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dave
Jacksonville, TX
(Zone 8a)
 July 20, 2009
05:50 AM Post #6840638
| There are a total of 384 votes:
| I can't wait for home-grown tomatoes!
(193 votes, 50%) |  |
| Watermelon for me!
(33 votes, 8%) | |
| I love fresh picked corn! (how do you prepare it?)
(40 votes, 10%) | |
| Fresh peaches are what I wait for.
(33 votes, 8%) | |
| Blueberries, blackberries and raspberries are my favorite summertime treats.
(41 votes, 10%) | |
| I'm a veggie person! Give me squash, cucumbers and beans.
(21 votes, 5%) | |
| I like the heat! I can't wait for my hot peppers!
(5 votes, 1%) | |
| I march to a different drum. My favorite fresh summer food is unusual.
(18 votes, 4%) | |
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Previous Polls |
grampapa
Wheatfield, NY
(Zone 6a)
July 20, 2009
07:05 AM Post #6840759
| I'm going for the corn. Nothing like local corn. I just put it in boiling water, turn off the burner, cover and come back in about 15 min. I used to add a little sugar to the water, but with today's supersweet varieties it's no longer necessary. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
July 20, 2009
07:43 AM Post #6840857
| A famous old country and western song goes like this:
'Oooh 'maters, home grown 'maters
What'd we do without home grown 'maters
Only two things that money can't buy...
is: True Love, and Home Grown Maters!!'
I voted tomatoes  |
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
(Zone 5b)
July 20, 2009
07:50 AM Post #6840871
| TOMATOES!!!! The homegrown ones with real flavor!! |
pirl
Southold, NY
(Zone 7a)
July 20, 2009
08:17 AM Post #6840941
| Definitely tomatoes! Whether they're the Sweet 100 or Celebrity, Better Boy or Big Beef, I am super anxious for those first tomatoes. |
flowerfantasy
Washington, IN
(Zone 6a)
July 20, 2009
09:01 AM Post #6841048
| Well I voted for tomatoes, but actually I can't hardly wait for all of the fresh garden veggies. I have my own garden this year and it is the first time in ages and I have a bit of everything and it is all starting to come on so I am going to have a meal made in heaven LOL. |
DesertPirate
Vista, CA
(Zone 10b)
July 20, 2009
09:18 AM Post #6841102
| I could have voted for either tomatoes or peaches. But I wouldn't want to have to wait for tomatoes as long as I do for the peaches. This year I had some German Queen tomatoes that my BIL grew. These things are delicious and HUGE. One of them was 1.8 pounds and 16 1/2 inches around. They're all
big, but if they weren't delicious it wouldn't matter. They ARE delicious.
edited for spelling
This message was edited Jul 20, 2009 6:20 AM |
DONNA_11
South Coast, RI
(Zone 6b)
July 20, 2009
09:25 AM Post #6841120
| I voted for corn but it's a toss up between corn and maters. Nothing beats garden fresh veggies! |
happyNdirt
Summertown, TN
(Zone 7a)
July 20, 2009
09:27 AM Post #6841126
| Gimme them home-grown 'maters, any day! ;-) |
DanKistner
Winter Haven, FL
(Zone 9b)
July 20, 2009
09:28 AM Post #6841129
| Most Certainly CORN! Clean the ear well, coat it with brown sugar corn syrup, sprinkle some everglades seasoning on it, wrap it in foil and throw it on the grill with the steaks. YUM YUM! Makes your tongue slap your brain! |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
July 20, 2009
09:47 AM Post #6841199
| Thick slices of tomato, fresh white bread, Hellman's mayonaise, fresh ground pepper and a little salt...better than a beef steak. Can only be made with fresh home grown tomatoes. That cardboard fruit at the grocery store just doesn't cut it.
Christi |
NanuBunny
Poquoson, VA
(Zone 8a)
July 20, 2009
09:52 AM Post #6841219
| I voted for peaches (my favorite), but I also sure do love tomatoes that aren't injection-molded plastic!
This message was edited Jul 20, 2009 9:53 AM |
pirl
Southold, NY
(Zone 7a)
July 20, 2009
09:59 AM Post #6841254
| Reminds me of the tomatoes in winter that can be bounced on the floor! |
CapeCodGardener
Mid-Cape, MA
(Zone 7a)
July 20, 2009
10:08 AM Post #6841299
| I voted for 'maters--they make us wait for 'em here on the Cape, but man, they're worth it.
Corn, squash, zukes, and cukes are definitely next on my list of summer delights!
Is this a great season, or WHAT?!
|
melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
July 20, 2009
11:02 AM Post #6841562
| I'm in the 'tomato camp' but fresh fruit and veggies are absolutely heaven...don't care what it is, if it is picked fresh, I love it!
(oh yeah...I'm an okra fan...so I guess that puts me in the oddball camp too) |
Tallulah_B
(Susan) Calgary, AB
(Zone 3b)
July 20, 2009
11:10 AM Post #6841585
| 'Matos Gotta be the best, most awaited thing @ my house.
Ever since I was a little girl, and used to eat them fresh from the vine, with juices running down my chin. Made me laugh with sheer pleasure! |
seray53
Richmond Hill, GA
July 20, 2009
11:22 AM Post #6841623
| Love the young fresh picked corn. Straight from the stalk lightly cut off the kernel tips into the skillet, scrape the milk from the cob into the skillet, add salt, pepper and butter. Cook a few minutes until slightly thickened. Yum Yum!
