Veggies

[Country homesteader]

I like most veggies ( sweet corn [ butter and sugar corn on the cob], sweet potatoes, peppers, radishes, MUSHROOMS, spinach, etc). I dislike lima beans, okra. I will eat peas but only if they are in Macaroni Salad.
The reason I'm doing this poll is to see what the more popular veggies would be in a garden.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

If you don't like "cooked to death" cabbage I have a recipe that most people enjoy. I cut bacon up in to small pieces and cook it together with a little onion - then I cut cabbage into narrow strips and saute it in the bacon fat until it's just barely done - not mushy. It's really, really good!

And for those who don't think they like okra...if you ever get your hands on some that's dehydrated until crispy and lightly salted. It's addicting! We call it "c-okra"!

 

[CrealCritter]

I've got my seeder for 2018 with this third generation beefsteak tomato

Son and Daughter In Law came over and while they were here walked the garden. Daughter in law came out of the garden and said did you see that huge tomato you got out there? I said no I haven't been in the garden for 5 days now. She said you gotta come see this huge tomato you grew. So I followed her out to the garden and there sits a huge tomato hanging just a pretty as you please. She said - look at that thing it's a tomato pumpkin.

We cut it loose off the vine with my pocket knife and I snapped a few pictures.

Daughter in Law holding big tomato.

Me holding big tomato next to grand daughters head.

Weighing big tomato - 4lbs 1oz

I think I've just about got my beefsteak type tomato line ready to start selling bare root seedlings for 2018. I've been working on this line for 5 years now.

 

[CrealCritter]

They start to get really big when 4 or 5 tomatoes grow out of the original single tomato. I really think I picked up a mutant gene or something.

This is the third generation from the original 2013 3lb 4 oz tomato. I seeded the 2013 tomato and seeded only the biggest tomato the following years. I still have 1st (2014), 2nd (2015) and 3rd (2017) generation seeds. 2016 was a bust - garden flooded twice and drown all my plants.

These 3rd generation vines are constantly producing tomatoes between 1 to 2 lbs and are just about the right size for tomato sandwiches. They have small seed cavities, lots of meat and have a rather unique flavor - that tastes a lot like V8 juice.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

We like it a lot! Hmmm... sounds like dinner to me, lol!

 

[Britesea]

A dinner we do regularly is to slice smoked sausages and brown them nicely to render out some of the fat, then saute onions until they are tender and then add a bunch of cabbage (1 whole head for 2 of us, lol) that has been sliced and rinsed so there is still a bit of water clinging to it. Add some ground pepper and close the pot for a few minutes, stirring occasionally. I cook the cabbage just until it changes color and get a little tender (al dente?). We've tried it with different sausages, but like the smoked ones the best... although andouille was a close second. Bacon would work well too.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Holy Cow - that's a honkin' big tomato!

 

[CrealCritter]

Holy Cow - that's a honkin' big tomato!

It really is BIG... This is the biggest I've ever grown. I was curious about just how big around this tomato is. So I wrapped a piece of bailing twine around it, marked where the twine intersected with a shape and measured it's circumference. The tomato has a 19 & 3/4" circumference.

My thumbs looks so tiny compared to this 4lb 1oz tomato -:lol

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I like pretty much all of 'em...except beets...but they tried to kill me so it's understandable that I don't like 'em, right?

 

[Hinotori]

I like most veggies as well. Cauliflower must be raw. I HATE the flavor of it cooked.