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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread

« on: May 23, 2013, 09:40:43 am »

Makes sense to me.  Most places in the east (not all), that is not an issue.  It depends on where your water comes from and whether irrigation is necessary, etc.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: how much DME to + to increase OG

« on: May 23, 2013, 06:44:27 am »

You would add 1/3 lb. of DME.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: i'm brewing a beer for a movie

« on: May 23, 2013, 06:41:41 am »

Very cool!  Hope it turns out great!

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Dry-hopping with Saaz

« on: May 23, 2013, 06:36:03 am »

FWIW  I have only dry hopped with Saaz one time.  I did not care for it at all.  The flavor just wasn't right.  This was in a blond ale.

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread

« on: May 23, 2013, 04:47:35 am »

Food for the hay burners....but spring has finally sprung!
My HUGE yard.....at least seems huge when I have to water!

?  Where I come from, you don't water what you don't eat.

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The Pub / Re: Do you hate to be corrected?

« on: May 20, 2013, 07:08:11 am »

I'm never wrong   I can't believe no one said that yet.

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All Things Food / Re: Fermenting Crock

« on: May 18, 2013, 11:36:57 am »

You guys are making me hungry!  I have some red cabbage growing.  If it survives the bugs and heat, I will probably can it.  We love this stuff at my house.

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread

« on: May 09, 2013, 09:28:05 am »

Should be OK.  Make sure the plants are covered well. 

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread

« on: May 09, 2013, 07:44:02 am »

How tall are they?

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread

« on: May 09, 2013, 07:28:24 am »

Where are you at on the susquehanna? I'm in Northeast PA (Hazleton) a little off the banks but close enough, and I planted my peppers and totmatoes last week because our nights have been in the mid forties for the past month. Now they are saying mid thirties this coming week. Guess I'm going to have to pull the sheets out. Any suggestion on covering? Should I lay the sheet right over the veggies or put it over the fence post? Never ran into this problem before.

About two miles from the Chesapeake in MD.  Don't lay the sheet on the veggies, the stalks won't be strong enough.  If they are not too tall yet you could put straw around them.  If you have cages around them you could wrap the cages with the plastic sheet.

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread

« on: May 09, 2013, 07:09:52 am »

We're at about a month now for asparagus.  Getting enough for two to three meals a week from eight crowns.  We usually harvest up to the middle of June and then let them grow out.  We've had them I for about eight or nine years.

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All Things Food / Re: Avocados

« on: May 09, 2013, 04:47:05 am »

Fresh avocado chunks, Japanese cucumber slices, plum tomato chunks and sweet Maui onion (think Vidalia onions) shavings, drizzled with homemade honey vinegar and EVOO.  YUM!

Sounds great, Carl!

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread

« on: May 09, 2013, 04:45:38 am »

I should get some then! My attempt at zucchini wasn't very successful last year.

a small or non-existent zucchini crop is a blessing to have compared to a normal crop

Amen to that, brother!   One plant usually yields enough to feed my whole neighborhood for the whole summer.

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All Things Food / Re: Ethnic and Regional Cooking

« on: May 08, 2013, 11:41:41 am »

I like caraway in mine too. It's called "Bavarian-style" down here.

We have a brand Kuners here, that is where I first tried ^^^^ Bavarian style and won't look back!

Onion, brown sugar and caraway seed is how I make it.  Sometimes I put a little beer in it too (a German style, course).

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Beer Recipes / Re: Hoppy red ale

« on: May 07, 2013, 04:48:32 am »

So, where are the hops?  JK, but I would use Centennial or Cascade for the FWH myself and maybe bump up you 5 minute to 2 oz. and remove the 30 min.  I have found that 30 min additions don't really do much for hoppiness.