Tomatoes, fresh pole beans and new potatoes. Then peach cobbler. Good ole country cooking. :) Grew up on it. |
echoes
Southern MB
Canada
July 20, 2009
11:27 AM Post #6841636
| Strawberries are the big hit around here. Picked two gallon pails the other day, from my little patch. |
jlmrviolet
Wells, ME
(Zone 3b)
July 20, 2009
11:29 AM Post #6841648
| I voted for tomatoes as well!! Nothing like a fresh one with cheese and crusty buttered bread. I used to pick them fresh from my Uncle's greenhouse in Bexley, Kent England. Oh those memories. I would go into the greenhouse every day just to get the smell. Great memories for me. Corn and peaches came a close second but everything fresh from the garden is great. |
melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
July 20, 2009
11:37 AM Post #6841689
| Tomato foliage is the most wonderful aroma! |
bjf826
(Barb) Quincy, FL
(Zone 8b)
July 20, 2009
11:57 AM Post #6841774
| Freshly picked corn is the best! Have the water boiling when you go out to pick, shuck it, toss it into the lightly salted water and boil for THREE minutes. Remove and place on paper towels for a sec, then chow down on the best tasting, yummy treat in the world.
|
Tallulah_B
(Susan) Calgary, AB
(Zone 3b)
July 20, 2009
11:58 AM Post #6841779
| oooooooooooh YES, Melody - I have a terrible sense of smell (terrible for a scent gardener, eh?!?!) but when I "prune" my tomato plants, I can sure smell THAT, and I loooooove it! |
DonM47
Grand Forks, BC
(Zone 5b)
July 20, 2009
12:20 PM Post #6841881
| Already starting to eat my Heirloom Sungold Tomatoes. Mmmm...so sweet. |
Katlian
Carson City, NV
(Zone 6b)
July 20, 2009
12:24 PM Post #6841902
| I love fresh peaches and DH says I'm an eternal optimist when it comes to finding good peaches. It's really difficult to grow peaches here because the late spring freezes get them most years.
I grow quite a few tomatoes and have yet to find one that I like to eat fresh. I also can't stand the smell of the plants so I have to scrub my arms thoroughly after handling them. He thinks I'm crazy, he would be perfectly happy to sit in the garden eating tomatoes and reading all evening. |
zonkel
Florence, MS
(Zone 7b)
July 20, 2009
12:44 PM Post #6841989
| Other. I've just planted and just fallen in love with persimmons! They are ready in the fall, not summer, but I really like the shape and form of the tree and the glossy leaves and the look of the tree as the fruit is growing. The persimmons I have are the non-astringent Fuyu that you can eat like an apple. They are more consistent producers than my other fruits and the pests don't seem to bother them, except for the June beetle. I love them!
|
Vashur
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 20, 2009
12:47 PM Post #6842001
| Hey... Where's the selection for 'All of the above?' lol |
roybird
Santa Fe, NM
July 20, 2009
12:47 PM Post #6842002
| It was hard to narrow it down between the peaches and the water melon. But, I went for the watermelon because it doesn't freeze well and peaches do. Water melon reminds me of summer nights as a child. A neighbor used to show baseball movies outside in his back yard. All the kids came and the food served was water melon and lots of it! |
Hemophobic
Kannapolis, NC
July 20, 2009
01:09 PM Post #6842130
| Perfect summer meal: fresh corn (any way), green beans, heirloom tomatoes and peach pie for dessert (sans cinnamon, of course)! Sheer heaven. |
NanuBunny
Poquoson, VA
(Zone 8a)
July 20, 2009
01:21 PM Post #6842190
| Ginger is good with peaches... |
Syrumani
San Antonio, TX
(Zone 8b)
July 20, 2009
01:40 PM Post #6842284
| Every year I look forward to home grown tomatoes, but then I get so few, I let the kids eat the ones that survive! |
GrammysGardenAZ
Cochise, AZ
(Zone 8b)
July 20, 2009
01:47 PM Post #6842314
| This is a choice no person should ever be requested to make. I don't like the heat but I really love all the summer blessings. Many days we only eat veggies and fruit. Everyday we eat tomatoes! |
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
July 20, 2009
02:51 PM Post #6842535
| In my ideal world, every day I would eat tomatoes! Last year the rabbits ate all of mine just as they were ripening, but this year, I have an EarthBox, loaded with green golfballs.
On the other hand, when we spent summers next to a peach farm and got free seconds, I remember telling my mother that I absorbed the flavor through my skin because I couldn't eat a ripe peach without making a mess of myself! |
randbponder
Hornick, IA
(Zone 4b)
July 20, 2009
03:03 PM Post #6842572
| I too voted Tomatoes!
When you spend the winter, looking for a good tomato, only to have taste like CARDBOARD, there's nothing like your own that are actually a naturally ripened tomato, not subjected to a gas to make it look ripe.
I really like all the veggies though. I've been picking green beans pulling beets and robbing some of the new potatoes. Trying not to disturb the root system too much, so they will still produce more.
And really there should be a law against shipping peaches and nectarines that are hard enough to shatter if dropped. By the time they get soft enough to eat they have started to rot on inside and you can't even begin to compare the taste to a real fruit.
