Radish leaves: Roslind has started more garden pots than ever before
this year. We have tomatoes, celery, kohlrabi, radishes, green
onions and a number of herbs on the go. Roslind loved kohlrabi as a
kid but always complained that supermarket ones are too large, too
old and therefore woody. She plans to pull them when they have just
one inch bulbs, in about 45-50 days, and use the leaves and stems
too.
Many greens from root vegetables are edible
and sometimes even tasty. I think kohlrabi
greens are okay - it is after all a kind of
cabbage. Radish greens I've eaten as well.
The best of the genre, to me, are sweet
potato leaves, which are really nice - note
that I'd not try regular potato greens, though.
The first and so far only thing ready for the table has been tender
young radish leaves which we started cutting in early June. By
harvesting just two leaves per plant they keep on growing and will
soon have good sized bulbs. The very first leaves were very mild and
nice raw in salads and as garnishes. As they grew older and larger
they became a bit bitter but very nice minced and cooked in
meatloaf, soups, and red sauce for pasta.
A sort of mustardlike accent, I'd guess.
Orange & peach Snowballs: There is half a bottle of Advocaat
lingering in the fridge (Roslind isn't drinking these days as she's
taking a sleep medication that prohibits it) that I decided wasn't
going to age well. The standard Snowball is 2 oz Advocaat, 1 tsp
lemon juice and 6-8 oz sparkling lemonade, 7-UP or Sprite. My
version is 1 oz each Advocaat and vodka, 1 tsp lemon juice, 2 oz
each orange juice and peach (or apricot) nectar (I'm actually using
the 20% syrup from canned fruit) and 4 oz of 7-UP to make 8 oz. of
mix and keeping with the classic highball ratio of 4:1 mix to
spirits. I actually prefer my version to the original. Roslind had a
tiny sip and agreed. She is looking forward to being able to partake
again soon.
Boozing this up should make a taste-similar
and perhaps tasty product. I thought you
didn't care for creamy drinks.
---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01
Title: Orange Brutus (Orange Julius)
Categories: Beverages
Yield: 6 servings
6 c Orange juice 1 pk (3.4 oz)INSTANT
1 Envelope Dream Whip Powder -vanilla pudding &
1/2 ts Vanilla -pie filling mix
In a blender, puree 3 cups orange juice and all remaining ingredients
until
smooth. Stir in remaining 3 cups orange juice. Serve over cracked ice.
Makes 6 drinks.
Gloria Pitzer
As published in Glendale Daily News
From the collection of Jim Vorheis
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