Re: [gardeners] squash borers
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 01 Jul 1998 18:50:13
At 06:49 PM 7/1/98 -0400, you wrote:
>George et al, I'm gonna sound way out, but really and truly,
>I've never cooked a squash in my entire very long life! Same
>for okra, and btw, what are crowder peas?
>
>I'm not quite living in New England - just a mite south of it -
>but our veggies are different from yours. We focus on brocolli,
>and I mean lots of brocolli, cauliflower, sting beans, peas,
>carrots, zucchini, cabbage, brussel sprouts, lima beans, onions,
>white potatoes (with a few yams), and lotsa salad makings,
>including Daikon radish and jicama. Oh yes, of course, asparagus
>and corn. And the markets have begun adding hot peppers.. and
>many kinds of mushroom. And snow peas. And spinach, just plain
>good spinach.
We eat all of those things too. I don't particularly like brussels sprouts
but will eat them. Never had Daikon radish that I know of, unless it was in
a dish in a Japanese restaurant. Do like my okra, and crowder peas are
another variety of southern peas. You're probably most familiar with
black-eyed peas or cow peas.
>In my home, our diet is influenced by my profession, so we eat
>mostly Chinese food, with a good splash of Greek, Indian, Korean
>and Japanese, as I once explained to George. Once in a blue moon,
>a beautiful charcoaled steak.
We eat whatever we feel like. That includes Chinese, Greek, Italian,
Arabic, etc. Don't care for Indian food, will eat Korean but not a lot,
some Japanese dishes are okay as long as they don't involve raw bait. Like
Tex-Mex grub a lot and that's a whole nother cuisine from Mexican food.
Shoot, most southerners will eat most anything. You probably never had
possum or coon either. Best baked coon I ever had was at a friends home
just outside Albany, NY. Course he was full blood Iroquois.
>
>I know lotsa people eat squash. Millions of people eat squash,
>betcha. Never been exposed to 'em. Don't eat turnips or parsnips
>either. Or kolrabi. They're simply not part of our regional fare.
Do you eat pumpkin? Just another squash. I don't like turnips or parsnips
except raw or pickled. Will only eat kohlrabi raw. They are part of our
regional fare but like collards and mustard greens are, IMHO, an acquired
taste.
>Penny, NY
>
Be adventurous, eat some southern grub, it might change your mind about
certain veggies. ;-)
George