But yes the tomato tops my list!
|
MaryE
Baker City, OR
(Zone 5b)
July 20, 2009
03:13 PM Post #6842605
| Tomatoes and corn on the cob! Yummm. |
Wulfsden
Riverdale, NJ
(Zone 6a)
July 20, 2009
04:40 PM Post #6843011
| I voted tomatoes, since the first tomato harvest is usually the peak of my season. However, if I grew berries and fruit, I would probably have picked them, since I have a sweet tooth that would make a great white green with envy.
Of course, in truth, by the time the first tomatoes come in at the beginning of August, my NJ, Zone 6a, garden has been providing goodies for months. Although my spring crops of dill and lettuce are starting to fade, and radishes are a distant memory, tons of other stuff is starting to pop. The zucchini is flowering like crazy, and just about to bury me in fruit. The spring season carrots are ready and so are the green onions. I have already had 10 cucumbers and the cutting celery is providing several sticks per day. My local chipmunk was kind enough to leave me a decent helping or two of bush beans when he wiped out my plants. The sweet peppers and tomatoes are neck and neck for which will be picked first. And yesterday, I trimmed enough basil for a fabulous bruschetta supper. Mmmmm Mmmmm.. Life is good.
|
cando1
Ozone, AR
(Zone 6a)
July 20, 2009
05:39 PM Post #6843215
| Gotta be fresh tomatoes. But i dearly love every fruit and veggie mentioned. When i look at produce in grocery store. If it don't have an aroma,i wont buy it. Things in frozen foods taste better in winter. |
dparsons01
Albuquerque, NM
(Zone 7b)
July 20, 2009
06:13 PM Post #6843384
| What is with the OR in the question. I wait for tomatoes AND melons AND corn AND berries AND peaches AND peppers AND mangos. Fresh fruits and veggies picked ripe can't be beat. |
SW_gardener
(Steven) GTA, ON
(Zone 6a)
July 20, 2009
06:39 PM Post #6843494
| I think I'm the only one so far but I voted Cucumbers! Nothing beats a homegrown cucumber picked by you and I saw the first baby one the other day!!! Pick them whem they're still a little small so they crunch when you bite into it and add a little salt to taste! Yum Yum!!!! When I grow them myself, I don't even have to peel them cause theres NO chemicals! I also saw beans coming and the black russian plum tomatos as well! |
morganc
Austin, TX
(Zone 8b)
July 20, 2009
06:41 PM Post #6843502
| I ditto dparson's comment.
Our garden is so abundant I have learned to can and pickle stuff. |
ceceoh
Columbus, OH
(Zone 6a)
July 20, 2009
08:45 PM Post #6844018
| Fresh summer fruit for me! Beautiful tree ripened peaches was my vote, along with plums, apricots, and cherries, both sweet and tart.
Can't bring myself to eat a peach from the grocery store. They don't even have a smell!
As for tomatoes, I'm one of those sad few who can't taste whatever it is that makes tomatoes so tasty to everyone else. Store bought or vine ripened, it's all the same to me. No taste. Kind of sad for a gardener, isn't it? :( |
jozeeben
Acton, TN
(Zone 7a)
July 20, 2009
08:46 PM Post #6844023
| Nothing says summer like fresh basil at it goes with eggplant, tomatoes and pasta! |
petralittledog
Salina, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 20, 2009
08:46 PM Post #6844026
| I picked peaches. BUT everything listed is so good. I will not buy any tomatoes in the grocery store, just do without.
The peaches we buy from a son-in-laws cousin. They truck them in from Colorado & have always been good. There will be peaches here earlier than theres, but these are the best.
When his uncle was still doing the peach transportation, one year they sold out just about every peach before they reached son-in-laws place. His uncle did NOT want to go out & face all those women waiting on peaches. He had saved one pallet so family at least got some. Those women would be there early, did not want to move their cars when asked (so the truck could get in). And they would have called several times, making a general nuisance of theirselves asking whens the peaches going to be here. |
wannadanc
Olympia, WA
July 20, 2009
10:57 PM Post #6844619
| Cherries, cherries, cherries - did I mention ...CHERRIES!!!!!!!!!! And they aren't even on the list of choices!!!!!!!!!! What is THAT? |
nifty413
North Central, TX
(Zone 8a)
July 20, 2009
11:52 PM Post #6844824
| Nothing will help make 95% of your body feel cooler during a Texas summer heatwave than fiery HOT PEPPERS! Yum! :-) |
palmbob
Tarzana, CA
(Zone 9b)
 July 20, 2009
11:53 PM Post #6844830
| My favorite vegetable is fresh sushi... ok... that's about as close as I come to eating a fruit or vegetable |
scutler
Charleston, SC
(Zone 8b)
July 21, 2009
12:47 AM Post #6844951
| Watermelon!!! I can never get enough fresh watermelon. It is the food of the gods as far as I'm concerned. I can eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and then start over again the next day.
