Tag: onion
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The Three Sisters
Corn, beans, and squash. The corn stalk provides a stem for beans to climb. The beans bring nitrogen into the ground. The broad leaves of the squash cover the ground retaining moisture and deterring weeds. These three crops have been inter-grown for perhaps a thousand years. Native Americans have cultivated corn in the southwest for…
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Braised Vegetables
Our current social life includes half-a-dozen pot-luck meals each month. These often are short on vegetables. This week I adapted a few recipes to finish up a few items as we prepare to get underway again. Our discriminating neighbors consumed what I had made demonstrating the broad appeal of this dish. Traditionally braising softens a…