video of Menards getting hit, scarey.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Hubby said it was so foggy that he had a hard time seeing on the way home from work tonight.

 

[Sally PB]

I remember driving to work on a foggy morning. I was on a dirt road, and I knew I was between point A and B, but not sure where. I was creeping along at 10-15 mph, and at that moment, I had a deep appreciation for the reflective marking on paved roads.

I'm not sure it was the same morning, but I was on paved roads, going about 30, thinking, "Hey old lady, can you pick it up a little?" Right then, I saw two horses walking up the road toward me, lost in the fog. I slowed down to about 20 for the rest of the trip through the fog.

 

[Sally PB]

Well, the tornados here in Michigan killed 4 people.

That puts the bummer on our driveway and hubby's camera in a different light.