I also look forward to fresh cucumbers and summer squash. Oh, heck, I love all of the fresh fruits and vegetables - but none so much as watermelon! |
kathymac
Citrus Heights, CA
(Zone 9b)
July 21, 2009
02:24 AM Post #6845157
| I chose watermelon! Nothing tastes as good as or is as refreshing as a cold slice of watermelon on a hot summer day...mmmmm! I also enjoy fresh picked sweet corn...I soak it in water in the husks, then toss on the grill to cook in its husks. Then slather with a bit of butter, and enjoy! I also love all of the stone fruits, and strawberries, and just about any fresh picked veggie. I also love heirloom tomatoes, but can't eat them or any other tomatoes, because they are too acidic for me...they make me itch from head to toe :( |
pajonica
Tone-machi
Japan
(Zone 9a)
July 21, 2009
07:01 AM Post #6845429
| Pamlbob, fresh sushi? I want one of these plants in my garden! lol. Don't forget to dip in soy sauce and a little Japanese horse radish. I went for the tomatoes because the taste goes from ma head, to ma toes.
pajonica |
pirl
Southold, NY
(Zone 7a)
July 21, 2009
07:34 AM Post #6845475
| Oh, Jon! to-ma-toes! |
Rusty56
Jasper Co., MO
(Zone 6a)
July 21, 2009
08:50 AM Post #6845647
| I cook with fried tomatoes (biscuit mix, egg, milk, and your favortive season or sea salt)...
Nickname:
Sacramento ----- Sack-a-tomatoes |
LindaCA
Concord, CA
(Zone 9a)
July 21, 2009
10:29 AM Post #6845965
| I voted for tomatoes because that what I grow, however I loved growing potatoes this year(my first year). I also love corn squash, gr onions watermelon and pumpkins.I just don't have room to grow them.
Linda |
Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom
(Zone 9a)
July 21, 2009
04:16 PM Post #6847374
| Cherries for me!
About 30 years ago our Council had the nice idea of planting a lot of cherry trees as street trees, and in late July they're just ripening. It's always fun to go out eating cherries and get told by passers-by "hey you can't eat those, they're poisonous!" ;-)
Resin
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msjuris
Pine Grove, PA
(Zone 6a)
July 21, 2009
06:26 PM Post #6847895
| Red Beets! Pickled beets, beet eggs, harvard beets. Yummmmm! First and favorite veg harvasted.
|
ceceoh
Columbus, OH
(Zone 6a)
July 21, 2009
06:52 PM Post #6847981
| LOL Resin! Our local park has a mulberry tree, and us dog walkers love to stop by in June and grab a handful or two of nice fresh berries. Two of the local park workers saw me picking and eating berries one day, and they looked at me like I had two heads!
Must have been city boys... :) |
irisMA
South Hamilton, MA
July 21, 2009
07:19 PM Post #6848093
| Butter & sugar corn. We have wild blueberries on our place & have to race the birds for them. |
agaveheaven
Edgerton, KS
July 21, 2009
08:14 PM Post #6848393
| i voted tomato- but try this on fresh boiled corn - i didn't think i'd like it but it is awesome- smother in butter, mayonaisse, franks red hot, and parmesan cheese. truly yummy. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
July 21, 2009
08:58 PM Post #6848628
| Getting ready to put in the second set of tomatoes...we have just about eaten the first crop to the point where they are very weary...grin (yeah, the heat) but big fat cherries and still warm from the tree Ruston peaches are in very close contention.
It would seem that we have a bunch of herbivores here...except for our resident carnivore/piscivore Palmbob. GRIN |
guardians
Thomson, GA
July 21, 2009
08:59 PM Post #6848631
| I agree with dparson; I love 'em all. This year we grew tomatoes, assorted peppers, corn, string beans, carrots, radishes, onions, squash, zucchini, cukes, brussel sprouts, fennel. My hubby has fallen in love with stewed tomatoes on everything. Nothing quite like it. We have a small garden, but the corn was extremely productive, with sometimes 4 or 5 ears per stalk! (Messenger, I think). So sweet. This is the first year I am "puttin up" veggies and fruit. Peach butter, peach jelly, stewed tomatoes, frozen peaches, pickled peppers so far. Will hopefully have lots of green beans in a week or so from my second planting this season. We ate all the corn, none left to store! Just picked figs today to preserve. Any suggestions how best to freeze squash and zucchini? |
ceceoh
Columbus, OH
(Zone 6a)
July 21, 2009
08:59 PM Post #6848632
| LOL! Have you got a picture of that Agaveheaven? :) |
gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 21, 2009
09:19 PM Post #6848754
| I chose fresh corn (although tomatoes always come first).
There is such a short window of time for the corn that I just cut the small end off, leave the shucks on and freeze by the gallon zip locks. So easy to later just pull the husks off and clean them up under running water. Only boil for a few short minutes...delicious year around.
Or...if I have the time while the corn is at its peak, just use the big scraper and freeze in zip locks (no blanching). When I want to cook it, just cook for less than 5 minutes on the stove top with a little butter. Food doesn't get any better than creamed corn. |
pollyk
Hannibal, NY
(Zone 6a)
July 21, 2009
10:18 PM Post #6849047
| Way to hard a decision, I want them all. I made my first blueberry pie of the year, today. Cukes are just about ready. Ways to go for tomatoes, though. |
Sheila_FW
Fort Worth, TX
(Zone 8a)
July 21, 2009
10:26 PM Post #6849086
| We love to get the sweet corn that has the yellow and white kernels. 2 die 4! Grill it in the husk; after pulling back the husk and removing the silk. |
Aunt_A
Tulsa, OK
July 21, 2009
11:14 PM Post #6849359
| I voted for the drummer. Because I love them all. I don't have a favorite color and I don't have a favorite fruit or veggie.
I cannot wait for a fresh, juicy peach.
Oh, the taste of a bowl full of blueberries.
