December posting meme #5

[elvenjaneite]

I got a bit behind, so this post is two answers for the price of one!

salamandras asked: What are your favorite plants to grow?

I consider myself still very much a novice gardener! So this is not a particularly exciting answer. I really enjoy beans, tomatoes, and carrots, because they all grow well in my region, are relatively hardy and easy to grow, and taste so much better than the storebought versions. I'm not one to ever shame people for doing what they need to in terms of getting food on the table, so this isn't a "farmers market only" post--but homegrown tomatoes straight from the garden are one of the best things in the whole world.

Actually, according to my mom, when I was about 2 and she was working in the garden with me in a baby carrier on her back [this was the 80s, my parents were hippies], I would reach over her shoulder and pick tomatoes and then snack away on them. So I guess I started young!

forestofglory asked: your favorite fried foods

Ooh, I have two answers for this, an at-home version and an eating-out version.

At home: I don't deep fry food at home that often, but when I do, it's almost always a cutlet. Put a little seasoning and dredge it in some breadcrumbs, eat with mustard (for dipping) and salad. Amazing.

Eating out: crispy potatoes. Fries and hashbrowns are my favorite, but they must be crispy and well seasoned and hot.

Comments

[forestofglory]

yum! (to both fresh homegrown tomatoes and your fried food choices)

[elvenjaneite]

Now I want to make cutlets!

[salamandras]

Those are great! I have had very little luck with carrots, so you have my admiration. :)

[elvenjaneite]

I did not expect to have much luck with them, but they all germinated very well!

[drpanda99]

I started growing tomatoes this year and they were incredible! I'd eat one as salad every day and it was so incredible. I tried to grow other things but uhhh no success basically lol. My zone is pretty cold though and I started in the middle of summer lmao. Do you keep indoor plants?

[elvenjaneite]

I have a little aerogarden my brother gave me as a birthday present. It's been pretty successful at growing lettuce!

Do you have a garden plot or were you container gardening? I personally found container gardening a challenge because you have to be *so* on top of watering.

[drpanda99]

I have a garden plot and indoor containers! Now that winter's here, all my indoor plants died... I can't tell if it was over watering, under watering, drainage problems, etc... Oh well. My garden outside did ok last year so maybe I'll stick with garden plots lol!

[dragongirlg]

Yes to the cutlets and the potatoes!! I also love potatoes in any form, especially fried.

[elvenjaneite]

Yes! Mmm, potatoes.

[katharhino]

Tomatoes are the #1 example of better homegrown. I love them so much. Sometimes I don’t want the work of a garden but when we have those fresh tomatoes it’s all worth it.

[elvenjaneite]

Yeah, I have to admit I'm a bit of a tomato snob!