On Sunday I was at my parents' for dinner, along with my sister and her kids. I went out to see what I could harvest from our garden, and I called over my five year old nephew, who was playing in the yard.
"Do you like carrots?" I asked him.
"Yes!" he said.
"Well, check this out," I said, pulling one up and holding it out to him. I expected a reaction, but not the one I got.
"That's disgusting!" he cried, backing away. "I don't like carrots that come out of the ground!"
He's so getting a copy of The Omnivore’s Dilemma for his next birthday.
(I ended up with snap peas, green beans, beets, and the disgusting carrots that came out of the ground, but not a huge amount of any of the above, so I used the peas, beans, and carrots along with fresh basil in a pasta salad. Very nice. I meant to pickle the beets, but I keep forgetting that I've got 'em.)
Posted by Nic at June 21, 2006 08:07 PM | TrackBackMy salsa garden is coming along beautifully. Scads of cherry and regular tomatoes, the first green peppers are almost ready to pick, red peppers aplenty, and at least a dozen jalepenos already on the way.
Oops, almost forgot the cilantro. Doing nicely too. I've been heading it before it flowers so it doesn't go bitter.
Posted by: Ted at June 24, 2006 10:17 PMExcellent! Your tomatoes are way ahead of ours...we have flowers and just a few tiny fruit starting. (Must be because youa re so much farther south.)
I do have enough basil for pesto already, though.
I did a salsa garden for a few years. I had so many jalepenos I couldn't even give them all away.
Posted by: nic at June 25, 2006 11:40 AM