Monday 28 November 2016

Harvest Monday - 28th November 2016

I expect some of you read my post about the parsnips with canker. Fortunately not all of them were afflicted and I was able to harvest a decent bunch. These ones are of the variety "Duchess" - a variety that has done well for me over the last three years.







My current favourite way of cooking parsnips is to do them as chips (fries to you folks in the US), in our Actifry machine. They come out crisp on the outside, but soft (and sweet) on the inside.


The carrots are still going. I pulled another small batch this week (about 500g). They were mostly small ones, but with one or two decent-sized ones amongst them.


The big ones at the Right are "Autumn King", others mostly "Darina"


As well as these root crops, this week I also harvested another endive and two more little lettuces, but I didn't think them significant enough to photograph.


That's all I could muster for this week, so if you want to see more harvests you'll have to head over to Our Happy Acres and see what other people have contributed to Harvest Monday.

9 comments:

  1. We are hoping to get to the plot this afternoon to check out our parsnips. Fingers crossed.

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  2. No homegrown parsnips here this year but with shop bought ones have been making croquettes.

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  3. Parsnip chips sound good! I'm still waiting for my few parsnips to size up, but I think they are pretty close.

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  4. I forgot to get a second batch of Parsnips in after the first seeds were eaten by mice .... ooops. I'm really regretting that now!!

    Today I be mostly harvesting Kale .....yes I used to watch The Fast Show ;-)

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  5. Ah parsnip fried nice, and what do I read your endive and lettuces are not significant to photograph - how dare you :)

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  6. Parsnips are one of the few veggies I've never learned to like, though perhaps that's because I haven't had a good one! I suppose I should try them again since my tastes have changed on other things.

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    1. Dave, if you are ever going to like parsnips, you will like ones you have grown yourself. It's a recognised principle!

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  7. I've heard of those healthy "deep fryers" but am hesitant to try them due to the mixed reviews. Your opinion seems to be positive - is it really that much different from tossing veg with a bit of oil and baking them?

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    1. We have found our "Actifry" to be good at some things - e.g. parsnip chips and sausages, but to get good potato chips you have to cook them for much longer than the manufacturer of the machine suggests. Health-wise it's good too, since you only use one spoonful of oil. The main advantage is that the machine constantly turns the contents while cooking, so they are very evenly cooked.

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