I have just come in from the garden
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I have just come in from the garden
..having picked 2.5 lbs ( just over a kilo) of tomatoes and a very large marrow..all suggestions gratefully received as this week I are mostly eating..guess what!
with apples and pears for pudding.
got to head back out and pick the chard and potatoes next
with apples and pears for pudding.
got to head back out and pick the chard and potatoes next
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starmum2000
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Re: I have just come in from the garden
I love marrow, and if we've got any have a few slices with my roast dinner, however, as nobody else eats it there's awlays loads left!
So, here are my main uses this summer:
Chop it into cubes & throw in casseroles, bolognaises etc & tell them its carrot or potato or anything & they don't notice!
I once sliced rings about 1-2 inches, hollowed out the seeds & stuffed with any sort of meat mixtue & topped with cheese. They did eat this but not all the marrow part!
Kids favourite - marrow cake. Yum. You don't even have to peel the marrow just grate it in.
Tomatoes I would be tempted to skin, cook up with a bit of seasoning & freeze in batches as sauce bases.
I did make an apple & pear chutney a couple of weeks ago to use up the fruit, the recipe was in the Morrisons magazine.
Happy Cooking!!
So, here are my main uses this summer:
Chop it into cubes & throw in casseroles, bolognaises etc & tell them its carrot or potato or anything & they don't notice!
I once sliced rings about 1-2 inches, hollowed out the seeds & stuffed with any sort of meat mixtue & topped with cheese. They did eat this but not all the marrow part!
Kids favourite - marrow cake. Yum. You don't even have to peel the marrow just grate it in.
Tomatoes I would be tempted to skin, cook up with a bit of seasoning & freeze in batches as sauce bases.
I did make an apple & pear chutney a couple of weeks ago to use up the fruit, the recipe was in the Morrisons magazine.
Happy Cooking!!
Re: I have just come in from the garden
thanks!
how do you cook the slices with your roast? I sometimes cook mine in cubes with onion , butter with plenty of seasoning, but a change will be nice!
I like it cubed and layered with sliced onion, tomato and seasoning dotted every so often with butter and teh n cooked tightly covered in a lowish oven for about 3 hours, breadcrumbs and cheese on top fpr last 20 mins and heat turned up.
I like the idea of the tomatoes frozen as a sauce for later in the year , they are really sweet and juicy ( still more to come!0
how do you cook the slices with your roast? I sometimes cook mine in cubes with onion , butter with plenty of seasoning, but a change will be nice!
I like it cubed and layered with sliced onion, tomato and seasoning dotted every so often with butter and teh n cooked tightly covered in a lowish oven for about 3 hours, breadcrumbs and cheese on top fpr last 20 mins and heat turned up.
I like the idea of the tomatoes frozen as a sauce for later in the year , they are really sweet and juicy ( still more to come!0
Re: I have just come in from the garden
yoyo, do you do stuffed marrow? My mum used to do this, with a herby tomato and mince filling topped with breadcrumbs and grated cheese. It was delicious.
Re: I have just come in from the garden
I love it too!it's just the prospect of eating stuffed marrow from here to Christmas........
I left master yoyo in charge of teh garden when I was away and came back to marrow ****!
I left master yoyo in charge of teh garden when I was away and came back to marrow ****!
Re: I have just come in from the garden
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Re: I have just come in from the garden
In desperation one year I made marrow jam! Yuk! I wouldn't recommend it!
Spiced marrow soup is nice though.
Spiced marrow soup is nice though.
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starmum2000
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Re: I have just come in from the garden
@ marrow jam!!! ... but good on you for experimentingI just steam my marrow as a n accompanying veg.
Marrow cake is definitely the best
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I have marrow baked with onions to go with the chicken today,
oven baked ratatouille with lamb steaks on Tuesday
and marrow and roasted garlic soup ( garlic also from garden, seemed a good idea to plant 39 plants at the time).
that's one down 3 more to go!!
oven baked ratatouille with lamb steaks on Tuesday
and marrow and roasted garlic soup ( garlic also from garden, seemed a good idea to plant 39 plants at the time).
that's one down 3 more to go!!
Re: I have just come in from the garden
In the late seventies when wine making was all the rage my parents used to make marrow wine. It was very nice (at least to a teenager 
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).scary mum
