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  • in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 30, 2025? #45954
    Mike Nolan
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      We had tomato and salami sandwiches and a salad (with more tomatoes).

      in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 23, 2025? #45945
      Mike Nolan
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        We took a slice of the meat loaf, put some of the hydroponic tomatoes on them and covered that with some cheddar cheese. Very tasty.

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        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 23, 2025? #45935
        Mike Nolan
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          We're definitely having something with tomatoes tonight, because I just picked another 2 pounds or so of them. I got some Genoa salami, so salami and tomato sandwiches may be on the menu, plus a salad with more tomatoes.

          in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 23, 2025? #45925
          Mike Nolan
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            We're having left over pizza for supper

            in reply to: We have tomatoes on the hydroponic garden! #45915
            Mike Nolan
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              I talked to one of the plant professors at Nebraska-Lincoln today (he did his PhD on tomatoes), he says I probably need to add potassium to my nutrient mix, as it is vital in the transfer of sugars to the fruit. Insufficient light may be a contributing factor as well.

              I think the plants probably had too much nitrogen during the vegetative state, that causes them to get leggy, with overly long internodes. I will be switching to a different fertilizer mix for the next iteration of the tomato hydroponic garden and I think I'll probably reconfigure the lights as well.

              But the first cycle was intended to be a learning process for me, that I'm getting some good tasting tomatoes, even if a bit small, is encouraging.

              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 23, 2025? #45908
              Mike Nolan
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                BLT's tonight, the tomatoes were small and that made the sandwiches a bit tricky to hold, but they were quite good.

                in reply to: We have tomatoes on the hydroponic garden! #45907
                Mike Nolan
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                  They're small but tasty, we had BLT's for supper tonight.

                  in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 23, 2025? #45903
                  Mike Nolan
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                    We had big salads using up some of the rotisserie chicken and eye of round, with a big handful of cut up tomatoes.

                    in reply to: We have tomatoes on the hydroponic garden! #45898
                    Mike Nolan
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                      Today's tomato harvest. The thing about growing determinants is that a lot of them tend to ripen all at once.

                      They're all kind of small, not sure if that's due to the varieties grown or something to do with hydroponics. Defiant is supposed to produce 8 ounce fruits, I think Better Bush is supposed to produce around 5-6 ounce fruits, most of these are 2 ounces or less.

                      We may have to have BLT's this week to see how they are that way.

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                      in reply to: 2025 Gardens #45897
                      Mike Nolan
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                        I started seeds for 12 different varieties of tomatoes, (6 of them that I have not grown before) and 2 varieties of eggplant (purple and white) under the grow lights today.

                        The 12 tomato varieties are:
                        Celebration (New)
                        Super Sauce (New)
                        Delicious (New)
                        Purple (New)
                        Estiva (New)
                        Celebrity
                        4th of July
                        Defiant (New for outdoors but I have two growing in the hydroponic garden)
                        Amish Paste
                        Italian Roma (New)
                        Italian Heirloom
                        Porter

                        The Purple one is one my older son found and gave me for Christmas, I don't know if he's grown it in his garden or not. (But purple and white are Northwestern's colors.)

                        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 16, 2025? #45884
                        Mike Nolan
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                          We had tomato soup and fried cheese sandwiches on the honey wheat bread I baked last night.

                          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of March 16, 2025? #45879
                          Mike Nolan
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                            I'm baking a pizza for supper and will bake two loaves of honey wheat bread later this evening.

                            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 16, 2025? #45878
                            Mike Nolan
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                              We're having a pizza for supper.

                              in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of March 2, 2025? #45877
                              Mike Nolan
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                                wrong thread.

                                in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of March 2, 2025? #45874
                                Mike Nolan
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                                  One thing I have wondered about the practice of scalding milk is whether it wasn't also used as a way to extend the useability of milk that was starting to go sour, since that seems to get rid of some of the sour smell/taste. It probably isn't drinkable but it could be used in baking.

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