Summer squash and tomatoes on the beach!
Are we there yet?
Fresh roasted corn on the cob with butter, pepper and salt.
Ruby ripe watermelon dripping with juice.
Grapes off the vine, still hot from the sun,
Crunchy cucumbers and muskmelon divine.
Brussel sprouts steamed until tender,
Mulberry berries, purple and white,
Pea pods in a salad of bright green leaves,
Cherries of every flavor and bite.
Raspberries and strawberries and tart
kumquats.
Carrots, white radish, tomatoes,
Green bean, purple bean, yellow bean too.
Hot peppers for salsa with
gold and red potatoes.
Avacados, grapefruit and oranges deluxe.
Nectarines and plums, heavy with juice.
Green Zucchini and golden ripe Apricots
Passion fruits, mangos and pomegrantes
Currants, Snake cukes and so many things...
Would be easier to ask what I don't like:
Green Lima beans, fried /gummy Okra, unripe persimmons.
If I lived in a garden 24 x7, where plants grew 12 months of the year,
It would be just this side of heaven!
|
jeri11
Central, LA
(Zone 8b)
July 21, 2009
11:34 PM Post #6849471
| Have any of you tried boiled peanuts? They are my favorite and we boil them for most of the family and friends!!! |
pajaritomt
Los Alamos, NM
(Zone 5a)
July 22, 2009
12:58 AM Post #6849689
| I didn't vote because it was impossible to select which item I get more enthusiastic about. I would have voted all of the above if such an option had been available. I love all the fruits and veggies of summer -- at least all that you listed. |
MarciaS
Greenacres, WA
July 22, 2009
03:24 AM Post #6849800
| I love each and every one they are to die for. Yummy yummy
What fresh fruit or veggie do you look forward to each summer?
I put them in the order I love,
Home-grown tomatoes!
I love fresh picked corn! (how do you prepare it?) On the cob just out of the microwave.
Blueberries, I love them they are my desert picked and eaten
Fresh peaches are what I wait for.
Watermelon for me!
I am so hungry just thinking about them. |
pirl
Southold, NY
(Zone 7a)
July 22, 2009
07:11 AM Post #6849940
| The joy of eating raspberries as we pick them (or blueberries if the mockingbirds allow us) or cherry tomatoes, even asparagus or sugar snap peas as we stand in the garden is not to be dismissed.
I've read and heard that some folks insist there's nothing fresher than Whole Foods markets but I'd dispute that any day. How can their produce compare to picking a spear of asparagus when it was growing two seconds before eating? |
melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
July 22, 2009
08:55 AM Post #6850204
| How to preserve squash and zucchini: http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1456/ |
sasha10
Como
Italy
(Zone 8b)
July 22, 2009
01:25 PM Post #6851299
| Wild strawberries and blueberries are my favourite! |
joeswife
(Debra) Derby, KS
July 22, 2009
04:29 PM Post #6851993
| I live for my home grown tomatoes and greenbeans, okra and melons.. zucchinis and acorns, I 'm the only one in the home that eats them like crazy, raw , pickled, fried, boiled, baked or canned, salsa to roasts, that is why I grow them, I plant them in flowers, up the fences, in baskets and pots, ready to pick as I water , munching happily as an early morning snack, or an evening refreshing cool drink blended together... |
TexasTam
Plano, TX
(Zone 8a)
July 22, 2009
06:49 PM Post #6852438
| I love fresh berries, especially mixed with cottage cheese, for breakfast.
Corn comes in a close second, though. I've finally mastered how to make it on the grill and it's fab.
Excellent step-by-step instructions with photos are here:
http://www.grilledcornonthecob.com/
This technique is a bit messy but the results are to die for! |
acfrancis
Gainesville, FL
(Zone 8b)
July 22, 2009
09:03 PM Post #6852970
| I have to agree with all the corn lovers. Best picked and boiled immediately - so sweet and juicy, it needs no butter or salt. Second best is cut off the cob with a bit of butter and cream or milk, a hint of salt and pepper. We can grow tomatoes here twice a year, otherwise, I'd still be sit at the voting both deliberating. New potatoes, pole beans, okra - makes me drool at the thought. Finish it all off with a blueberry cream cheese "cobbler" with shortbread for the dough - oh my. |
woodspirit1
Lake Toxaway, NC
(Zone 7a)
July 23, 2009
05:27 AM Post #6854208
| we've had peaches for about a month now. This will go on until Sept.
It's hard to choose after that. I love the white half-funner beans a lot. Much more flavor that Blue Lake.
We have raspberries and they are doing great. Finished the spring bearing and now the old branches will be cut down and we will have a fall crop fom the new branches that sprouted last fall.
I caved! Fresh tomatoes are hard to beat. |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
July 23, 2009
07:51 AM Post #6854368
| First , maters then peaches ,watermelon , corn . I don't let the first corn get to the kitchen . Just shuck ,desilk and eat raw . So sweet and crunchy . digger |
CarloInTX
Denton, TX
(Zone 8a)
July 23, 2009
11:43 AM Post #6855240
| Beans and squash. If I could grow more, I'd be eating them fresh from the garden all summer. |
birder17
Jackson, MO
(Zone 6b)
July 23, 2009
12:22 PM Post #6855416
| Tomatoes, then corn, blueberries and strawberries. We tried a variety first time growing heirloom tomatoes. We have been enjoying them and finding not all heirlooms are equal! We also raised green beans and okra for the first time. Also, have the standard squashes, summer and winter, cucumbers and various bell peppers. We have been pretty much eating out of our gardens for weeks now. We have really enjoyed it and have not tired of any of our fresh produce. |
Lily_love
Central, AL
(Zone 7b)
July 23, 2009
12:45 PM Post #6855509
| I love all the forementioned veggies and fruits, but I voted for hot peppers. Thanks to those who vote peppers with me (I thought I was the ONLY one, lol).
