† † † Wafflebum's summer of Pubes † † †

FreeportBum · Mar 16, 2015

grantmichaels said:
OK, I'll bite ... maple glaze? ...

I'm going to be doing some wings later, or tomorrow certainly if not later (plant out might consume that time, today) ...

simple brine- 1/2 cup kosher to 1/2 gallon of hot water. Added some maple syrup,maple sugar,brown sugar,pepper corns, smoked hot paprika,garlic powder, onion powder,fresh thyme, in the icebox until chilled. then brine for 5 hours. I "dry" them a little on the weber first @ around 100F. then hit with smoke @ 225-250 until done. I crisped them up the last couple of minutes.

Not a good pic but here's a turkey breast I smoked using the same brine as the wings-

grantmichaels · Mar 16, 2015

Looks good ...

So ... I was laughing the other day, because I'm reading/watching stuff re: Asian cuisine, and there's a lot about umami and glutamates etc ... and maple syrup has umami, unlike honey and agave etc ...

I believe corn is the only grain, and maple syrup the only sweetener ...

Tomatoes were high, and aged cheese - especially the rinds, and then the little fishes etc (dried sardines, anchovies, and shrimp etc) ... oh, and the kambu/wakame, I guess, too ...

I'll be trying to build a dashi later this week, if my plant out goes well enough for me ...

tctenten · Mar 16, 2015

How was the turkey breast? Both look very good.

FreeportBum · Mar 16, 2015

grantmichaels said:
Looks good ...

So ... I was laughing the other day, because I'm reading/watching stuff re: Asian cuisine, and there's a lot about umami and glutamates etc ... and maple syrup has umami, unlike honey and agave etc ...

I believe corn is the only grain, and maple syrup the only sweetener ...

Tomatoes were high, and aged cheese - especially the rinds, and then the little fishes etc (dried sardines, anchovies, and shrimp etc) ... oh, and the kambu/wakame, I guess, too ...

I'll be trying to build a dashi later this week, if my plant out goes well enough for me ...

I use maple syrup in a lot of stuff. pretty much substitute it anytime a recipe calls for sugar. let me know how the dashi turns out. get some tripe man and make some pho, that would be awesome

tctenten said:
How was the turkey breast? Both look very good.

thanks, the turkey breast was really good. I love smoked turkey, I have another one going on the smoke tomorrow

grantmichaels · Mar 16, 2015

Yeah, I'm fond of syrup for cooking myself - pairs great w/ whatever chocolate pods JHP makes the Caribbean Chocolate out of =)

Very different kind of grocery trip yesterday, 2x turkey breasts to smoke, 3x dozen wings, and 4x lbs of lean ground beef for tacos ...

Not the usual characters ...

In fact, all these little dried fish on my desk are a little creepy ...

FreeportBum · Mar 16, 2015

grantmichaels said:
Yeah, I'm fond of syrup for cooking myself - pairs great w/ whatever chocolate pods JHP makes the Caribbean Chocolate out of =)

Very different kind of grocery trip yesterday, 2x turkey breasts to smoke, 3x dozen wings, and 4x lbs of lean ground beef for tacos ...

Not the usual characters ...

In fact, all these little dried fish on my desk are a little creepy ...

nice man sounds like you will be eating well. If you can find it try ground bison for your tacos once and see how you like it, even better for you and great flavor imo.

FreeportBum · Mar 23, 2015

Small update. re-potted the last of the peppers today into solo cups. around 90 plants total. I told myself I would grow less platns then last year, somehow I ended up with more

maui purple-

Manzano clones ready for soil

rocoto with a flower bud already- seed started feb.14th

and a teaser. 6lbs of fresh local chicken wings I had my butcher break down for me yesterday. Cooking them tomorrow, will follow up with a couple pics.

grantmichaels · Mar 23, 2015

Sweet!

stickman · Mar 29, 2015

Most excellent that your clone is looking so healthy and ready for the dirt! It's so hard to start the Manzanos from seed that maybe cloning is the way to go for propagation instead. I hear ya 'bout not being very "continent" when it comes to reining in the pepper starts... I also have 90 plants, though 20 of them are the Kurtovska Kapijas. The rest are in ones and twos. Keep up the good work!

