What did you do in the garden today?

[igorsMistress]

Awesome, I ordered some curing salts because it will make me feel better, even though my dehydrator goes over 165. I'm going to make some as soon as that gets here! Do you have a specific recipe you love?

Garlic scapes - you cut them because it redirects the energy from producing the flowers to growing the bulbs instead. Plus the scapes are supposed to be super delish! Mine popped up a couple weeks ago, you will know because they look different from the leaves & curl around & have a flower pod at the end. Stole a pic from google:
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That makes sense about the scapes, thanks for that!

When I make regular jerky with a roast or whatever I use a teriyaki recipe from our smoker cookbook that we like.
1/2 c soy sauce
1/2 c brandy
1" fresh ginger, minced
1/4 c ketchup
1 T mustard
1 t Worcestershire sauce
1/4 c brown sugar

My book says to mix everything up and marinate the meat, roll between wax paper sheets and then dry. I don't know about using the curing salt for the jerky, I've only used it to make bacon before and I think it would make the meat too salty. Maybe not. Jerky doesn't last long enough to go bad here though lol.

 

[Sueby]

Thank you for that, it looks delish! Love the idea of ginger & soy. I like salty jerky, I always add it to my regular jerky so I'm not worried about it being too much I have rolling pin rings, I'm going to try that on my silicone mats.

 

[FastEddy22]

That makes sense about the scapes, thanks for that!

When I make regular jerky with a roast or whatever I use a teriyaki recipe from our smoker cookbook that we like.
1/2 c soy sauce
1/2 c brandy
1" fresh ginger, minced
1/4 c ketchup
1 T mustard
1 t Worcestershire sauce
1/4 c brown sugar

My book says to mix everything up and marinate the meat, roll between wax paper sheets and then dry. I don't know about using the curing salt for the jerky, I've only used it to make bacon before and I think it would make the meat too salty. Maybe not. Jerky doesn't last long enough to go bad here though lol.

Thank you for sharing this, I have been meaning to make a batch for some time, and now I am re-inspired!

 

[igorsMistress]

Thank you for that, it looks delish! Love the idea of ginger & soy. I like salty jerky, I always add it to my regular jerky so I'm not worried about it being too much I have rolling pin rings, I'm going to try that on my silicone mats.

My pleasure, I am going to try the silicon mat as well.

 

[igorsMistress]

Thank you for sharing this, I have been meaning to make a batch for some time, and now I am re-inspired!

My pleasure, it's a recipe from our smoker cookbook and we use it quite a bit. The brandy adds a nice flavor.

 

[pennyJo1960]

So this makes me wonder I use parchment all the time are silicone
mats that much better?

 

[Sueby]

I love my silicone mats, I rarely use parchment anymore. Only problem with the mats are you can't cut on them.

Does anyone use a drip irrigation system?

 

[WthrLady]

I do. The entire orchard is drip irrigated for each tree.
Each plant in the orchard has it's own drip off the main lines.

 

[B40chick]

Yes, the chickens "helped" with the pile of corn husks.

 

[igorsMistress]

So this makes me wonder I use parchment all the time are silicone
mats that much better?

I use my mat to knead bread, roll out pie crust, stuff like that. I use parchment for baking cookies and such.