tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11783188.post1348436563209611298..comments2023-06-06T18:12:22.562+02:00Comments on The Cats Tripe: A long harvestCatofstripeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626451503696948747noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11783188.post-88418577908467362842016-12-02T13:08:18.928+01:002016-12-02T13:08:18.928+01:00Great to see you blogging again! We've had pre...Great to see you blogging again! We've had pretty early and major frosts here in Brittany. I've got my Oca under fleece to try and get a crop - before the mulots hopefully this year. They have been a real problem all season. My tomatillos were good too. I've made a few jars of a kind of salsa chutney with the surplus. Our chestnut crop was huge but the wild mushrooms poor - just one good cep this Autumn - I think it's just been too dry. And on the butterfly front not a single short-tailed blue nor any Purple Emperors....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11783188.post-62563647183800716542016-11-24T12:25:14.600+01:002016-11-24T12:25:14.600+01:00I'll keep an eye open. Although I don't se...I'll keep an eye open. Although I don't see myself making many pickles, they're very pretty. I read they taste cucumber-y even though they aren't really cucumbers?AlisonCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11783188.post-26527336514968346032016-11-22T22:39:41.516+01:002016-11-22T22:39:41.516+01:00Armenian cucs are supposed to be like that but jus...Armenian cucs are supposed to be like that but just many more of them. They are actually melons rather than cucumbers but taken young make a good dense pickle, I've seen them for sale on Walworth Road and I'm sure they're available in other Turkish and Middle Eastern delis.Catofstripeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08626451503696948747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11783188.post-38864174172372754172016-11-22T17:06:03.536+01:002016-11-22T17:06:03.536+01:00Shame about the timing but it still looks pretty i...Shame about the timing but it still looks pretty impressive to me. What are Armenian cucumbers supposed to be like? That one looks like the more glamorous ghost of an ordinary cucumber.AlisonCnoreply@blogger.com