Subj : Sorghum To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Sat Nov 09 2024 15:49:34 Hi Dave, RH> So you have to watch to see that you're growing what you intended to RH> grow. (G) DD> I pretty much know what I planted. And where. For instance I planted DD> my popcorn as far away from my sweet corn as possible so that the DD> didn't cross-pollinate. RH> Cross pollination is not good. Back in 1993 we planted tomatoes, bell RH> peppers and jalapeno peppers in a little strip garden. The tomatoes did RH> quite well, made both chili sauce and salsa from them. Unfortunatly, RH> the bells and jalapenoes cross pollinated so we had bitter, hot bells RH> and no heat jalapenoes. From then on we planted only one variety of RH> peppers. (G) DD> Those are called Mexi-Bells. Many seed companies and nurseries sell DD> the stable-cross seeds as well as the plants. I don't understand your DD> chilies being bland, though. They should have been at least as zippy DD> as the bells. We planted regular bells; they cross pollinated with the jalapenoes. That's why the chilies were mild. DD> My late friend, Les, grew Mexi-Bells in his raised bed garden (along DD> with Thai Bird's Eye, serrano, jalapeno and NuMex Big Jim peppers. DD> I've used ripe Mexi Bells from his garden to make the recipe I've DD> attached below. DD> 8<----- JUMP SHIFT ----->8 DD> There is a nice article on popping sorghum at WikiHow: If/when I pop DD> some I'll use my Stir-Crazy popper. RH> We had an on stove stir popper for a while, don't remember if it was RH> that brand. Once we realised Steve was allergic to corn, it was taken RH> over to some place like ReStore (forget the exact place) for someone RH> else to enjoy. DD> I had one of those stove top poppers (cast iron sauce pan with a DD> special stirring lid that was hand cranked. When I got the table-top DD> electric and stand alone Stir Crazy the popper pot went to the DD> Goodwill. Along with the air popper. We had an air popper for a number of years, When our cocker spaniel heard it fire up, he knew he was in for a treat. DD> And I found this recipe using sorghum flour for a cake. Only DD> alteration I'll make is to use my bundt pan. DD> Title: Sorghum Cake w/Cinnamon Sauce DD> Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Spices DD> Yield: 6 servings RH> It does look good. Last week I made an Ocracoke Fig Cake for a church RH> pot luck. I've used my bundt pan the other times I made it, this time I RH> used a tube pan. It released from the pan really well, just a very RH> small area clung to the pan. I pulled it out, stuck it on the cake and RH> when it was covered with glaze, nobody knew the difference. DD> I dunno what happened to my tube pan - I think I gave it to my sister DD> as I never make angel food cake so I saw no need to clutter my DD> cabints. Bv)= We got this one from my mom. Started as a borrow, ended up as a keep when her mind went & Dad kicked her out of the kitchen. None of my siblings objected to my taking it, and a few other kitchen goodies. Went to the farmer's market today. Came home with a bag of pork/red sauce tamales, a couple of Argentinian pastries, a couple of cinnamon roll, a bag of lettuce, a couple of sweet potatoes, a loaf of banana bread, a couple of sausage rolls, a sopapilla cheesecake bar and a bag of broccoli. Going to have some good eating this week. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Get shopping while the gettin' is good!!! --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .