Kirby pickles - you can use these just like cucumbers, but they are especially great for pickling. Here is a link to a great refrigerator pickle.
Sugar Snap Peas are so delicious eaten raw. Or added to a stir fry. The snap peas are a pick-your-own crop for those picking up at the farm. Come ready to take a 100 yard walk to the field and spend a little time picking.
Zucchini is such a versatile vegetable! Our family's all time favorite recipe is Stuffed Zucchini, check it out here, it is THE best! What will you make with yours? zucchini bread, zucchini "crab" cakes", minestrone with zucchini, grill it, roast it!
Kohlrabi, swiss chard, garlic scapes are back and looking good. We are squeezing another week out of the strawberry patch. Yay!
Saturday was a beautiful day for a farm tour and pick your own strawberries. Thank you to all who came and helped make it a great day. If you missed it we are sorry, and hope you can make it next year!
Some of you requested the cake recipe. . .
Kentucky Butter Cake (actually there is no butter in this recipe. . . it's all margarine)
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup margarine, softened
2 tsp. vanilla
4 eggs
Heat oven 325F. Grease and flour two loaf pans. Mix all ingredients until moist. Beat 3 minutes at medium speed. Pour into 2 pans evenly. Bake 60-70 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. When the cake comes out of the oven poke a bunch of holes in the cake with a wooden skewer. Pour glaze slowly over cakes. Let the cake cool completely before taking out of pans.
Glaze:
In a small saucepan melt :
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup margarine
3 Tablespoons water
Take off the heat and add 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla.
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