tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554428418150974947.post5049456899531410921..comments2023-10-23T23:59:00.475+02:00Comments on De la bonne bouffe: The Hungry Gap...What's left?Pollygarterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519711639714303756noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554428418150974947.post-21301575848509789082012-03-16T11:44:17.304+01:002012-03-16T11:44:17.304+01:00Our potager looks about like yours. I started till...Our potager looks about like yours. I started tilling it up today. The chard is growing, the leeks look sickly.<br /><br />I too wonder how people ate before canning and freezing came along. I guess they could keep potatoes, cabbages, and carrots in a cellar.<br /><br />I also wonder what people ate before American plants — potatoes, tomatoes, courgettes, green beans — were brought back to Europe.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554428418150974947.post-60806530428636134542012-03-09T11:26:58.096+01:002012-03-09T11:26:58.096+01:00The wild sorrel is nice at the moment. Our chard s...The wild sorrel is nice at the moment. Our chard survived unprotected in the potager - it's good local stock from Louisa's garden, so maybe completely acclimatised. We've eaten all your cabbage. Our leeks are much smaller, but look in much the same shape as yours. I was distressed to lose my celery up at the house - I've never grown it before and it was looking great after the drought...Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554428418150974947.post-7538958108548884162012-03-09T10:31:10.541+01:002012-03-09T10:31:10.541+01:00And in that last comment... oh! Forget it....And in that last comment... oh! Forget it....Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554428418150974947.post-46602389570280826172012-03-09T10:30:11.553+01:002012-03-09T10:30:11.553+01:00I hate it when you can't edit... also in thye ...I hate it when you can't edit... also in thye same post 'thins under fat' should read <b>'things under fat'</b>... a bit Freudian that one I think!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554428418150974947.post-38748118629314275572012-03-09T10:27:57.332+01:002012-03-09T10:27:57.332+01:00For Jerisalem in the last comment... please read.....For Jerisalem in the last comment... please read...<br /><b>Jerusalem</b>Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554428418150974947.post-89671509515891887742012-03-09T10:26:32.044+01:002012-03-09T10:26:32.044+01:00Astedur abdtteduse sounds like the Latin name for ...<b><i>Astedur abdtteduse</i></b> sounds like the Latin name for some sort of Daisy... Jerisalem Artichokes are a member of the Daisy family... perhaps things were a lot windier in those days?<br /><br />And before bottles there were pottery pots with pot,cork or wooden stoppers... and clamps for root veg and spuds... and things in barrels and brine... and thins under fat... and once the spice trade came, you could eat things that you would have found just a trifle unpleasant!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554428418150974947.post-79399252435153763272012-03-09T08:49:03.162+01:002012-03-09T08:49:03.162+01:00It sounds like you have plenty to keep you going f...It sounds like you have plenty to keep you going for a few weeks yet. We love soups and a recent favourite is parsnip, carrot, apple and ginger, using bags of veg that are being sold off at the supermarket.<br /><br />It makes you wonder what exactly people would be eating now in the days before freezers and bottles (and supermarkets).<br /><br />WV is astedur abd tteduses - maybe that's the answer - some kind of wierd ancient vegetable.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.com