Many friends told me that you can't 'can' with a flat surface stovetop: they are wrong. There are some that are designed to handle such a task and if you shop, you can find them. No, not every flat surface stove top can handle that task, but mine can and does. In fact, I have had two pressure canners going at once on my stove top with no problem. I just put up 21 quarts of cucumbers this past week and it was a snap.
While I was canning, I did have some water boil over which does create a bit of a mess and I am faithful about using the polisher to keep my stove top clean; however, this time around, my bottle of polisher was EMPTY! So I decided to try some thing different and it worked! Yep, plain ole baking soda cleaned my stovetop without scratching and with no problem! I was so excited! Do you know how much money I can save now by using baking soda on my stovetop instead of the 'special' polisher? Yep, that means more money for animal feed or garden seed: either way, I WIN!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
The Joy of Radishes
Radishes are usually the first vegetable crop ready in the garden. They are forgiving and quick to mature, and are a crisp spicy addition to salads and sandwiches. Most radish types being round and red, they are a little deceiving to children who are expecting a sweet flavor when they bite into their first one!
At the end of the radish season when the last few go to seed...leave them! The pods that develop after the flowers fall are delicious when new and crisp. They taste like...radishes!
Radishes sprout quickly, and that quality is useful if their seeds are sowed with notoriously slow-to-sprout carrot seeds. A few radishes will mark your rows nicely while waiting for the carrots to germinate.
When I was a child, radishes never were the center star at the dinner table though we did enjoy them. More importantly, they were the first victory in the garden after a long winter...eagerly planted, eagerly watched, and joyfully harvested.
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