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Hostas
May 25, 2016 18:39:41 GMT -5
Post by steev on May 25, 2016 18:39:41 GMT -5
Quite a collection; do you eat any of those?
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Hostas
May 25, 2016 21:37:45 GMT -5
Post by steev on May 25, 2016 21:37:45 GMT -5
My circumstances since learning of their edibility have precluded my trying them, but I hope to one day remedy that; my understanding is that they approximate the taste of asparagus, which I love.
It must have been on SSE that there was a thread about Hostas, including one very "High Foodie" photo of a gourmet presentation thereof.
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Hostas
May 26, 2016 0:16:59 GMT -5
Post by steev on May 26, 2016 0:16:59 GMT -5
Well, we must aspire to improve.
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May 26, 2016 4:05:54 GMT -5
Post by reed on May 26, 2016 4:05:54 GMT -5
You can eat those things? I know deer love them. We got tons though not anywhere near the variety, they even volunteer. We pot up and sell the babies at the farm market almost every year. Ours are mostly a big one with fragrant white flowers and a similar one with purple flowers. The whole yard smells good when the white ones bloom, especially at night and they attract a large nocturnal bee moth type critter, very cool to see.
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Hostas
Feb 12, 2017 14:44:36 GMT -5
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Post by Marches on Feb 12, 2017 14:44:36 GMT -5
The Japanese eat them, I think they blanche them and generally treat them like another leaf vegetable.
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Post by toad on Mar 8, 2017 16:20:55 GMT -5
I've enjoyed eating Hostas for some years now. I eat the shoots steamed, and young leaves raw as a salat wrap. Seems like every body ligesom Hostas. Except when I ferment it. It turns into the most smelly, aged cheese like, but taste kraut.
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Hostas
May 4, 2017 0:48:27 GMT -5
Post by steev on May 4, 2017 0:48:27 GMT -5
Last May you posted they were 15' from your door; now they're only 10'; are you sure those aren't triffids, coming to get you? Do you find snails and slugs are a problem?
So good to hear you're getting so much good from them; I so need to get those puppies established on the farm. "Shade-loving" is still a problem, but I have trees they could go under; next Fall at the big-box store for sure.
You remind me to go check the ramps I put in a pot last year and to watch for them in my geeky produce market; they get things that are "backyard-grown" occasionally; people bring stuff in for barter; now that I'm more in tune with the vibe of this forum, I'm less likely to miss some "one-time opportunity", like the white chayote that only appeared once, thirty years ago; only time I've seen it outside Guatemala. Just one of many great things I didn't know I needed to grab at the moment.
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Hostas
May 5, 2017 10:27:17 GMT -5
Post by steev on May 5, 2017 10:27:17 GMT -5
Never tried ramps; they occasionally appear in my produce market at a high price.
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May 5, 2017 12:16:09 GMT -5
Post by mjc on May 5, 2017 12:16:09 GMT -5
Never tried ramps; they occasionally appear in my produce market at a high price. When in season, they are in every grocery store and every 1/4 mile or so along most roads (where ever there's a good parking spot) for about $3/lb...and there's quite a few of the little stinkers in a pound. Nit all that long ago you could get a standard plastic grocery bag full for about $6...that usually held around 5 lbs. They are like a cross between a strong onion and strong garlic...sort leek flavored but tilted toward the oniony side of things. The worst thing to happen to them was being 'discovered' by the 'foodies'...that has made them a 'valuable' item and now everyone around here is trying to make a buck off of them. |
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Post by mjc on May 5, 2017 19:20:41 GMT -5
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Hostas
May 6, 2017 0:40:02 GMT -5
Post by steev on May 6, 2017 0:40:02 GMT -5
That's pretty impressive; I fear I just don't have the right climate for ramps or hostas; my loss. eh.
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