tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post6733663011647445438..comments2023-10-28T03:14:44.519-07:00Comments on Calhouns Can(n)ons: Garden FollyNewsstandGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04099049885765768069noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-76548840661334619102014-07-04T06:15:35.665-07:002014-07-04T06:15:35.665-07:00Anybody know a great recipe for Braised Gopher? M...Anybody know a great recipe for Braised Gopher? Maybe with a great sauce made with sauteed onion/garlic/rhubarb (yes you heard that right). I've got a major tunneling engineer trying, like the chicken, to cross the road. So far, two spy-holes have popped up in the middle of the street, right through tons of road base, so I know this varmint is a major serious dude. Looks like he's heading for my neighbor's yard, or mine, so I'm keeping a sharp eye out for any dirt mounds getting closer. Then it's, Git out the traps, Maude! <br /><br />Re the Quail recipe: Trompettes de la mort? Really? de la mort?? Churadogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701649330085709021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-44745568874744086542014-07-03T16:49:19.558-07:002014-07-03T16:49:19.558-07:00Braised Quails with Wild Mushrooms
Recipe courtes...Braised Quails with Wild Mushrooms<br /><br />Recipe courtesy Laura Calder<br />.<br /> .<br /><br />Total Time: 1 hr Prep:15 min | Inactive Prep:-- | Cook:45 min Level:EasyYield:4 servings.<br /><br />Ingredients<br />4 quails, cleaned and trussed<br />Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper<br />2 tablespoons butter, plus more if needed<br />Splash oil<br />1/4 pound bacon, cut into slivers<br />1 onion, chopped<br />1 tablespoon all-purpose flour<br />1 cup white wine<br />1 cup veal stock<br />3/4 pound assorted mushrooms, trimmed and halved (1/4 part trompettes de la mort, 1/4 part chanterelles, and 1/2 part cremini)<br />Small handful chopped fresh parsley leaves<br />.<br />.<br /><br /><br />Directions<br /><br />Season the quails with salt, and pepper. Melt half the butter with a drop of oil in a heavy casserole, and brown the quails on all sides over medium-high heat. Cook's Note: you could also use lard. Remove the quail from the pan, and set aside. Add the bacon to the pan, brown it, and remove. Finally, fry the onion until golden, adding more fat to the pan beforehand, if needed. <br /> <br />Stir the flour into the onions, and cook 1 minute. Deglaze the pan with the wine, stirring up the good bits on the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Return the onions, bacon and quails to the pot. Pour over the stock, cover, and simmer until the quails are just cooked through, about 20 minutes. <br /> <br />Meanwhile, heat the remaining butter (a little more if you like) and cook each type of mushroom separate, as the various types cook differently. Season the mushrooms with salt and pepper as you go, then, at the end, toss them all together with the chopped parsley. <br /> <br />When the quails are done, remove them from the cooking liquid and keep them warm while you boil the juices, uncovered, to reduce to thin sauce consistency. Add the mushrooms to the sauce. Tilt into a serving dish, set the quails on top, and serve. <br />.<br />© Recipe courtesy Laura Calder.<br /><br />Printed on July 3, 2014 from http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/laura-calder/braised-quails-with-wild-mushrooms.print.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-58291528691494972462014-07-03T08:16:18.661-07:002014-07-03T08:16:18.661-07:00Ron, Uh, yeah. Gophers. I'm always on the wat...Ron, Uh, yeah. Gophers. I'm always on the watch for them. One across the street (dirt road) popped up in the middle of the road. Two holes. Tough little earth-mover. Luckily, no deer. Come winter, I'm going to reconfigure the layout because I'm finding out that the zucchini plants are about the size of zeppelins and if you don't find the squash under all those huge leaves, overnight they grow the size of pumpkins. Speaking of which, clearly, my little experiment with planting a pumpkin was, like, totally misguided. Damned thing is turning into Little Shop of Horrors -- vines roaring everywhere. I swear you can actually see the vines grow. Holey Moley! The place is running amok! <br /><br />Bev: Don't know if quail come into fenced back yards? There's a little family hiding under my neighbor's bushes in the front yard. Think they nest there then hang out in the large chaparral covered field nearby. Churadogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701649330085709021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-11560727558801676712014-07-02T10:10:16.346-07:002014-07-02T10:10:16.346-07:00This piece should be in Sunset magazine, or someth...This piece should be in <i>Sunset</i> magazine, or something like that. It's excellent. <br /><br />Ann writes:<br /><br />"<i>... the snails arrived. Then little worms. Then the birds.</i>"<br /><br />Thank your lucky stars you don't have to <i>also</i> deal with deer. They'll polish off your entire garden in a day. Just this morning, I was watching one munch on the grape vine: Bite, leaf. Bite, leaf. Bite...