It dawned on me last night as I put the bowl of fresh carrot sticks on the dinner table that I had found the winter substitute for the plate of sliced tomatoes we always have on the table during summer meals. This winter we have been eating raw carrots on a most regular basis - in salads or the aforementioned bowl of carrot sticks.
But I have to say that before we began having a ready supply of carrots from the garden that this would have never happened. Carrots from the grocery store just don’t taste the same as our fresh from the garden ones. And I’m told by some folks who have cooked some of our carrots that they are plenty good cooked too. (I’m partial to roasting vegetables and mixing some carrots in with other root veggies such as turnips is a standard around here.)
We’ve planted carrots big time here at Elm Street Gardens this winter and I, for one, am enjoying the readily available supply of this delicious crunchy vegetable on a regular basis. And before we know it, it will be the long hot summer time and we can indulge in that greatest of all produce: Home grown tomatoes! We’ve started our seeds for these already and are dreaming of the first tomatoes and the pleasures in eating that they bring.
Suzy
Megan and Brad revel in the harvest of our Hercules carrots.
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