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There are some things you only get from growing your own...

Tonight I will be making a salad from the last of the purple sprouting .... Ok, so you can buy this, but it will be mixed with freshly picked garlic scapes !

What an absolute treat and I hate waste. Are there any other by products that people consider a treat which others might put on the compost heap, or that you can't buy?

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Personally, I use carrot tops, and parsley to make a parsley wine :D, add a bit of yeast and it develops a really deep flavour and a slight sparkle

Now, I dont drink these days, so its only made as a gift for the family members who do.
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I haven't tried it but I am going to this year - coleslaw made from the calabrese stem. I believe there are a few ideas for using it, so will enjoy trying some of them as I like a bit of crunch in food. It's also an out of season thing as well as I always note how much of the big chunks of stem you pay for in the shops.

I'll leave the garlic scapes for you Pawty, found them a bit stringy, (probably left them too long on the planet though), but I have one PSB plant left just budding now which I am monitoring closely as it will go over quickly I think.

Like the carrot top & parley wine idea Dan Numbers, but find brewing & wine making alchemy a bit scary - many an explosion experienced in the past & pretty poor tasting muck at times as well! :)

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Westi wrote:Like the carrot top & parley wine idea Dan Numbers, but find brewing & wine making alchemy a bit scary - many an explosion experienced in the past & pretty poor tasting muck at times as well! :)

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It can be a nightmare that's for sure. A relative of mine used to sell home made alcohol on the local market, so I've been learning the dark art from a very young age lol
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The garlic scapes were sooo good. They were very young - I like to take flower heads off as soon as I see them.

Dan - I'm not saying I'm a wine conesseaur but carrot top and parsley?? Sounds a bit like one of those health smoothies but one that'll make you pass out in an hour :lol: at least when your drinking it you can use the 'it's one of my five a day so it's ok arguement'. Think I'll stick to grapes on that one .......
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