Comments on: Marrow & Goat’s Cheese Gratin

By: richard

richard — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:04:21 +0000

Hi Helen, yep we’ve had similar results from our balcony – a potential glut of tomatoes, a salad worth of peppery radishes, an odd collection of salad leaves and beetroot which were permanently stuck in childhood. There are some strawberries, but the lack of a summer has made them reluctant to commit themselves to fruit. It’s hardly Tom and Barbara self-sufficiency but it’s a start, and it’s great to have fresh herbs readily available.

We also invested five whole pounds in a Tower Hamlets wormery but so far have been too squeamish to actually buy the necessary worms.

By: Helen

Helen — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:20:36 +0000

I never thought to use v8 vegetable juice before, nice idea. I agree the weather is very very odd. A girl doesn’t know what to do when dressing herself in the morning. It’s very stressful. We tried growing food on our balcony this year, the tomatoes did well and the salad leaves are unstoppable but the potatoes were a total washout. Both plants looked really healthy but when we dug them up there were three measly potatoes on each plant. Oh, how we laughed.

By: richard

richard — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:00:23 +0000

Hi TS and/or JS

I’m curious … a typo of what exactly?

Barrow? Harrow? Sparrow?

By the way, this morning I thought up this joke:

Q. What does a marrow wear to the beach?
A. A zucchini.

I’m so funny.

By: [eatingclub] vancouver || js

[eatingclub] vancouver || js — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:15:03 +0000

I’ve never had marrow before and I’ve always thought it was just a typo when I see the label! I didn’t know it was an actual vegetable. Such a curious name for a vegetable.