Comments on: Bell pepper season

By: Jul

Jul — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:02:28 +0000

Good to know! I might have to exercise my frying skills…

By: caddy

caddy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:19:47 +0000

yep, they’re really just unripe tomatoes. in the case of salsa verde, well, that’s probably actually made with tomatillos, which are totally different. so that could be where the confusion came in. but the fried green tomatoes of movie fame and of every other restaurant in atlanta (because you can’t have fancy southern cuisine without fancying-up some fgt’s, grits, deviled eggs and pimento chz – altho, one hopes, not in the same dish!) are really just unripe red (or yellow or pink or whatever heirloom one’s using) tomatoes.

By: Jul

Jul — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:43:40 +0000

Lulu – if it stays like this, make sure you toss in a hat and gloves! It’s been quite nippy. I love it, but only when I’m dressed appropriately…

Caddy – so are green tomatoes really just unripe red tomatoes? I always thought they were a different breed or something.

By: caddy

caddy — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:00:26 +0000

fried green tomatoes, obviously. or you could make salsa verde. there are so many things to do with green tomatoes!

By: Lulu

Lulu — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:45:01 +0000

No tips on gardening…I definitely have a non-green thumb! However, I am very happy to hear that it’s getting cooler in Munich. Just 3 weeks away and I will be there!

By: Jul

Jul — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:51:10 +0000

Thanks for the input, G. Not what I want to hear, but definitely stuff I need to know!

By: G in Berlin

G in Berlin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:40:40 +0000

I think you should dump the dirt where you have annual vegetables: there is always a fungus/blight problem with tomatoes/peppers/zucchini and sterilize the pots with a bleach/water solution. For flower soil, add compost/fish tea/composted manure and some equivalent of mulch for the winter.

By: Jul

Jul — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:14:20 +0000

I knew there had to be a reason that wasn’t “Sarah Palin’s nomination increases consumer confidence in the dollar”.

Peat, OK. Will attempt to figure out the German word and acquire some. Thanks for the tip!

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:23:43 +0000

I’m guessing the exchange rate improved (for us) because our trip to Vienna ended a couple weeks ago, and therefore there is no more need to charge US$9 for a slice of Sachertorte.

Ah, topic. Dirt. Maybe just dump the fungified soil and add some peat to the other pots. That might keep them all going for another season. I can understand not wanting to schlep bags of dirt on the bus and up stairs and stuff.

By: Jul

Jul — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:43:17 +0000

Mmmmm… strawberries. Our strawberry plants put out in the middle of summer, but then decided they were done. These days they are busy growing leaves and runners instead of berries.

And an omelet sounds like a great use for some of these peppers!