Comments on: Lick the Produce: Scraping the bottom of the barrel http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/04/lick-the-produce-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel/ You'll laugh you ass off. (I did.) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:02:58 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joshua http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/04/lick-the-produce-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel/comment-page-1/#comment-11537 Joshua Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:00:53 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=829#comment-11537 Well, I'm adding rutabeggas to my garden this spring. Well, maybe, I'm not sure where to get the seeds??? But, I am intrigued. I would like to try them like that. Well, I’m adding rutabeggas to my garden this spring. Well, maybe, I’m not sure where to get the seeds??? But, I am intrigued. I would like to try them like that.

]]> By: Mark http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/04/lick-the-produce-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel/comment-page-1/#comment-11536 Mark Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:46:54 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=829#comment-11536 Have you done broccoli rabe yet? It tastes best in pasta ... maybe that's not on your diet. Have you done broccoli rabe yet?

It tastes best in pasta … maybe that’s not on your diet.

]]> By: Red http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/04/lick-the-produce-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel/comment-page-1/#comment-11535 Red Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:52:24 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=829#comment-11535 @Joshua: Yeah, my brother and I would pick them out of my grandfather's garden (with his permission, of course) and eat them like apples. I do remember them being harder than apples, but definitely not too hard to eat (and I don't have like, jaws of steel). Maybe they're a little softer when they're freshly picked? @Joshua: Yeah, my brother and I would pick them out of my grandfather’s garden (with his permission, of course) and eat them like apples. I do remember them being harder than apples, but definitely not too hard to eat (and I don’t have like, jaws of steel). Maybe they’re a little softer when they’re freshly picked?

]]> By: Sonya http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/04/lick-the-produce-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel/comment-page-1/#comment-11534 Sonya Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:35:55 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=829#comment-11534 Thanks for the link. I've been wanting to check it out since you mentioned it, but lost the link and then was too lazy to look for it when I check in here. :) Thanks for the link. I’ve been wanting to check it out since you mentioned it, but lost the link and then was too lazy to look for it when I check in here. :)

]]> By: Sher/ Stuckinafatbody http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/04/lick-the-produce-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel/comment-page-1/#comment-11533 Sher/ Stuckinafatbody Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:01:53 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=829#comment-11533 haha I dont care if I'm right or not but upon my travels in safeway yesterday, my grocer informed me that they did not have any turnips but that I could use a rutabega and that they were pretty much the same thing. Of course turnips dont sound as appetizing as rutabega.... Mhhhh. rutabegas..... haha

I dont care if I’m right or not but upon my travels in safeway yesterday, my grocer informed me that they did not have any turnips but that I could use a rutabega and that they were pretty much the same thing. Of course turnips dont sound as appetizing as rutabega…. Mhhhh. rutabegas…..

]]> By: Joshua http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/04/lick-the-produce-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel/comment-page-1/#comment-11532 Joshua Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:10:36 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=829#comment-11532 I love rutabeggas. When I became a vegetarian and quit eating candy, people started giving me alot of fruit and vegetables in place of easter baskets, valentines, etc. So, I am the only person I know who has ever gotten a rutabegga in an Easter basket. Also, as for the last person, I'm hoping I'm mistaken, but you were picking up rutabeggas and eating them raw? They are hard as diamonds until you cook them. I love rutabeggas. When I became a vegetarian and quit eating candy, people started giving me alot of fruit and vegetables in place of easter baskets, valentines, etc. So, I am the only person I know who has ever gotten a rutabegga in an Easter basket. Also, as for the last person, I’m hoping I’m mistaken, but you were picking up rutabeggas and eating them raw? They are hard as diamonds until you cook them.

]]> By: AG http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/04/lick-the-produce-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel/comment-page-1/#comment-11531 AG Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:30:49 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=829#comment-11531 "Served as a delivery device..." hee hee. Yeah, I might need to think about how much butter and parm I'm putting on my asparagus! AG <a href="http://www.100daysinbed.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.100daysinbed.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.100daysinbed.blogspot.com</a></a> “Served as a delivery device…” hee hee. Yeah, I might need to think about how much butter and parm I’m putting on my asparagus!

AG

http://www.100daysinbed.blogspot.com

]]> By: Red http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/04/lick-the-produce-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel/comment-page-1/#comment-11530 Red Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:46:50 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=829#comment-11530 My grandfather used to grow those in his vegetable garden, and when I was a kid we would walk around in his yard, pick them and eat them raw. They did have a different flavor to them, as I remember kind of onion-ey, but a little sweeter. The way you prepared them does sound pretty good, I'll have to try that. BTW, LOVE the threaded comment thing!! My grandfather used to grow those in his vegetable garden, and when I was a kid we would walk around in his yard, pick them and eat them raw. They did have a different flavor to them, as I remember kind of onion-ey, but a little sweeter. The way you prepared them does sound pretty good, I’ll have to try that.

BTW, LOVE the threaded comment thing!!

]]> By: kathy http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/04/lick-the-produce-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel/comment-page-1/#comment-11529 kathy Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:07:59 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=829#comment-11529 SCORE!!! :) Ok, to impress your Mexican grocery clerk, the following is in season now: mango (mahngoe), guarabana (goo are bah nah), mamey (mah mei), and maracuya (mar ah cooya) might be coming into season. Guyaba (why aaba) is always in season. That's not EXACTLY how you pronounce them but that should get you understood. SCORE!!! :)

Ok, to impress your Mexican grocery clerk, the following is in season now: mango (mahngoe), guarabana (goo are bah nah), mamey (mah mei), and maracuya (mar ah cooya) might be coming into season. Guyaba (why aaba) is always in season. That’s not EXACTLY how you pronounce them but that should get you understood.

]]> By: Merry http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/04/lick-the-produce-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel/comment-page-1/#comment-11528 Merry Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:15:30 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=829#comment-11528 I'm with Cindy... it's fun just <i>saying</i> 'rutabaga' (Yeah, well, color me easily amused ;) You reminded me of the old Far Side cartoon about how to tell when mayonnaise goes bad. (Cartoon shows a fridge door being opened upon a shocking scene: the jar of mayo, with a bandana pulled up over its label, has just pulled a gun on the other condiments and is saying something like 'hand over all your money!') I’m with Cindy… it’s fun just saying ‘rutabaga’ (Yeah, well, color me easily amused ;)

You reminded me of the old Far Side cartoon about how to tell when mayonnaise goes bad. (Cartoon shows a fridge door being opened upon a shocking scene: the jar of mayo, with a bandana pulled up over its label, has just pulled a gun on the other condiments and is saying something like ‘hand over all your money!’)

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