James
grub
Greetings from Utah -- James
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Post by James on Oct 28, 2012 14:20:14 GMT -5
Put a sign on it that says sweet, tasty, picked this morning.
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Post by steev on Oct 29, 2012 0:02:38 GMT -5
I won't argue the conventional wisdom that sweet corn is the "sure-draw, always-sells" item at market, but I must admit that I just don't understand it. I think it's just a "sweetness" thing that just doesn't attract me; I rarely eat white corn for that reason: too sweet, not "corny" enough; I'd druther have Golden Bantam than Country Gentleman, and I don't care if it's a tad past it's "prime". Maybe I've eaten too much field corn roasted in it's husks, with salt and lime.
I feel much the same regarding tomatoes; I don't get how "sweet" equals "good".
Besides, I do like my greens: wild, domesticated, whatever; I think they tend not to be big sellers at market, although primo for nutrition and GI function, as well as low-caloric.
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Post by circumspice on Oct 29, 2012 0:21:04 GMT -5
I have to agree with steev. I don't like foods that are 'super sweet'. I like corn that tastes like... Corn! I don't even particularly care for very sweet sweets. That's probably why I don't really like watermelon, it's too sweet. I prefer semi-sweet chocolate over all other chocolates. Sweet tomatoes seem yucky to me. I don't like commercial ketchup because it is too sweet. Does anybody remember V-8 sauce? It was an un-sweet ketchup. I loved it. They discontinued it a long time ago. :-( It was awesome.
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Post by steev on Oct 29, 2012 1:49:06 GMT -5
OK, I must say I prefer "bittersweet" chocolate, the darker, the better. I like baking bittersweet, although I admit it has a weird texture for eating, but I manage.
When I get rich enough, I'll have a greenhouse and grow my own chocolate. You all can hold me to that in the unlikely event of it happening. I promise not to buy a yacht, first.
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Post by littleminnie on Oct 29, 2012 17:58:38 GMT -5
I like sweet! ;D
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Post by steev on Oct 29, 2012 20:21:26 GMT -5
Well, yes, so do I. Just not so much in my food.
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Post by littleminnie on Oct 31, 2012 18:54:42 GMT -5
I just paid $60 to have my little mantis style tiller fixed and now there is a tiller down the street for sale $100 or B/O. It is front tine and bigger/deeper than mine. What do you think? I am inept at anything handy. It says 'runs great'.
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Post by 12540dumont on Oct 31, 2012 19:31:15 GMT -5
Minnie, my best day was when this guy came to show me a tiller. I had him demonstrate it all over my farm....
And then I bought a BCS.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Oct 31, 2012 20:29:00 GMT -5
I just paid $60 to have my little mantis style tiller fixed and now there is a tiller down the street for sale $100 or B/O. It is front tine and bigger/deeper than mine. What do you think? It'd make a world of difference to have a bigger tiller. I loved my front tine tiller. |
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Post by castanea on Oct 31, 2012 21:30:41 GMT -5
I have to agree with steev. I don't like foods that are 'super sweet'. I like corn that tastes like... Corn! I don't even particularly care for very sweet sweets. That's probably why I don't really like watermelon, it's too sweet. I prefer semi-sweet chocolate over all other chocolates. Sweet tomatoes seem yucky to me. I don't like commercial ketchup because it is too sweet. Does anybody remember V-8 sauce? It was an un-sweet ketchup. I loved it. They discontinued it a long time ago. :-( It was awesome. I dislike really sweet corn but love watermelon. If I grew up eating really sweet corn perhaps I would like it, but to me it doesn't even taste like corn. |
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Post by circumspice on Nov 1, 2012 0:02:46 GMT -5
I just paid $60 to have my little mantis style tiller fixed and now there is a tiller down the street for sale $100 or B/O. It is front tine and bigger/deeper than mine. What do you think? I am inept at anything handy. It says 'runs great'. Minnie, front tine tillers will beat you to death! I've had both front tine & rear tine tillers. I MUCH prefer the rear tine tillers. But, 100 bucks is hard to beat, especially if it's one of the bigger ones, in good used condition. Since I don't own a tiller anymore, I wouldn't turn my nose up on a front tine tiller if the price is right. |
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Post by steev on Nov 1, 2012 0:25:31 GMT -5
Maybe don't turn up your nose at it, but get a good back-brace before using it.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Nov 1, 2012 3:24:39 GMT -5
My brother has a bad back/neck. He runs the tiller at what I would call 1/2 speed, or maybe closer to 1/3 speed. He gets by that way with a little bit of tilling day by day until it's done. Or friends/family help out with the tilling.
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Post by littleminnie on Nov 1, 2012 10:37:40 GMT -5
Yeah I know the front tine can pull you around badly. Hmm
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coppice
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gardening curmudgeon
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Post by coppice on Nov 1, 2012 10:54:40 GMT -5
I just paid $60 to have my little mantis style tiller fixed and now there is a tiller down the street for sale $100 or B/O. It is front tine and bigger/deeper than mine. What do you think? I am inept at anything handy. It says 'runs great'. Mantis is a smaller and way higher RPM front-tine tiller. The bigger ones will pound your guts to jelly. I'd never buy one, past tilling with them has put me off of ever running a mantis. |
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