And so the story goes, some likes it cool (tamatos), and other likes it hot (peppers). For the majority (tomato voters), and the minority (Peppers voters). I've news: Enjoy this pix.
Jeri, please give me a holler next time you've boiled peanuts. I love those too. Thanks in advance.
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
July 23, 2009
12:56 PM Post #6855552
| Well, I voted tomatoes, but peppers are a favorite as well. (I wrote the questions, so figured that there had to be some pepper lovers out there who would be delighted to have their voices heard) |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
July 23, 2009
01:15 PM Post #6855630
| I grow a lot of jalapenos , My family, all grown , won't let me visit any more unless I bring a coupla cases of jalapeno jelly , to last everyone . Then when I get there , I have to make ,and leave behind orange marmalade . D |
birder17
Jackson, MO
(Zone 6b)
July 23, 2009
02:03 PM Post #6855806
| We have beautiful peppers, but you pepper lovers? How are you eating them>? |
Lily_love
Central, AL
(Zone 7b)
July 23, 2009
02:23 PM Post #6855895
| Any way I can get my hands on them. The way Digger9083 described. As well as in Salsa sauce, but during the growing season. I like them just like they're -- fresh. :-) |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
July 23, 2009
03:57 PM Post #6856242
| No self respecting soup or stew without them . Also cornbread and baked bread with chedder cheese . Freeze, and grate whole for fresh on eggs with refried beans, also containing j p 's and cheese and flour tortillas . Oh heck mix with cream cheese for a spicy spread , and if you slice and clean out seeds and membrane , stuff , batter and deep fry . If you want to get real adventurous , a little grated on chocolate is good or try on ice cream , just remove seeds and anything white on inside . |
gardengus
Flora, IN
(Zone 5a)
July 23, 2009
04:40 PM Post #6856410
| This was a hard pick , Want to vote all the above.
I grow most but not corn so I picked corn.
I haven't eaten a tomato not fresh from the garden for years, they should have a different name for the things they sell in the store.
First year I will not have my own peaches , will have to find some at the farmers market. |
acfrancis
Gainesville, FL
(Zone 8b)
July 23, 2009
07:53 PM Post #6857024
| my favorite pepper is cayenne, it can mix well with so many flavors. When I get a bunch ripe at the same time, I lay them on a cookie sheet and leave them to dry out in my gas oven for a couple weeks. once theyve dried, they store well in a jar for the year - keeping not only their heat, but also their wonderful flavor.
I agree with so many others, I never buy tomatoes from the grocery. I've said for years I'm a tomato snob, corn snob too. Rather do without than eat that "stuff" |
treelover3
Minneapolis, MN
(Zone 4a)
July 23, 2009
10:36 PM Post #6857692
| I voted for the berries: blueberries, raspberries and blackberries. I love any and all of these berries added to cereal, yogurt or frozen yogurt. Mmm...
I am an outcast as far as tomatoes go. I cannot stand the flavor of fresh tomatoes - I can actually eat them in any form EXCEPT fresh. I do try them every so often to check and see if my tastes have changed since the last time I tried tomatoes, but I put them in my mouth and that same awful taste is there. (:o( Tomatoes do look like they should taste good, but they don't to me, unfortunately.
Oh, well, I'm glad tomatoes exist or we wouldn't have all of the delicious foods that are made from tomatoes.
Mike
edited to correct spelling
This message was edited Jul 23, 2009 10:24 PM |
greenbrain
Madison, IL
(Zone 6a)
July 23, 2009
10:45 PM Post #6857724
| I voted on the tomatoes because the supermarket tomatoes are so awlful that I'd rather use canned tomatoes in the wintertime. I have been really enjoying eating fresh home grown tomatoes all month. I snack on the cherry tomatoes between meals and put huge beefsteak slices on my hamburgers and sandwiches. Then there's the plum tomatoes in my salads.
Don't get me wrong. I love the blackberries, cucumbers, green beans, okra, squash, jalapeno peppers, etc... These all either freeze or preserve well or the supermarket has a decent surplus.
