What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

another 90+ day, probably 110' in the workshop with all the windows and high bay door open.
Phew.

 

[CNJ]

I had an idea, and I am wondering if anyone tried tenderizing their year-old chicken with papaya paste? I am going to try this with green papaya today............
I am thinking about deboning my old chicken and chopping it into cubes to make yakitori sticks. I am debating whether to mix the sauce with the papaya pulp or rinse the papaya pulp off the chicken before marinating with the teriyaki sauce. Any suggestions?

 

[Smokerbill]

I had an idea, and I am wondering if anyone tried tenderizing their year-old chicken with papaya paste? I am going to try this with green papaya today............

I'm sure it would work. When I was in high school I used papain (an enzyme from papayas) to dissolve all the meat from animal skulls I prepared for a science class project. Worked really well!

 

[CNJ]

I like the way this guy debones his chickens; I'll try this method today. Oh, they stich the deboned chicken back up and fill it with stuffing. Amazing.

 

[jerryse]

Found these in the yard. Shaggy mane mushrooms are edible. The Asian ladybug beetles are terrible today.

 

[Sally PB]

I remembered to check on my peas. I found 7 pods and ate them all.

I bought one of those hose reel storage cart thingies. I have 250-300 feet of hose roled up on it. Very neat and tidy! I should have gotten one years ago.

 

[WthrLady]

Getting there. I still need to build, paint and install the rain wings in the upper blue openings, and paint and install all the trim and the window brackets.
Tired and achy doesn't begin to describe me at 9pm.
Another 95' wind howling day. Temp drops like a rock Wednesday.

 

[dawn335]

We harvested some Kale, and potatoes.

 

[CNJ]

I am debating whether to mix the sauce with the papaya pulp or rinse the papaya pulp off the chicken before marinating with the teriyaki sauce. Any suggestions?

I ended up mixing the boneless chicken pieces, papaya pulp and seasoning (Salt, white pepper, shoyu, mirin, chicken bullion, onion powder, garlic powder and minced garlic) together with an egg. I will fry it with 50/50 corn starch and flour in about 3 hours to taste. I got the idea from a few Japanese fried chicken videos. We eat green papaya as a salad where I live, so that's why I decided to mix everything together. However, this is the first time using it as a tenderizer. Looks like I forgot to add ginger, but that's okay, I don't really like ginger.

I fried a test batch after 4 hours and the crust was dark and the meat was dry, so I rinsed off the next test batch, took off the skin and coated it without the egg and concluded that it's not a good idea to fry old chickens with a meat tenderizer. I'll rinse the rest of the raw seasoned chicken pieces in the morning and probably turn it in a white gravy stew with a couple cans of Cambells Mushroom soup.

 

[akroberts1085]

Went out to the garden and picked 2 cherry tomatoes then of course I had to give them to the granddaughter. She helped me do a little decorating for Halloween. I have peas coming up and I plan on getting carrots and all of the rest of my fall veggies planted. I'm kinda debating about where to plant them because I have cats (yuck). I also live in an area where the water doesn't drain for a while. I know I have plenty of pots for them just not enough dirt.