Worked....Didn't Work

Ruth_10 · January 24, 2009

Do you ever experiment by eating/using vegetables in non-traditional manners? Did it work or not?

After vine borers killed my Kakai pumpkin vines a couple of years ago, I sliced up the immature pumpkins (up to softball size) and ate them as raw crudites with a dip. Works with other immature winter squashes as well. Very good.

Last week I made Kielbasa bean soup and added some okra seeds to it.

The okra seeds (they were harvested from dried pods) stayed hard in the soup, even after simmering for over an hour. Visually, they were a nice touch but otherwise, unh-uh.

January 24, 2009	#1
Ruth_10 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MO z6a near St. Louis Posts: 1,349	Worked....Didn't Work Do you ever experiment by eating/using vegetables in non-traditional manners? Did it work or not? After vine borers killed my Kakai pumpkin vines a couple of years ago, I sliced up the immature pumpkins (up to softball size) and ate them as raw crudites with a dip. Works with other immature winter squashes as well. Very good. Last week I made Kielbasa bean soup and added some okra seeds to it. The okra seeds (they were harvested from dried pods) stayed hard in the soup, even after simmering for over an hour. Visually, they were a nice touch but otherwise, unh-uh. __________________ --Ruth Some say the glass half-full. Others say the glass is half-empty. To an engineer, it’s twice as big as it needs to be.