[UrbanCropCircle] Pea Vine recipe

Sun Jun 21 15:17:05 PDT 2009

Hello all you gardeners!
We were away for 10 days; came back to find my peas 
8 ft tall and out of control (admittedly, I planted too many). The pea pods are yummy but I remembered also eating the vines in the past.  I  went on line to find recipes for the pea vines and combined two or three. We tried it out on friends last night and it was a hit. Here's the recipe. 
Stir-Fried Pea Vines and pea pods
1 Tbls vegetable oil
1 tsp toasted sesame oil + a few drops 
1 Tbls fresh ginger, minced
2+garlic cloves, finely minced
1/2 tsp sugar
1 1/2 lbs young pea vines, loosely packed (very rough estimate)
1 cup pea pods, cut on the diagonal into thirds
1 tsp soy sauce
2 Tbls oyster sauce
1-2 Tbls toasted sesame seeds

Pea vines (or pea shoots) are the tips of the vines and the top set of leaves of the pea plant.  Remove any stems that look coarse. Prepare the pea vines by rinsing in cold water and patting dry with paper towels (or soft cotton towel). Keep cold in the refrigerator.
In a large wok or skillet over high heat, heat oils; add ginger, garlice and sugar. Toss for 1-2 minutes, add shoots and pea pods, and stir fry for 2-3 minutes or until the leaves soften and are tender. Add oyster sauce, soy sauce and sesame seeds. Mix. Add a few drops of toasted sesame oil at the end.
ENJOY!
Sooz Appel
P.S. I hope we'll share recipes with other for the bounty we'll be receiving this summer from our gardens. 
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> Hi fellow gardeners!
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> Thought I would invite you all to a community event Candace and I are
> putting together for this coming Saturday, June 20th, at 5pm.  We are going
> to be showing the locally produced film "Good Food", which is a documentary
> about the northwest's growing sustainable food system, and we are providing
> a free (vegetarian) dinner featuring local, seasonal ingredients.  The event
> will be held in the Fellowship Hall of Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church, it is
> the brick church on the corner of 85th and 24th.  If you decide to come,
> feel free to bring a friend(s), and please email me (
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> Happy summer!  And happy eating!
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> Subject: [UrbanCropCircle] raspberry plants
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> I need to dig up many new raspberry plants over the next couple  
> weeks.  My experience in the past with transplanting raspberries mid-  
> season is about 70% survival rate (I have usually put them in pots and  
> it's often been weeks before they've found a new home in the  
> ground.)   Contributions would be graciously accepted, but I hate to  
> see them go in the yard waste so if you will grow them and eat the  
> raspberries they produce you are welcome to them.  The name of the  
> variety has been lost in time, but they are amazingly prolific and  
> good tasting red raspberries.  My 20 ft. row produces a year's  
> abundant supply.  I have been growing them organically for close to 20  
> years.
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> E-mail me and we can arrange a time for you to come over and we'll dig  
> some up and by this time next year you will have a raspberry crop  
> ripening.
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> I now have 2 rows growing and expect to have more than I can harvest  
> so I would also like to offer u-pick harvesting by appt. during the  
> peak season in July.  (I also hate not to harvest every single good  
> berry and will not be able to keep up with picking this year.)  I live  
> in the Northgate/Lake City area.  They look like they're still a  
> couple of weeks away  so if you want to come pick berries in July, get  
> in touch.
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> Thanks,
> Edith Kusnic
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