i tried a variation on the sesame-cured broccoli salad that was in the NYT a month or so ago: 1) toss about a pound of snaps, some garlic chives, and green onions with 1T rice vinegar and 2T soysauce. 2) heat 2T canola oil and fry some chiles, scapes, and green garlic until fragrant then add 2T sesame oil. 3) pour hot dressing over the vegetables and allow to sit about an hour.
very very delicious. we had it alone on a picnic and later tossed with some soba.
Impossible to choose a single always-favorite desert so i'll give you what i'd dying for right now: rice pudding from the 24hr diner downstairs.
Hey Carolina, you don't need much space really. I use a variant of the square foot garden method; rows 2' x 12' with a foot between rows. I only have 50' x 50' to grow in and I get a years worth of veggies both fresh and for freezing. You can do it!
Ditto about grazing while picking. I do get more than enough to freeze though. Still, my fam and myself stuff ourselves silly on the peas whilst pickin'.
I grow them, and few make it into the kitchen. Ditto for the regular peas and baby carrots, etc. Nothing tastes as good as standing in the vegetable patch, stuffing one's face. Half my asparagus also met the same fate. I actually tripled the size of my veggie gardens over the years, and still often don't have enough to freeze or can...or make into jam, in the case of berries. I would love to win the lottery and be able to buy lots of rural acres ready for organic gardening. BTW...the weather in the Pacific Northwest is making it all VERY hard this year, and I have heard other places are suffering as well. Nothing brings home the reality of global warming and climate change as much as gardening does.
Aside from raw, my favorite way to use sugar snap peas is in a pea pancake. It is an incredible, seasonal delight. Adapted from a recipe in the NY Times:
http://izzyeats.blogspot.com/2008/06/stringing-and-shelling-oh-so-compelling.html
My young daughters and the young I used to pick our own at a local farm. We'd eat so many while picking, there was never enough for a meal! I always made sure I told the farmer and we paid for what we ate. If I was lucky, he'd have some extra we could take home. Same with strawberry picking. Two in the mouth, one in the basket. Peaches, we could only fit one in the mouth at the same time, but the peas were just as sweet. NJ has the best darn produce! The shoulda oughta call it the Garden State, dontcha think? ;-O
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