Ha ha ha.. you thought I meant Gin & Tonic, didn't you? No no no.. she drinks the other G & T.. aka Ginger & Turmeric all day long!
It 'kicks' starts her digestive system in the morning for she no longer drinks coffee, pity that, for I love the smell of fresh coffee and so does she but it does sneaky things to her fingers and that dodgy knee.
Why does she drink this strange tasty drink? Well.
Ginger is a pain killer and keeps her completely pain free.
Turmeric dramatically increases the antioxidant capacity of your body, it also contains a natural anti-inflammatory compound called Curcumin which is in Ginger.
And to kick start curcumin into working, she combines it with freshy ground black pepper, for pepper contains piperine a substance that enhances the absorption of curcumin by 2,000%!
Inflammation is the cause of almost every chronic disease: Cancer (all types), degenerative conditions, arthritis, heart disease, Alzheimers.
The day started off overcast and dull, it's cheered up somewhat but as there is a chance of rain and she has library books to return and to hunt for the second part of a present, she won't be going to the allotments today.
Rain is forecasted for all of this coming week so April is living up to her reputation of showers, for which we are quite glad, as February and March were mostly dry with small amounts of rain.
This means the ground was remarkably dry at the start of this week and that's not what you want when fruit trees are putting out their blossoms.
And shock horror, there was one day last week when she actually had to water all the raised beds by hand with buckets and watering cans!
Garlic won't grow big and fat and smelly if the earth is dry, that's for sure! She hoes between each plant to make sure the earth is soft and noticed it was dry, hence the watering.
If the ground is dry the bulbs cannot swell and grow properly and you must keep weeds away as they take moisture away from the bulbs.
We have two very large beds of garlic, she grows both hard and soft neck varieties, some bulbs have purple skins and some white, don't ask me the difference, I just eat it.
You have to 'watch' garlic and not let the 'scapes' stay, they grow on the hard-neck varieties, they're like long green curly stalks with a bud on the end. They drain nutrients away from the bulbs, so cut them off and use them in cooking, they're tasty.
If you don't grow hard neck garlic yourself, you might be lucky enough to find them later on in the year at a good farmer's market.
There are several way of using them in cooking, she grills hers lightly and tosses them in olive oil with salt and pepper and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
Mince and chop them and add them to softened butter, then freeze the butter to use on a steak or a fat lamb chop.
They're very long so cut them into shorter lengths and stir fry them much as you would french beans in a stir-fry.
Go and find Melissa Clark's recipe for :
Double Garlic Soup.
Put Melissa Clark's recipe for Double Garlic Soup into your search engine and up it will pop.. it is mighty tasty!
Ok, we're off, she's things to do and places to go, I will doze and we might be back later on today.. if you're lucky!
GeeGee Parrot.
March 6th, 2019.
It 'kicks' starts her digestive system in the morning for she no longer drinks coffee, pity that, for I love the smell of fresh coffee and so does she but it does sneaky things to her fingers and that dodgy knee.
Why does she drink this strange tasty drink? Well.
Ginger is a pain killer and keeps her completely pain free.
Turmeric dramatically increases the antioxidant capacity of your body, it also contains a natural anti-inflammatory compound called Curcumin which is in Ginger.
And to kick start curcumin into working, she combines it with freshy ground black pepper, for pepper contains piperine a substance that enhances the absorption of curcumin by 2,000%!
Inflammation is the cause of almost every chronic disease: Cancer (all types), degenerative conditions, arthritis, heart disease, Alzheimers.
The day started off overcast and dull, it's cheered up somewhat but as there is a chance of rain and she has library books to return and to hunt for the second part of a present, she won't be going to the allotments today.
Rain is forecasted for all of this coming week so April is living up to her reputation of showers, for which we are quite glad, as February and March were mostly dry with small amounts of rain.
This means the ground was remarkably dry at the start of this week and that's not what you want when fruit trees are putting out their blossoms.
And shock horror, there was one day last week when she actually had to water all the raised beds by hand with buckets and watering cans!
Garlic won't grow big and fat and smelly if the earth is dry, that's for sure! She hoes between each plant to make sure the earth is soft and noticed it was dry, hence the watering.
If the ground is dry the bulbs cannot swell and grow properly and you must keep weeds away as they take moisture away from the bulbs.
We have two very large beds of garlic, she grows both hard and soft neck varieties, some bulbs have purple skins and some white, don't ask me the difference, I just eat it.
You have to 'watch' garlic and not let the 'scapes' stay, they grow on the hard-neck varieties, they're like long green curly stalks with a bud on the end. They drain nutrients away from the bulbs, so cut them off and use them in cooking, they're tasty.
If you don't grow hard neck garlic yourself, you might be lucky enough to find them later on in the year at a good farmer's market.
There are several way of using them in cooking, she grills hers lightly and tosses them in olive oil with salt and pepper and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
Mince and chop them and add them to softened butter, then freeze the butter to use on a steak or a fat lamb chop.
They're very long so cut them into shorter lengths and stir fry them much as you would french beans in a stir-fry.
Go and find Melissa Clark's recipe for :
Double Garlic Soup.
Put Melissa Clark's recipe for Double Garlic Soup into your search engine and up it will pop.. it is mighty tasty!
Ok, we're off, she's things to do and places to go, I will doze and we might be back later on today.. if you're lucky!
GeeGee Parrot.
March 6th, 2019.
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