Yes, I made lentil soup with spinach (no picture). I cooked twice
today. The pot of soup and pan fried steak with buttered mashed
potatoes and Fordhook lima beans. Sorry to disappoint Julie but I
didn't "lightly steam" anything. Heh.

https://i.postimg.cc/Pf238YFm/steakand.jpg

Jill

On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 21:30:53 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>Yes, I made lentil soup with spinach (no picture). I cooked twice
>today. The pot of soup and pan fried steak with buttered mashed
>potatoes and Fordhook lima beans. Sorry to disappoint Julie but I
>didn't "lightly steam" anything. Heh.
>
>https://i.postimg.cc/Pf238YFm/steakand.jpg
>
>Jill

Finally, someone who likes lima beans! Looks good, Jill.
I'm just putting some eggs on to hard boil. Tomorrow we will either
have a chef's salad or a taco salad. High 90s, maybe over 100, nobody
feels like eating anything heavy. The weather just calls for salads.
Janet US

On Fri, 02 Aug 2019 21:13:03 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 21:30:53 -0400, jmcquown >
>wrote:
>
>>Yes, I made lentil soup with spinach (no picture). I cooked twice
>>today. The pot of soup and pan fried steak with buttered mashed
>>potatoes and Fordhook lima beans. Sorry to disappoint Julie but I
>>didn't "lightly steam" anything. Heh.
>>
>>https://i.postimg.cc/Pf238YFm/steakand.jpg
>>
>>Jill
>
>Finally, someone who likes lima beans! Looks good, Jill.
>I'm just putting some eggs on to hard boil. Tomorrow we will either
>have a chef's salad or a taco salad. High 90s, maybe over 100, nobody
>feels like eating anything heavy. The weather just calls for salads.
>Janet US


I am growing some this year. They are just starting to fill out their
pods. I do not know how fast they get to the picking stage, though.

On Sat, 03 Aug 2019 08:12:18 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>On Fri, 02 Aug 2019 21:13:03 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
>wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 21:30:53 -0400, jmcquown >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Yes, I made lentil soup with spinach (no picture). I cooked twice
>>>today. The pot of soup and pan fried steak with buttered mashed
>>>potatoes and Fordhook lima beans. Sorry to disappoint Julie but I
>>>didn't "lightly steam" anything. Heh.
>>>
>>>https://i.postimg.cc/Pf238YFm/steakand.jpg
>>>
>>>Jill
>>
>>Finally, someone who likes lima beans! Looks good, Jill.
>>I'm just putting some eggs on to hard boil. Tomorrow we will either
>>have a chef's salad or a taco salad. High 90s, maybe over 100, nobody
>>feels like eating anything heavy. The weather just calls for salads.
>>Janet US
>
>
>I am growing some this year. They are just starting to fill out their
>pods. I do not know how fast they get to the picking stage, though.

Are you going for green/fresh? or dried?

On Sat, 03 Aug 2019 06:59:59 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On Sat, 03 Aug 2019 08:12:18 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 02 Aug 2019 21:13:03 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 21:30:53 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Yes, I made lentil soup with spinach (no picture). I cooked twice
>>>>today. The pot of soup and pan fried steak with buttered mashed
>>>>potatoes and Fordhook lima beans. Sorry to disappoint Julie but I
>>>>didn't "lightly steam" anything. Heh.
>>>>
>>>>https://i.postimg.cc/Pf238YFm/steakand.jpg
>>>>
>>>>Jill
>>>
>>>Finally, someone who likes lima beans! Looks good, Jill.
>>>I'm just putting some eggs on to hard boil. Tomorrow we will either
>>>have a chef's salad or a taco salad. High 90s, maybe over 100, nobody
>>>feels like eating anything heavy. The weather just calls for salads.
>>>Janet US
>>
>>
>>I am growing some this year. They are just starting to fill out their
>>pods. I do not know how fast they get to the picking stage, though.
>
>Are you going for green/fresh? or dried?

Fresh.

I suppose that as the season progresses and we eat our fill and I get
enough in the freezer, I'll be left with some on the vines that will
be dried for me.

On 2019-08-03 8:13 a.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Aug 2019 06:59:59 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 03 Aug 2019 08:12:18 -0400, Boron Elgar
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 02 Aug 2019 21:13:03 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 21:30:53 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I made lentil soup with spinach (no picture). I cooked twice
>>>>> today. The pot of soup and pan fried steak with buttered mashed
>>>>> potatoes and Fordhook lima beans. Sorry to disappoint Julie but I
>>>>> didn't "lightly steam" anything. Heh.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://i.postimg.cc/Pf238YFm/steakand.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>> Finally, someone who likes lima beans! Looks good, Jill.
>>>> I'm just putting some eggs on to hard boil. Tomorrow we will either
>>>> have a chef's salad or a taco salad. High 90s, maybe over 100, nobody
>>>> feels like eating anything heavy. The weather just calls for salads.
>>>> Janet US
>>>
>>>
>>> I am growing some this year. They are just starting to fill out their
>>> pods. I do not know how fast they get to the picking stage, though.
>>
>> Are you going for green/fresh? or dried?
>
> Fresh.
>
> I suppose that as the season progresses and we eat our fill and I get
> enough in the freezer, I'll be left with some on the vines that will
> be dried for me.
>
I tried growing broad or fava beans for 2 or 3 seasons but gave up. I
had heavy crops of big, fat pods but was lucky to find a bean in any of
them.

