From the food blog, Chocolate and Zucchini:
Let me share a simple tip regarding the melting of butter for baking recipes: instead of zapping it in the microwave oven (I no longer have one), I place the required amount of butter in the baking pan I’m going to use (or in an ovenproof ramekin if it’s a pan with a removable bottom), and place it in the preheating oven. After two or three minutes (I set a timer so I don’t forget) the butter is almost completely melted, and will continue to melt from the residual heat. I set the pan or ramekin aside for the butter to cool slightly, then pour it into the batter as needed, and use a pastry brush to spread the remaining traces of butter around the bottom and sides of the pan to grease it. And that, ladies and gentlemen, was my time-and-energy-saving tip of the day.
So the rain on Saturday really seemed to help the Cucumbers. So today after work Corrine and I went out to the garden, while dinner was simmering.. I’m really glad Corrine came out to help me today, cause I needed help to carry in all the veggies. We harvested 7 cucumbers and 2 zucchini, with several more zucchini ready to come out tomorrow. So it doesn’t totally make sense, but the 2 cucumber plants are out producing the 8 zucchini plants. Interesting, but I guess that’s what happens when a plant produces runners.
So current veggie totals are:
2009 Veggie Garden Count (as of 7/27)
- 14 Cucumbers
- 9 Zucchini
- 1 Pepper
2009 Garden Veggie Count (as of 7/26)
- 7 Zuchini
- 7 Cucumbers
- 1 Pepper
No Garden update today, since it rained most of the day, so we should have quite a bit ready tomorrow, but it was a very productive day. Our hot water heater sprung a leak, so we replaced it. I’ll add more info and pictures, since we documented our adventure, but tired, need to go to bed now…
Quick Post to list what we picked today..
2009 Garden Veggie Count (as of 7/24)
