Worked....Didn't Work
 

Do you ever experiment by eating/using vegetables in non-traditional manners? Did it work or not?

After vine borers killed my Kakai pumpkin vines a couple of years ago, I sliced up the immature pumpkins (up to softball size) and ate them as raw crudites with a dip. Works with other immature winter squashes as well. Very good.:yes:

Last week I made Kielbasa bean soup and added some okra seeds to it. :no: The okra seeds (they were harvested from dried pods) stayed hard in the soup, even after simmering for over an hour. Visually, they were a nice touch but otherwise, unh-uh.

[quote=Ruth_10;118121]Do you ever experiment by eating/using vegetables in non-traditional manners? Did it work or not?

Last week I made Kielbasa bean soup and added some okra seeds to it. :no: The okra seeds (they were harvested from dried pods) stayed hard in the soup, even after simmering for over an hour. Visually, they were a nice touch but otherwise, unh-uh.[/quote]

Yeah, I did that with a hardy beef stew, [COLOR=DarkRed]only with white pepper corns[/COLOR]. I figured that they were "white" so not as peppery --- [COLOR=Red]wrong![/COLOR]

Boy, next time I'll stick with [COLOR=DarkRed]whole barley grain[/COLOR].

~* Robin

[quote=Ruth_10;118121]Do you ever experiment by eating/using vegetables in non-traditional manners? Did it work or not?

After vine borers killed my Kakai pumpkin vines a couple of years ago, I sliced up the immature pumpkins (up to softball size) and ate them as raw crudites with a dip. Works with other immature winter squashes as well. Very good.:yes:

Last week I made Kielbasa bean soup and added some okra seeds to it. :no: The okra seeds (they were harvested from dried pods) stayed hard in the soup, even after simmering for over an hour. Visually, they were a nice touch but otherwise, unh-uh.[/quote]

Ruth,

I guess the Narragansetts knew something when they named it askutasquash (a green thing eaten raw).

Gary

Ruth, I also use immature winter squash, in stir fries, shish kabobs, as well as soup or stew. I think you could also pickle them, although I have never tried it.