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Chef Danny Grant shares crowd-friendly Labor Day recipes https://www.diningandcooking.com/chefs/4275/ #BlackPepper #Chef #DryAgedSteak #FlakySeaSalt #GrilledSteak #KosherSalt #PeachButter #RedPepperFlakes #SteakRecipes #SweetCorn

Not much to report today, except it was a fine out-doorsey kind of a day. Too nice for late August if you know what I mean. Things are green and lush and they are usually crispy brown this time of year. Nice mild temps and a cool breeze, too. NOT NORMAL for here and now. ANYWAY, we just had our 25th cornfest meal this evening. Today marks one month of sweetcorn feasting this season for us. Not much left to pick, but well see... 😀 🌽
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We're down to having just cabbage, okra, tomatoes and corn to harvest now. We're saving the pot-o-carrots for later when everything else is done, but the butternut squash harvest will start soon and it looks like there are hundreds of them, more on that as it happens. For now-- cornfest continues, although the ears are getting smaller, but still yummy! 😀 🌽
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Yes, we still have some corn to enjoy. We're going to need to let out our belt a few more notches after this... We've had corn every day but two since 24 July. 😀 🌽
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BeetBear and I keep a close watch on the corn patch every day. Every one of those ears is precious. We're nearing the end of the corn season, but there are still some good eats to be had for a few days yet,
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Snacks from the garden.

Some did not grow very big, but the last two that aren't ripe yet are much bigger for some reason. Perhaps they did like the extra rain. But they're all tasty :)

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Didn't post yesterday, but cornfest moves on. Got my arm twisted to gift some corn to a family friend so BeetBear's signs include this info.
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The rain let up for a while this afternoon, so we were able to get down to pick raspberries and corn for dinner. We're now in to the third planting and have topped the 200 mark for ears eaten this season. More coming!
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I know the difference is subtle, but here's an example of corn at it's best (for me) and corn a day or two past it's best. The red arrow points to an ear that would have been much more tender two days ago. The blue arrow points to an ear in it's prime for eating off the cob right now. My opinion, of course.
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Went through and gleaned what I could from the garden this AM because there's a storm coming and I probably won't be able to get out there tomorrow. Again, we shared out what we didn't need today. Also our cornfest continues and we are nearly finished with the second planting. Looking forward to starting the third planting soon. 😀 🌽
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YES! We have more sweetcorn. It's what's for dinner. 😀 🌽

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Tassels and no silks for ages now, sort yourselves out, lads. #sweetcorn #maize #UKGardening

Sweet corn season is here, these recipes make the most of it | Lifestyles https://www.diningandcooking.com/2770732/sweet-corn-season-is-here-these-recipes-make-the-most-of-it-lifestyles/ #AsianCuisine #Basil #CherryTomato #Coconut #CoconutMilk #Cooking #CornKernel #corncob #cuisine #FoodAndDrink #FoodAndDrinkPreparation #Foods #husk #maize #NorthAmericanCuisine #Pasta #Potato #RecipeTopics #Recipes #Salad #Seed #Shallot #soup #SweetCorn #taste #Tomato #WesternCuisine

Had errands to run this AM, so no regular harvesting today. HOWEVER cornfest must go on, so here's dinner. The second planting is now getting a bit chewy, but still mighty fine. Third planting almost ready! Onward!😀 🌽
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Time to freeze the first batch of corn.

Cobs get boiled for 3 minutes, then into an ice water bath, drip dry, cut off the kernels and put into quart ziplock freezer bags. Tip - Don’t fill the bags too full. That will make it easier to break some off the frozen corn block for a meal.
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It's getting hard to keep up with the tomatoes right now, so we had another tote-full to share. Also what's probably the last of the yellow squash & zucchini. The onions are curing nicely, too. We're pretty well in to the 2nd corn planting now & the ears are more mature than I'd prefer, but still plenty tasty. My 20-yr-old self would have been able to have finished off the whole 2nd planting by now, but that was a loooong time ago.😀 🌽
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Corn. It's what's for dinner. Cornfest day 14. Still on second planting. Still clean and pest-free, although I think the Downy Woodpeckers are finding some snacks among the stalks now. Keep up the good work, guys. 😀 🌽
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Cornfest meal number 13 tonight. This never gets old. We love our sweetcorn. Also had some more surplus veg. to put out for the neighborhood today. And, we are up to our elbows in tomatoes right now. .😀 🌽
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BeetBear and I spent some time this afternoon picking more raspberries to have with dinner tonight. He's good at getting in to the ones I can't quite reach. Also had our 12th cornfest meal with another 10 nice ears of the Flagler.😀 🌽
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Sweet corn dhokla for breakfast recipe #shorts #ytshorts #trending #youtubeshorts #sweetcorn https://www.diningandcooking.com/2762553/sweet-corn-dhokla-for-breakfast-recipe-shorts-ytshorts-trending-youtubeshorts-sweetcorn/ ##cheesyPaneerTikkaRollRecipe ##cornRecipesIndianSnacks ##crispyCreamyCheesyPockets ##haraCornDhoklaRecipe ##mawaCake ##ragiUpma #American #AmericanRecipes #GujaratiDhoklaRecipe #GujaratiRecipes #HowToMakeGujaratiDhokla #InstantDhoklaRecipe #RecipeVideos #Recipes #SweetCornDhokla #SweetCornRecipe #ThakkarNaDhoklaRecipe

Day Eleven of cornfest and the ears just keep coming. These have been particularly free of pests and well pollinated this year. It's very much appreciated.😀 🌽
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The second planting of sweetcorn is now ready for harvest. This makes the 10th day we have feasted on this goodness! CornFest Part 2 now underway.😀 🌽

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Almost forgot yesterday's cornfest picture. Another nice meal and we've topped the 100 mark. This concludes the harvest from the first planting and there will now be a short interval until the second planting is ready. (AND it's teeming down with rain here again this morning; so far 2 inches (50mm) in two hours... 😀 🌽
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Cicada Season

Hello Friends! 