I also love summer for the watermelon and sweet corn which I buy at the market. |
greenbrain
Madison, IL
(Zone 6a)
July 23, 2009
11:12 PM Post #6857821
| I made 48 jalapeno poppers the other day and shared them with my oldest daughter and her fiance. We had no problem finishing them off. I sliced the jalapeno peppers lengthwise and removed the seeds. Next I filled each half with cream cheese topped with shredded cheddar cheese. While snacking on the leftover cheese (ha!), I then coated a cookie sheet with olive oil cooking spray and placed the peppers cheese side up on the cookie sheet. I baked the peppers at 375 F until the cheese was bubbling (approx. 10 to 15 minutes.) I wanted to try wrapping the poppers in bacon, but my daughter and her fiance are vegetarians. Next time, I'm going to try the bacon. |
CajuninKy
Inez, KY
(Zone 6a)
July 24, 2009
02:34 PM Post #6860107
| It was a tough pick between tomatoes and watermelon but my sweet tooth won out. |
Emma75
Deland, FL
July 24, 2009
07:50 PM Post #6861266
| MANGOES!!!!! This is the time of year they are so fabulously sweet and juicy, and positively abundant here in FL...sometimes, I eat one for a pre-dinner snack, and if there's another still in the cabinet, I have that one for dinner...and I have on occasion been known to then have another for dessert. I then try to eat more well-balanced meals in the spells between running out and buying more. Total mango gluttony! They're so awful the remainder of the year that I can't get enough in summer! |
woodspirit1
Lake Toxaway, NC
(Zone 7a)
July 25, 2009
08:57 AM Post #6862879
| Mangoes would be my favorite too, but they are not accessible here except at the grocery stores. They are hard to ripen when you get them home without gaining big rotten places. |
CajuninKy
Inez, KY
(Zone 6a)
July 25, 2009
10:21 AM Post #6863119
| I love boiled peanuts. Especially if they are boiled in crab boil!!! |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
July 25, 2009
01:39 PM Post #6863748
| I put mine in a paper sack and set them outside in the shade of the porch . Works pretty good .D |
Emma75
Deland, FL
July 25, 2009
03:27 PM Post #6864074
| There's a little store that buys mangoes from a local farmer, and they are so juicy that the outsides have become gummy from the juice running out the top. They aren't the prettiest things, but because they're tree-ripened, they are ridiculously good. If the mangoes weren't so utterly fabulous around here, I'd have to vote for home-grown tomatoes instead. I'd never had tree-ripened mangoes until moving to FL...if I'd known what I was missing, I might have moved here sooner! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
July 25, 2009
03:34 PM Post #6864084
| Emma, don't know if you like spicy(flavorful not really hot) foods, but we love to take mangoes, cut them into half in thick slices, brush them lightly with chipotle sauce and pop them on the grill for a couple minutes. The combination of sweet carmelizing sugars and the light bite of the chipotle is very nice and an interesting complement to grilled steak and seafood. |
Emma75
Deland, FL
July 25, 2009
03:38 PM Post #6864091
| I absolutely LOVE spicy foods, but never thought of pairing mangoes and chipotles, even though I do enjoy spicy-sweet tastes. That's a great suggestion that I will definitely try. Thank you for that great idea! |
Dollykat
Lucasville, OH
July 26, 2009
12:03 AM Post #6865775
| I voted for tomatoes because the local peach crop is usually killed by cold temperatures at exactly the right time (right for killing the crop, that is.) Supermarket peaches are the same size and texture as baseballs and probably taste like them, too. I have ten different tomato plants, including a Black Krim, which is supposed to be a Russian heirloom variety. They are actually a dark, bruised-looking red, not too bad tasting, but they seem to be splitting. I also have a Great White, and a few of those look almost ripe. I have to go by pictures to tell what they should look like. A tomato which gets whiter and whiter on the vine is a real oddity. |
Galina
Northamptonshire
United Kingdom
July 26, 2009
06:58 AM Post #6866302
| Different drummer here too: no blueberries or peaches of watermelons here, but we are looking forward to the first peas straight from the pod, eaten in the garden and the first salad potatoes. |
woodspirit1
Lake Toxaway, NC
(Zone 7a)
July 26, 2009
03:51 PM Post #6868033
| Even here where we get great peaches , we often get a white peach. or at least the meat is white. The produce stand owners rave about how sweet they and they are indeed, sweet, very sweet. Just not much peach flavor. |
Tammy
Barto, PA
(Zone 6b)
July 26, 2009
05:32 PM Post #6868342
| I look forward to all the fresh fruits and veggies! I picked tomatoes but it was a hard choice vs
watermelon & corn. |
acfrancis
Gainesville, FL
(Zone 8b)
July 27, 2009
08:56 PM Post #6873251
| I love sweet peas, they come in season here in winter and early spring, mmmmnnn. I don't get many so I usually munch them in the garden, too. |
DesertPirate
Vista, CA
(Zone 10b)
July 29, 2009
04:53 PM Post #6881351
| I've got two rows of peanuts growing and I'd never heard of boiling them in crab boil until CajuninKy mentioned it. I can't wait til they're ready. I have to try that.
|
jeri11
Central, LA
(Zone 8b)
July 29, 2009
08:03 PM Post #6882271
| You will really enjoy that!!!! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
July 29, 2009
08:28 PM Post #6882412
| Boiled peanuts are addictive...peanuts boiled in Crab boil are absolutely addictive. |
jeri11
Central, LA
(Zone 8b)
July 29, 2009
09:00 PM Post #6882591
| All this talk we boiled some this week. YUM!!!! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
July 29, 2009
09:05 PM Post #6882616
| Jeri, we put the hulls in the compost heap. Next morning the birds were all over them...they love the spicy stuff. |
Tammy
Barto, PA
(Zone 6b)
July 29, 2009
10:04 PM Post #6882861
| peanut hulls int he compost heap? They take forever to break down for me.
