Friday 23 April 2021

Lettuces and All

 How many lettuces can you grow in one small pot?


There were 4 lettuces in here and they all grew to a good size.  The snails loved them.    

I'm picking, harvesting, most of the lettuces, cleaning, blanching and freezing them for the midnight soup on Saturday night (May 1) which will be a 9pm this year.  Another pot had 5 lettuces, all growing too fast.  They'd be overblown by our Orthodox easter.

The midnight soup, mageritsa, is made from the offal of the easter lamb, lettuce, fresh onions and dill.





I think this is an iceland poppy.  It belongs to our neighbour and makes a colourful wall hanging.  I keep on saying I'll take a cutting.  Maybe on my walk today


Me, getting shaggier and shaggier.
Hairdressers are open but one of them has the virus, not my hairdresser, but I think I should wait a while anyway, till that fringe drives me totally insane.  Better safe than sorry


I've posted this view before.  It's from my daily walk.  The horizon is finally revealed after days of Saharan sand and zero visibility.  That land mass so far away is the coast of Athens and Piraeus.  



13 comments:

  1. The Iceland Poppy looks like an Ice plant. We've seen them growing on top of the cliffs in the Algarve. I didn't know you could freeze lettuce.

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  2. Yes, I think I got that wrong. My memory is slightly off. Ice plant. Thank you.
    Lettuce is often used in casseroles here. Instead of cabbage or spinach.

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  3. I didn't realise that you could freeze lettuce!

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    1. Shhhhhh, don't tell my Greek husband, but it's much nicer fresh in salad

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  4. Beautiful view from your walk. That plant is called pig face here and will grow from a cutting no problem, we have it all over the garden. My hairdresser works from home so she has been able,e to work thru most of the close downs we have had. Hopefully you can safely get to your hairdresser soo .

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    1. My hairdresser would come up here too but we are a bit wary. They just have contact with too many people and there are still cases plenty of cases on the island.
      That fringe is very annoying. I may have to take to it with my scissors

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  5. I too didn't know you could freeze lettuce, but I supposed if it's blanched?
    The plant is very pretty, along with the view on your walk.

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    1. If you blanch it then it's just like any other vegetable. Think frozen spinach

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  6. I was going to say Ice Plant as well. Your hair looks very glam but I know a long fringe would annoy me.

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    1. My hair is so long at the back I can pull it up into a pony tail. I need one of those 'Jackie bands'. Heavens that ages me!!

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  7. We have an Ice Plant here, but it has yet to wake-up from its hibernation. The 'little Gem' type Lettuces are often used in soups here; very nice too.

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    1. The Greeks use them in lamb or pork casseroles, called fricassé here

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  8. I also did not know that it is possible to freeze lettuce. Nor do I know any recipe for cooking lettuce. Here it is eaten only in salad.

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