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I spent the morning in my neighbor’s field, helping him harvest garlic scapes. We did an episode last year about grilling them [search thru the ‘guide’ in the video player or watch on iTunes ]
So I came home with a huge sack of them, thinking that I could somehow pickle them. I ran across several ideas on the web, making scape pesto is what many people do, and I liked how Vanessa at What Geeks Eat prepares them.
[It ends up Vanessa and her husband and I attended the same university, Southern Illinois University, all at the same time. interesting.]
So, though Henry & Mij are lounging in the yard after attacking each other all morning, I’m going to go to the store and see about pickling some of these, and making pesto.
Back go gardenfork.tv main page
BRUCE
HI;ABOUT THESE GARLIC SCAPES……..LAST JULY JUST CHOPPED INTO SALAD……….WELL THIS MORN I WENT TO MY LOCAL ORGANIC FOOD STORE FOR SOAP……..BARB CAME IN AND OFFERED ME A BAG OF FRESH SCAPES THAT SHE JUST HARVESTED…..TONIGHT I’LL TRY TO STEAM SOME WITH RICE AND M BLEND SOME TO ADD TO A HOT SAUCE FOR CHICKEN WINGS……HAPPY 4TH OF YULY FROM THE HILLS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK……….PEACE……B
Kim
Hey. I just cut all my garlic scapes off and I think they are past their prime time as they have mostly straightened from the beautiful curl they had a couple of weeks ago. Are they still ok to use or will they be tough?