How Do You Cook Pak Choi

Cooking is a natural extension to our gardens and along with some fabulous gardeners, we have some very talented cooks here as well. Pam has to be back on bus-driving duty in the afternoon.Tea, Thyme, And Toast sprang from Pam's desire to bake and cook...

Cut back long branches to a bud or lateral joint, and ensure that each branch is cut to a different length.Plumbago plants produce buds on tissue grown during the current season, which means pruning while the plant is actively flowering significantly...

This line of thinking has the tendency to quickly turn from awe and wonder to insignificance: What can I do to change anything in the grand scheme of Earth, especially the giant issues that face our world and its people?

This was at the height of the beverage's popularity, when more than 500 ginger breweries operated in the U.S. In Canada there were more than double that amount and in the UK, there were over 4000 breweries.Prohibition triggered the age of soda pop in...

Ornamental basils can be, but are not usually, harvested for eating. Is basil the best herb (i.e., King) or was basil fit for Kings, since it is supposed to offer protection from the mythological half-lizard/half-dragon of death?

In my zone 8 garden, rosemary is an evergreen bush.The ‘ARP' cultivar is said to be the hardiest in zones 6 to 7.It can be used straight or mixed with other herbs for an aromatic bath.It is used as a sore muscle soak or to relieve cold symptoms.You...

At one time I had well over a dozen bushes. Boiling water over 6 tablespoons of dried lavender. You can dab the oil on your temple to help to relieve a headache.I add a dried rose to a lavender bunch and wrap it in a doily and add a bow to make a nice...

But sadly, I never appreciated tomato gravy with my grits. Cook the grits according to the package directions.For cathead biscuits, you may use any good baking powder biscuit recipe.

If you like hominy and want the highest nutritional value possible, then get some dried field corn, shell it, mix a couple boxes of baking soda in a half gallon of water and pour over the shelled dry corn.

We take a large paper bag to the garden and fill it with tender leaves from the center of the plants. Pour the mixture into a sizzling skillet and pat down with your fingertips to flatten and shape to fit the skillet.

After they are dry, strip the leaves from the branches and store them in clean containers. If you are lucky enough to have a food dehydrator, place them in it on low heat. Treated this way, they last for years.

You can also add cilantro to Chinese-style soups, stir fries and sauces.In North African cooking, cilantro is often used to flavor meat dishes (especially meatballs), and often makes an appearance as a garnish for sweet potato or peanut soup.Cilantro...

And of course, many of those who "imbibe" have enjoyed the wondrous flavors of a Pina Colada, an alcoholic concoction using pineapple juice, coconut and rum...pass the paper umbrellas, please.Some people have never seen a real, right off the tree coconut.

Maybe you blanched at the price of fresh herbs in the produce section this spring, or you were seduced by a bright pot of basil at your local nursery, and you thought, "Hey! This year, I will grow my own herbs!" Now you've got leggy basil plants blooming...

In about 1100 BC, Phoenicians moved into the European Mediterranean coast; present-day Italy, France and Spain. For instance, when Spanish Catherine of Aragon was married to English King Henry VIII, sherry's place in English court life was assured.English...

And if all you have ever tasted is the grocery store-style glace fruits that come in tubs, then you will be in for a real treat. For candying, you remove the inside pulp and cut the rest into wedges.

You can buy these from certified disease-free growers in the U.S.—mostly Hawaii but elsewhere, too. These structures help create the tropical environment ginger is looking for, especially if you live in a humid area and can close up your tunnel tight.

At the same time, they do need to develop a certain numberof leaves before they can form curds, and if the temperatures go too high during their formative weeks the curds will be non-existent or of poor quality.The sensitivity, difficulty of culture,...

It's in everyone's cupboard and has more uses than just breakfast cereal. Oats are a good source of nutrition for horses, dairy cattle, and poultry (the oat hulls are turned into poultry mash).

Taste it, then season to taste with salt and pepper. But the plants can bounce back after the caterpillars make their chrysalises, or the caterpillars may not show up in your yard at all.

During the years I've learned different ways of how to preserve herbs through the winter. I know lots of uses for dill and lovage in our Romanian cuisine which I've already told our friends about, so let me share it with you too.

Just imagine! Consequently, it makes sense that oils (any oils, organic, mineral, coconut or olive) would be wonderful at making pigments and dyes that last, and in fact they are. Plant canola (or other oilseeds, turnips and mustards) in your butterfly...

Not only will sweating cut down on bitterness, but this technique will also prevent the eggplant from soaking up excessive oil if you're frying it.Eggplants are beautiful, relatively easy vegetables to grow and delicious, diversely nutritious vegetables...

This can be a good thing. Salt and pepper to taste, and bake at 450 degrees until the potatoes are cooked through.Greek salad also highlights the flavor of oregano, which is a major flavor component in the dressing.

Apparently dogs are not as likely to eat the valuable crop as are pigs. (Think underground mushrooms.) They are indeed hunted with female pigs capable of sniffing out the delicate, perfumery aroma said to mimic the male pig sex hormone.

It's been sold far and wide ever since.Butternuts can be pestered by the classic cucurbit plagues (mildews) but are blessedly resistant to one: squash vine borers cannot seem to enter winter squash's tough vines.

What can you do to make the most of all those chives? This may be because they start so easily from seed, and grow into dense grass-like clumps. Many people consider chives the easiest herb to grow.