<br /><br />Then squirrels. Then chipmunks. Then gophers (oh lord, PLEASE tell me you also put in gopher wire, Ann).<br /><br />After years of dealing with the <b>relentless</b> critter-on-garden onslaught, I've actually come up with a saying:<br /><br />"There's a fine line between growing a vegetable garden, and setting up an all-you-can-eat buffet for nature."<br /><br />A VERY fine line.<br /><br />The good news, Ann? You only have to set up the "fortress" once, and then you're good to go for years.<br /><br />I call my garden the "fortified green zone."<br /><br />Bev writes:<br /><br />"<i>I wish some quail would visit my garden...</i>"<br /><br />Oh, they visited my yard the other day, and promptly ate every speck of grass seed I just put down the day before.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156410299483542733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-35871281688962888012014-07-01T21:33:22.369-07:002014-07-01T21:33:22.369-07:00I wish some quail would visit my garden...I wish some quail would visit my garden...Bev. De Witt-Moylanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892351727428430698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-58560256812751784092014-07-01T06:47:03.802-07:002014-07-01T06:47:03.802-07:00Bunchadogs: Wonder why the strips don't work ...Bunchadogs: Wonder why the strips don't work for you. Anonymous has had good luck, apparently, from the computer disks. Maybe your birds wear sunglasses and so are not be-dazzled? <br /><br />Well, no mistake, it's always a battle. And, yeah, I figure leave some for the critters. Figure if they're quick enough and smart enough to get in a few bites, well good on them. Churadogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701649330085709021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-85101769038244065242014-06-30T19:20:00.027-07:002014-06-30T19:20:00.027-07:00I've been successful hanging a dozen computer ...I've been successful hanging a dozen computer disks around the garden. Keeps the quail from coming in to scratch and seems to keep all the other critters away. Been lucky with the bugs although the scorpions and potato bugs still scurry around sometimes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-1679494922530033622014-06-30T16:20:38.197-07:002014-06-30T16:20:38.197-07:00our garden has, at times, been filled with flappin...our garden has, at times, been filled with flapping shiny strips. to no avail. <br /><br />now we try to grow enough for us and for the critters. <br /><br />the life of the farmer. bunchadogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13015349351886736569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-59271992500439623922014-06-30T06:30:30.083-07:002014-06-30T06:30:30.083-07:00Anne, Yes! your conclusion is unassailable! Farmer...Anne, Yes! your conclusion is unassailable! Farmer's Market! Though there is a certain amount of smug satisfaction standing in front of this ginormous mess and staring at a beautiful pea pod. <br /><br />Bob, hahahahah Hmmm,yes, now that you put it that way. Maybe I can get some sort of depreciation write-down for the beets so that zucchini would now cost only $399.75. Such a deal! <br /><br />Toonces: Amazingly, those little flapping ribbons of silver actually worked. Likely won't need the horrible netting next time. Live and learn. <br /><br />donna: Heh-heh. Churadogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701649330085709021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-39835334508902348172014-06-30T00:26:42.484-07:002014-06-30T00:26:42.484-07:00Ann, by your logic then, if the very first harvest...Ann, by your logic then, if the very first harvest (one lonely zucchini) bears the entire brunt of your investment cost, doesn't that mean that the rest of your harvest is "free"? (excluding the water, that is)Bob from San Luishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620515445128982233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-62263042738121140752014-06-29T18:26:47.619-07:002014-06-29T18:26:47.619-07:00heh.
love,
donnaheh.<br /><br />love,<br />donnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-69659758856021453252014-06-29T10:04:47.917-07:002014-06-29T10:04:47.917-07:00Hilarious!! But then you did achieve harvest! &quo...Hilarious!! But then you did achieve harvest! "Flying dentures" will amuse me for the rest of my life! Thanks Ann!Sewertoons AKA Lynette Tornatzkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04501351678541088868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-51081939519201472014-06-29T09:08:40.966-07:002014-06-29T09:08:40.966-07:00ROTFL! This is why I gave up my tomato garden. Eve...ROTFL! This is why I gave up my tomato garden. Every year I would spend so much on water and tomato cages and stuff to fight those tomato dragon-worms. And then the Los Osos fog would keep them from ripening until Halloween. <br /><br />So I decided to take my money to the Farmer's market and let them deal with all that stuff. <br /><br />But congrats on fighting through to the end. It is a lovely zucchini!Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.com