Friday, September 3, 2010

Garden to Table Challenge - week 3

As you may have seen in my last post, plums have been falling from the skies at my father's place. 10 pitted and halved cups worth were cooked down into an Asian plum sauce that I will relish with some thin pancakes, roast duck, and spring onions (a la Peking duck). 10 other pitted and halved cups worth were preserved in a light syrup.



These were amazing and beautiful over Greek yogurt for an afternoon snack! What are YOU harvesting and eating this week? Link below or tell us about it by leaving a comment! Learn more about the challenge here...


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As a side note, Teresa suggested I create a badge. I thought, yeah right - I'll be able to do that. She, kindly, did offer to help. Anyway, it's a marvel I can maintain a blog, being as technologically inept as I am, but I decided to channel an old English teacher colleague I shared a classroom with way back when I was teaching. He used to tell his students that he can do ANYTHING - all because he can read (I loved loved loved that statement). Well guess what, I don't back down from a challenge and I can read. Did you see my new badge on the right? Oooohhh yyyeaaahhh. I'm awesome.
If you can read and want to be awesome too, I used fotoflexer for editing the photo, and these directions here to add the widget (I even know what a widget is).




23 comments:

  1. TERESA - Thanks for the idea and inspiration to create a badge!!!

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  2. There aint nothin you can't do~!! You go girl! ~ And you did it well! I love your catch phrase.

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  3. I sure could go for that greek yogurt treat, that looks yummy. Way to go with the badge! :)

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  4. Wow, you made your own plum sauce? I am so impressed!!

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  5. I love greek yogurt and I can imagine that your treat is as good as it looks. It's beautiful!
    Love your information about eggplants below. Next time I will try the asian eggplant - and the recipe you got from your mom.

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  6. Hi Wendy, I am so impressed - by the sauce and the badge. Maybe you're not so green-ish or in-ept after all???????? cheers, cm

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  7. That plum sauce looks as great as it must taste, especially with the sun shining through it. Happy harvesting!

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  8. You have been busy making plum sauce. It looks delicious! I enjoyed watching your wall being built on your sidebar. It looks beautiful!!!!!

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  9. SCORE on the plums! Those sound delicious. I canned plums last year for the first time, and my children devoured them long before Christmas. I'm sure you'll be loving those this winter. :-)

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  10. I made plum sauce from my plum tree a few years back and still have some - what a great idea to have it with pancakes and scallions - I had way too many green onions to deal with this week (as you'll see by my post) so I'm going to make that for sure - thanks!!

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  11. Great blog. Thanks for sharing your recipes and inviting others to join in!

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  12. Plum sauce with yogurt..
    It look like strawberries with ice cream.
    Must be yummy..

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  13. Did you cook plums that you preserved in syrup, or you used them fresh? I also did that, but I used them fresh, and now I'm thinking that I could cook them for a few minutes before caning.

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  14. The plums sauce will be great for cooking and your greek yoghurt is yummy!

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  15. We had a yummy, unusual salad, but I forgot to take pictures. I'll save it for next week...good excuse to make it again. Ipicked up some super ideas by following the links last week. Thanks for starting this. I'm sure it will get to be a habit in time.

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  16. What am I harvesting? This is rather embarassing, but here goes...two blueberries. Yes, that's it. The celery is getting impatient though. It might be next.

    Christine in Alaska

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  17. Hi Wendy, congratulations on your newfound expertise, I can read too but i dont know how to make a badge! I only know how to make some preserves and jams, hehe. I might not be able to join in here though because i don't garden for the table, but i will always drop by and share in eating some desserts. Thank you.

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  18. Sorry I couldn't join in this week. Crazy times at home.
    Your plums look divine and I love your new badge. It is the bomb.

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  19. No harvesting here, but I did have some good local blueberries in North Carolina. And the weather might just be turning a little cooler - soup weather. I'm all about making soup.

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  20. hi wendy..hope you are perfectly fine..Badge is a great idea..hope you have enjoyed that sauce too!!thanx for sharing and letting us to feel the Sauce..take care!

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  21. Plum sauce. Yum!
    These days I am enjoying tomatoes, of course. I have already frozen three batches of sauce, made from my San Marzanos. We are also loving the potatoes this year, and there are plenty left!

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  22. That one really looks yummy and perfect for my dieting appetite. LOl. I just harvest some strawberries and made some strawberry jam for afternoon snack everyday. My kids really love it and enjoy our family bonding because of this yummy strawberry jam.

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  23. I made some strawberry shake yesterday and partner with some beef shawarma for a snack. Yummy! That one is yummy too! I would love to try that next time I harvested strawberry.

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