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
July 30, 2009
12:01 AM Post #6883365
| Tammy, it helps that we boil them first. Speeds up the process and makes for a tasty treat. |
Tammy
Barto, PA
(Zone 6b)
July 30, 2009
06:56 AM Post #6883871
| Oh... I believe we really don't have a long enough season to grow
peanuts here. Can you boil anything other than raw ones? I can't remember
seeing anything but roasted ones for sale. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
July 30, 2009
09:02 AM Post #6884165
| Wow. I wouldn't know where to tell you to look for raw ones. We find them at farmer's markets and the grocery store and road-side stands. What do you think Jeri? Can you boil roasted peanuts and get the same result? |
melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
July 30, 2009
02:22 PM Post #6885481
| Get raw peanuts at the farm store where they sell sunflower seed for birdfeeders. You can get them in 50lb bags if you want. (at least in KY) |
jeri11
Central, LA
(Zone 8b)
July 30, 2009
02:27 PM Post #6885498
| We have a place up the road that boils raw dry peanuts but not roasted. I didn't care for them because they used ice cream salt instead of the regular Morton's. |
DesertPirate
Vista, CA
(Zone 10b)
July 30, 2009
07:13 PM Post #6886637
| To boil them, they need to be fresh raw. I had some that I'd kept since last fall which were still good for roasting, but they didn't do well boiled. And I use kosher salt for mine.
Also, you crab boil experts, do you still use salt when you use crab boil? I'd think you would but I know better than to assume. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
July 30, 2009
09:15 PM Post #6887215
| You still need to add salt. There isn't any in the crab boil we use. We do however use the liquid by Zatarain. I don't think there is any in the bags either.Which is good for folks who need to limit their salt intake. Flavor, no salt.
Good policy when it comes to "cajun" products. We have been trying to figure out for years how you serve jambalaya on a bed of rice. Jambalaya is a we got no money, end of the month dish. It is rice cooked with seasoning and what ever bit of meat you have left. Nowdays it is still cooked the same way, we just add more and better protein to it...pork or pork sausage, wild game, seafood, chicken, turkey . But, all of that is add to flavor the rice. And it is not wet, has no sauce to pour over the rice, or anything else. Sorry for the rant, but food is something Louisianians take seriously. |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
July 30, 2009
09:26 PM Post #6887274
| You take it serious , that's why it's soooo good . digger |
CajuninKy
Inez, KY
(Zone 6a)
July 31, 2009
03:36 PM Post #6890392
| In La you don't eat to live, you live to eat!!! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
July 31, 2009
05:22 PM Post #6890841
| You got it Guys. Louisiana may its faults, but food isn't one of them. Grin. We do get a kick out of seeing "authentic cajun cuisine" when we travel. There was a restuarant in LAX that was offer "Cajun boodan sausage" poorboys...we figured if they couldn't spell it right, they probably couldn't cook it right either. |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
August 01, 2009
10:54 AM Post #6893622
| Right on , a place in Rockport ,Tex serves advertised" authentic gumbo' . No filet , worse chicken soup I ever tried to eat . Their winter business is mostly northern "Winter Texans"
that have never tasted Louisiana cooking and don't know they are scammed . I had ds and dh with me or I'd not eaten or paid . digger |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
August 01, 2009
11:08 AM Post #6893673
| Hey Digger, did it have okra in it? Everyone reads the First you make a roux part of gumbo recipes, but rarely do they seem to get to the part about adding onions, garlic, bell pepper and okra. Around here onions, garlic and bell pepper are fondly referred to as a cook's holy trinity...grin the okra is a thickener for a good hearty gumbo. |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
August 02, 2009
07:42 AM Post #6896852
| Lol no , no okra . I'm not kidding , looked just like and tasted like Campbles chicken with rice soup .Got pretty much the same thing in a truck stop when ordering real Texas chili once in Wi . Don't they know some of those truckers were from Texas .loflol .
My sweet ex M i l always burned , or scorched her roux , then said she liked the' extra bite' digger |
jeri11
Central, LA
(Zone 8b)
August 02, 2009
09:16 AM Post #6897079
| I went to the 4 corners recently and ordered frito pie. Now who could mess that up? Well they did!!! It turned out that their version was lettuce, fritos, cheese and cold salsa. Threw that right away!!! |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
August 02, 2009
10:58 AM Post #6897399
| I'd give that back too . D |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
August 02, 2009
11:11 AM Post #6897438
| I make my chili with venison and beef , cut in little chunks then browned in a deep pan , add flour to make a roux . Proceed . No tomatoes usually. I do like to use WalMart brand hot chili and taco seasoning . It't as good as 5 Alarm . Course I still have to add cumin and jalapeno to taste . Masa to thicken up a bit . When you finish a bowl of that with again ,Wal Mart chips (made by Frito , and 1/3 the price) Longhorn cheese ,cilantro, you'd better have indigestion or I'm offended. digger |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
August 02, 2009
11:49 AM Post #6897545
| I hear ya Digger. Two words restuarants should stay away from: authentic (anybody's cuisine) and cajun style. I also don't know why folks insist that BLACKENED anything is cajun. Paul Prudhomme freely admits that the first blackened dish was pure mistake that got served in error. He overcooked the fish and a waiter took out the wrong plate. A serious case of CYA. grin |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
August 02, 2009
12:35 PM Post #6897692
| I don't want Anything burned . And while I'm on the subject of fish , If it isn't deep fried in yellow cornmeal , it isn't fit to eat . Or made into patties with bell or some kind of mild pepper . I take that back , it's really broild or grilled I don't like . Not enough calories . lol digger .
Think I'll go make some migas . |
