June 21, 2011
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Monster Zucchini ! What’s Next?
TALES FROM THE BRAT FARMThe Beast came walking in today with two monstrous zucchini. They are probably about 2 feet long and about 4-5 inches wide at the largest part which extends a half foot or so. I just about died. He looks at me and says, *I forget what these are but they are some kind of squash, I know.* I just shook my head and told him they were zucchini and should have been picked when they were slightly larger than the kosher dills he loves to buy at a deli. He just looked at me like I had no real idea of what they were.
I sighed but decided I had better start cooking some of these things up so that’s what I did. I made up a veggie dish with crooked neck squash, zucchini, onions and some of the firmer tomatoes. Just a sprinkling of garlic salt and some pepper and it was heavenly. I cut the squash and zucchini into kind of thick slivers similar to julienne’d veggies but shorter. There was nothing left once the Beast tasted it. I had two servings myself but I promised to make more tomorrow. I’ll add some of the baby carrots I have left.
The foot looks better but is still a kind of light purple. It’s been very painful, mostly in the baby toe area. Having broken that one several times in my life, that part is familiar. However, I stood on my feet today for way too long while I was working on the veggies and then eating. The walking to get more didn’t help either. Both my feet started to swell a little so I had to put them up for a while. I fell asleep for a couple hours so Bratfink was waiting, waiting, waiting patiently for me to get up and back at my keyboard.
The Princess called me today to get the recipe for our family seafood salad. She actually knew all the ingredients but I don’t think she had ever made it by herself before. She had only helped myriad times. I guess she made it for a gathering of the clan in Colorado. I hope they enjoyed it.
She and Chewlee will be home tomorrow evening and I should be seeing my baby on Wednesday. I did and I didn’t miss her if you get my meaning. I thought about her a lot but I was totally distracted by my foot. The Beast is just dying to take pictures of her using his new settings and technique. I just laughed because it will require her sitting still and that might take a sledge hammer.
I’m looking forward to hearing all she has to say about her *vacation* and all the family she got to see. The family is from her grandfather’s side but family is family. She just thinks it’s incredible how many people love her.
Time to get this ready and posted. We are supposed to be getting rain tomorrow so my connection to the internet is going to be spotty. It also means the Beast will be out early getting all the veggies checked and bringing in what is ready. I will be cutting up more veggies and getting them ready to be cooked over the next few days. I told the Beast I was thinking I might just can some of the mixed veggies up for this winter and he said it sounded okay to him. It cooks up so quickly that I can just can it without cooking it. The canning itself will do the cooking and keep the veggies firmer. It really did come out great tasting.
Love you all. Stay cool. Stay dry. Drive carefully. Pay attention to any tornado sirens. It was not a good day in Oklahoma today.
