I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! In many ways, I consider it be as close as you can to a farmer's holiday, which is probably why it's my favorite.
I've been amazed by how mild the weather has been lately. And according to the forecast, it should stay this way for at least the next 10 days. Things tend to deteriorate fast when nighttime lows reach down into the mid-20's. Thankfully, we haven't experienced that yet. Today I harvested more Tatsoi from the garden. Tatsoi is an extremely hardy Asian green, which is why it's usually one of the last things to be harvested from the garden this time of year. I had these growing under fabric row cover and was glad to see that they had formed into beautiful rosettes. My spring sown Tatsoi tends to bolt before they get this big but there's no risk of that this time of year.
I also picked some kale to go into the annual turkey noodle soup, made of course from the carcass of this year's bird. That might sound rather unappetizing to my vegetarian friends out there but I look forward to it every year. If anything, it's a great lesson on frugality.
This year's soup turned out REALLY good. I used carrots, celery, leeks, kale, poblano peppers and herbs from the garden. It's a bit late but for anyone interested, you can read more about how I prepare mine here. The veggies always change but the rest remains the same.
That tatsoi looks beautiful and that turkey carcass soup sounds very yummy! I tend to do alot more soups in the winter and love to throw in whatever vegetables are available. Good eating!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tatsoi and kale Thomas. I was planning to make my turkey soup today. The carcass is still in the frig downstairs. Thanks for posting your wonderful recipe. I almost forgot!
ReplyDeleteI made a batch of turkey soup yesterday using your recipe. I love how braising the bones seems to add body to the stock.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tatsoi and kale! I wish I had given my fall garden a chance this year. It has been a mild fall.
I look delicious. I've been eating a lot of soup but none of it has been turkey.
ReplyDeleteTurkey noodle soup is a family tradition here too. Yum!
ReplyDeleteeverything looks great!
ReplyDeleteYour kale and tatsoi look so lively and vibrant! My mom always makes a turkey barley soup with her carcass.
ReplyDeleteYummy soup and beautiful harvest, my tatsoi is really slow going, maybe they need so fert or something, I've never been able to grow them into a large rosette yet.
ReplyDeleteNovember is a great month for good harvest. That soup is looking so yummy and healthy.
ReplyDeleteThe soup looks great, I agree, Thanksgiving is a "farmer's holiday"!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images, Thomas.
ReplyDeleteOMG, I can almost smell the aroma from that soup! Looks deilcious.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tatsoi, delicious looking soup.
ReplyDeleteSo yummy soup. Nice pictures are shared. Your garden website is a great place and enjoyable to visit.
ReplyDeleteLooks really good! Your greens are so pretty. Until I started looking at seed catalogs and reading gardening blogs, I didn't realize how many greens there were out there. lol!!
ReplyDeleteLynn