Having reached Lughnasadh and Lammas, halfway between the Summer Solstice and the Autumn Equinox, we are moving into late summer and fair and sweet corn season. I’m not much of a fair goer, I like the concept, but the crowds are too much for me. If I go to the State Fair in St Paul—The Great Minnesota Get Together—I have to really pump myself up for it. And I somehow inevitably end up going on what turns out to be the hottest day of the fair. As a result, I have not been in years and years. I kind of want to go, and maybe I will—next year. That way I will have time to prepare myself.

We do have a little Lammas celebration at my house though since the local sweet corn shows up here around August first. James has not had time to cook the sweet corn we bought Saturday, but he did make cornbread-blueberry waffles for breakfast this morning. Soon we will have some proper corn dish. I have a recipe for corn fritters I want him to try out this year. I really wish I could grow my own corn (I have tried many times!) but the forking squirrels make it impossible.

It is also cicada season here. We don’t get those big hatchings like they do in other parts of the United States, we just have the run-of-the-mill annual cicadas buzzing in the trees and bushes. I love their noise even if seeing them alive freaks me out every time because they are so huge and I don’t immediately recognize what the big bug is because they don’t make it habit to leave the shrubbery. Once I realize who the critter is, I relax and greet them joyfully. Maybe one of these days my initial eek! reflex will go away because it must be quite a blow to the insect’s self-esteem to have me eeking at them before apologizing and saying hello.

I heard the first cicada a little over a week ago, and then everything went silent during our last brutal heat dome (Last Sunday it was 99F/37C and then Monday it was 100F/38C. The dew point that morning was 81F/27C, which tied for second highest dew point on record. Thankfully the dew point had dropped several degrees before the temperature shot up.) from cicadas to crickets to birds and people, silently enduring. Even the raccoons left us alone (The little effers have since returned and now I have to bring my culinary ginger I am growing in a pot on the deck indoors at night so they don’t dig it up again).

The poor chickens, who don’t have sweat glands, dug themselves deep wallows in the dirt beneath the elderberry and splooted in their holes, panting and moving as little as possible.

The garden suffered greatly. Everything drooped. We were so hot and dry (Friday it rained 1.5 inches/3.8 cm!) and I couldn’t water everyone enough. We tried and most everyone managed to pull through except the skunk, scarlet runner and Hidasta pole beans. They died before barely producing any beans. And the butternut this year is puny and sad and at this point is not likely to produce a single squash. The volunteer pumpkin managed to pull through and the long pie pumpkin, which has a small pumpkin the size of a softball, is not quite dead. The green striped cushaw however, reveled in the heat; a surprise because the dinner plate-sized leaves drooped alarmingly. There are three vines and between them four or five squashes. One of them is as large as a child’s head!

This is the first year I have grown green striped cushaw. They are a winter squash that can reach up to 20 pounds/9 kg. They are resistant to squash vine borer and powdery mildew and, unlike most other squashes, appreciate warmer weather. Their origins seem to be disputed. Monticello says they are from the West Indies while Wikipedia says they originated in southern Mexico. I have also seen some say they originated with Native Americans in the southeast United States. Maybe it is all true because the squash has been grown for around 8,000 years and plants and people move around and change. Cushaws are a versatile squash and can substitute for pumpkin. If we end up liking their flavor, I’m thinking I might give up growing pumpkin and go all in on cushaws.

And if summers continue to be like this one, I might need to find a butternut substitute as well. I am saddened by that thought because I love butternut squash. However, if you know of a good butternut substitute I could try that is heat tolerant, please let me know!

There is not much to do in the garden this time of year besides keep things weeded and watered and harvest the fruits of my labor from earlier in the season. I am almost done pruning out the raspberry canes that fruited this year so the canes that will fruit next year have plenty of room to grow. And I did plant kale, turnips, Swiss chard, winter radish, cabbage and kohlrabi for fall harvesting. I’ve not had much success in the past with fall harvests, but I keep trying and maybe will get it figured out through trial and error. With fall lasting well into the end of October these days late season vegetables have more of a chance to make it to maturity.

But really, it’s the part of the growing season where I’m kind of tired and find motivating myself to do any large garden projects a challenge. The days are noticeably shorter and the energy of spring and early summer is waning. There will be plenty to do in the weeks to come—the aronia is starting to purple and the elderberries will soon follow, the Kentucky wonder beans are covered in flowers, the tomatoes are tomatoing, the lemon cucumbers are almost ready to start picking, and the lima beans and black-eyed peas are both lush and covered in flowers. But for now, it is good to be able to sit back and take a few breaths, relax for a week or two, and gather my energy before the mad rush to the end of the growing season begins.

CornFest continues full speed ahead. Day eight and we're still picking from the first planting. Also about 15 ears ahead of last year.😀 🌽
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BeetBear and his assistant out inspecting things on a hot afternoon. More corn to pick later! Anyway, let's play Where's BeetBear? 😀 🌽
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We are delighted to have our daughter home for the weekend, before she has to go back and do professor-y things at the University. This means we can ramp up picking to a higher level for a few days. CornFest day Seven!😀 🌽
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