FreeportBum · Apr 22, 2015

stickman said:
Most excellent that your clone is looking so healthy and ready for the dirt! It's so hard to start the Manzanos from seed that maybe cloning is the way to go for propagation instead. I hear ya 'bout not being very "continent" when it comes to reining in the pepper starts... I also have 90 plants, though 20 of them are the Kurtovska Kapijas. The rest are in ones and twos. Keep up the good work!

Thanks Rick! I don't think I will ever grow pubes again from seed unless adding a new variety. Clones are def, the way to go for us northern guys. Some of the clones are already putting on pods but I am pinching them off.

~Small update I did some watering last night and took a few pics of stuff ,crappy pics sorry~

Pink tigers in 1 gallons- seed started 2-14-15

Nocturne in 1 gallons- seed started 2-26-15

serrano tempiqueno in 1 gallons- seed started 2-26-15

pimento piquillo in 1 gallons- seed started 2-26-15

cap 455- C.Baccatum- in 1 gallons- seed started 2-26-15

random chinense in 1 gallons-seed started 2-14-15- caramel moruga,peach bhut,red moa,chocolate bbg7,7 pod orange x

red moa in 1 gallon seed satrted 2-14-15

maui purple- seed started 3-1-15

pi 355812- seed started 2-26-16

can I get a bump please?

tctenten · Apr 22, 2015

Nice. Plants look super happy.

FreeportBum · Apr 22, 2015

Thanks for the bump

CAP 217- seed started 2-26-15

CAP 521-C.Frutescens- seed started 3-1-15

Aji Piura-C.Baccatum- way in the back- seed started 3-1-15

Billy goat- seed started 3-1-15

Rocopica flowering- seed started 2-14-15

pube flowers make me happy

couple of manzano clones in the solo cups, rocoto # 1 lima market and rocoto # 2 lima market in the 1 gallons only getting natural light since germinating. 2-14-15

indoor fingerling potatoes

beer and burger shot

romy6 · Apr 22, 2015

Plants and food look great . :dance:

Growing any garlic this year ? ( Sorry if I missed that )

FreeportBum · Apr 22, 2015

romy6 said:
Plants and food look great .

Growing any garlic this year ? ( Sorry if I missed that )

thanks Jamie- and you know it brother! Not as much as some years but around 250 cloves planted last fall. Hope all is well with you and yours

Pfeffer · Apr 22, 2015

Hmm looking good! Nice and dark green foliage, they look happy. I noticed the cap 217 and rocopica, does it mean you finally got my seeds or did you happen to get some more of those?

Really curious because I'd like to start shipping some more seeds to the US. About a dozen came through fine.

FreeportBum · Apr 22, 2015

Pfeffer said:
Hmm looking good! Nice and dark green foliage, they look happy. I noticed the cap 217 and rocopica, does it mean you finally got my seeds or did you happen to get some more of those?
Really curious because I'd like to start shipping some more seeds to the US. About a dozen came through fine.

They never showed up unfortunately. The 217 is from Peter at Semillas La Palma in Spain and the rocopica came from a member here in Italy. I was really looking forward to growing some of the ones you sent. Maybe we can try again at some point for my winter grow, I'll send you some euros for shipping and a few pints.

all the best

Ozzy2001 · Apr 22, 2015

Nice grow. I like those pube flowers too. Nice to see some color.

FreeportBum · Apr 23, 2015

Ozzy2001 said:
Nice grow. I like those pube flowers too. Nice to see some color.

Thanks. I think it's going to be a really good year for pubes here. I have a goal of 100lbs, if Mother Nature is nice to me.

grispa72 · Apr 23, 2015

Awesome plants! Congratulations!
I love Rocotos and I'm very interesting to the clones. Do you simply put the stick in the water only?

Paolo

FreeportBum · Apr 24, 2015

grispa72 said:
Awesome plants! Congratulations!
I love Rocotos and I'm very interesting to the clones. Do you simply put the stick in the water only?
Paolo

Hi Paolo thank you. I fooled around with a few different ways of rooting.The fastest way they rooted was from dipping the cutting into a root hormone gel/cloning gel and then placed into tap water on the windowsill. Took about 8 days to see roots. With my yellow manzano I tried the same technique only without the root hormone gel just plain tap water and they rooted just fine but took longer to see roots at over two weeks. Soil did not work as well as just plain tap water. I had much better results with cooler temps when cloning pubes around 65F. Hope this helps.