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Sunday, May 15th, 2011
Did you ever eat Colcannon, made from lovely pickled cream?
With the greens and scallions mingled like a picture in a dream.
Did you ever make a hole on top to hold the melting flake
Of the creamy, flavoured butter that your mother used to make?
Yes you did, so you did, so did he and so did I.
And the more I think about it, sure, the nearer I’m to cry.
Oh, wasn’t it the happy days when troubles we had not,
And our mothers made Colcannon in the little skillet pot.
Colcannon (The Skillet Pot) Traditional Irish song
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Summer cabbage…. With its peak harvest in August and September this vegetable provides an excellent source of Vitamin C leading up and through autumn. All health benefits aside summer cabbage has had its image tarnished by the soggy mush that’s served up by school and work canteens. In this guide I hope banish the soggy cabbage blues as I show you how to cook cabbage correctly, but first let’s look at how to grow summer cabbage at home.
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
Spring cabbage…. A hardy vegetable that’s an excellent source of Vitamin C and glutamine, an amino acid which has anti-inflammatory properties. Health benefits aside, the image of spring cabbage has been tarnished by the soggy mush served up in school and work canteens. In this guide I hope to banish the soggy cabbage blues as I show you how to cook cabbage correctly, but first let’s look at how to grow it at home.
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
Carrots… upon harvest you could be treating yourself to a brightly coloured vegetable whose available nutrients actually increase with cooking - as long as it is not over-cooked. A good source of magnesium, potassium, vitamins A and C together with a form of calcium that is easily absorbed into the body. All wrapped up in a vegetable that is reasonably easy to grow once your selected soil and planting location are suitable.
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Beetroots…round, cylindrical or tapered swollen roots that are way more versatile than many give them credit for. Fairly pest free, they are also a good crop for the organic gardener. Find out for yourself as we detail amongst other things the varieties suitable to grow in Ireland, and how to plant or sow them.
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Friday, April 10th, 2009
As a child, Easter meant one thing to me… Easter eggs.
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Tags: acidic soil, agricultural lime, air dry, ammendment, annuals, beans, blossom end rot, boil, boiled eggs, brassica, brassica-family, butterflies, cabbage, cabbage butterfly, cabbage-white butterflies, cabbages, calcium, calcium carbonate, caterpillars, cauliflowers, chicken eggs, child, compost, compost heap, crop, Crushed shells, cutworm, dehydrate, dust, Easter, Easter Bunny, Easter eggs, Easter Sunday, eggs, eggshells, garden, garden birds, gardening, gardens, leaf, liquid feed, long grass, membrane, minerals, morning, nitrogen, perennials, pH, plastic bag, raw eggs, rolling pin, salt, slug, snail, soil, tomatoes, tool, underbellies, United Kingdom, vegetables, warm water
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