Well yesterday was Sunday and you know that means time for canning here at F&G. We whipped up the Sweet and Sour Caponata from the Silver Spoon cookbook and then processed it in the hot water canner like we’d do for tomatoes. Hopefully we didn’t cook up a batch of botulism…never made caponata before but it should be plenty acidic with all the tomatoes and vinegar. We had just a wee bit leftover and will eat that tonight–the sample bites we tried yesterday were quite good.
We also had some green beans. Not nearly as small and tender as the gazillion other jars we made but still they turned out quite nice. We’ll be eating green beans quite a bit later this year. We grew contender beans (as I coulda been) on the advice of the MIL and I have to admit she was right. The beans are great.
The better-half just picked the last of the sweet corn and pulled up the plants. The garden is starting to get sparse. Just green beans, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and a watermelon. We’re planning on doing a little fall/winter gardening this year and will have to get that set up after vacation.
I don’t think I’ve mentioned but the lettuce we grew in a pot under our backyard maple (for speckled shade) is nearly finished. I was afraid the lettuce would be bitter but it’s been quite nice so far. I think the saving grace was that it wasn’t in full sun and it hasn’t been too brutally hot.
I’m glad to hear the lettuce turned out fine.
I have to admit that my garden is bumming me out. The onions are mostly rotten and the tomatoes are taking forever to turn red.