"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 02 Aug 2019 21:13:03 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 21:30:53 -0400, jmcquown >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Yes, I made lentil soup with spinach (no picture). I cooked twice
>>>today. The pot of soup and pan fried steak with buttered mashed
>>>potatoes and Fordhook lima beans. Sorry to disappoint Julie but I
>>>didn't "lightly steam" anything. Heh.
>>>
>>>https://i.postimg.cc/Pf238YFm/steakand.jpg
>>>
>>>Jill
>>
>>Finally, someone who likes lima beans! Looks good, Jill.
>>I'm just putting some eggs on to hard boil. Tomorrow we will either
>>have a chef's salad or a taco salad. High 90s, maybe over 100, nobody
>>feels like eating anything heavy. The weather just calls for salads.
>>Janet US
>
>
> I am growing some this year. They are just starting to fill out their
> pods. I do not know how fast they get to the picking stage, though.

I love them but they cost more than other beans so I don't eat them often.

On 8/2/2019 11:13 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 21:30:53 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, I made lentil soup with spinach (no picture). I cooked twice
>> today. The pot of soup and pan fried steak with buttered mashed
>> potatoes and Fordhook lima beans. Sorry to disappoint Julie but I
>> didn't "lightly steam" anything. Heh.
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/Pf238YFm/steakand.jpg
>>
>> Jill
>
> Finally, someone who likes lima beans! Looks good, Jill.
> I'm just putting some eggs on to hard boil. Tomorrow we will either
> have a chef's salad or a taco salad. High 90s, maybe over 100, nobody
> feels like eating anything heavy. The weather just calls for salads.
> Janet US
>

I love lima beans, especially the big fat Fordhook limas.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> Yes, I made lentil soup with spinach (no picture). I cooked twice today.
> The pot of soup and pan fried steak with buttered mashed potatoes and
> Fordhook lima beans. Sorry to disappoint Julie but I didn't "lightly
> steam" anything. Heh.
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/Pf238YFm/steakand.jpg
>
> Jill

You did use a steamer for the spinach!

On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 04:46:33 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>> Yes, I made lentil soup with spinach (no picture). I cooked twice today.
>> The pot of soup and pan fried steak with buttered mashed potatoes and
>> Fordhook lima beans. Sorry to disappoint Julie but I didn't "lightly
>> steam" anything. Heh.
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/Pf238YFm/steakand.jpg
>>
>> Jill
>
>You did use a steamer for the spinach!

probably not. If she bought commercial frozen chopped spinach, you
thaw, you drain water out, you drop it into your recipe.
Janet US

On 8/3/2019 8:58 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 04:46:33 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Yes, I made lentil soup with spinach (no picture). I cooked twice today.
>>> The pot of soup and pan fried steak with buttered mashed potatoes and
>>> Fordhook lima beans. Sorry to disappoint Julie but I didn't "lightly
>>> steam" anything. Heh.
>>>
>>> https://i.postimg.cc/Pf238YFm/steakand.jpg
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> You did use a steamer for the spinach!
>
> probably not. If she bought commercial frozen chopped spinach, you
> thaw, you drain water out, you drop it into your recipe.
> Janet US
>
I didn't steam the spinach (as she knows perfectly well). What I wrote
was I used the collapsible steamer basket to *drain* the excess liquid
out of the *thawed frozen chopped spinach*. Put the thawed spinach in
the basket, close it up and squeeze it over the sink to get rid of the
excess water. Works great!

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
> On 8/3/2019 8:58 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 04:46:33 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Yes, I made lentil soup with spinach (no picture).* I cooked
>>>> twice today.
>>>> The pot of soup and pan fried steak with buttered mashed
>>>> potatoes and
>>>> Fordhook lima beans.* Sorry to disappoint Julie but I didn't
>>>> "lightly
>>>> steam" anything. Heh.
>>>>
>>>> https://i.postimg.cc/Pf238YFm/steakand.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> You did use a steamer for the spinach!
>>
>> probably not.* If she bought commercial frozen chopped spinach, you
>> thaw, you drain water out, you drop it into your recipe.
>> Janet US
>>
> I didn't steam the spinach (as she knows perfectly well).* What I
> wrote was I used the collapsible steamer basket to *drain* the
> excess liquid out of the *thawed frozen chopped spinach*.* Put the
> thawed spinach in the basket, close it up and squeeze it over the
> sink to get rid of the excess water.* Works great!
>
> Jill

That's how Popeye prepares his spinach, unless he eats it straight
out of a can during emergencies!

Hank Rogers wrote:
>
> jmcquown wrote:
> > I didn't steam the spinach (as she knows perfectly well). What I
> > wrote was I used the collapsible steamer basket to *drain* the
> > excess liquid out of the *thawed frozen chopped spinach*. Put the
> > thawed spinach in the basket, close it up and squeeze it over the
> > sink to get rid of the excess water. Works great!

> That's how Popeye prepares his spinach,

That's the girlie way to prepare spinach. Afraid to get valuable
spinach water on their hands. Or just too weak to squeeze it out.

> unless he eats it straight
> out of a can during emergencies!

Yes! Popeye squeezes the can until the lid pops off and the
squeezed spinach flys up and right into his mouth. Immediate
super strength!

http://static.dnaindia.com/sites/def...untitled-1.jpg

On Sat, 03 Aug 2019 06:58:16 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 04:46:33 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>>> Yes, I made lentil soup with spinach (no picture). I cooked twice today.
>>> The pot of soup and pan fried steak with buttered mashed potatoes and
>>> Fordhook lima beans. Sorry to disappoint Julie but I didn't "lightly
>>> steam" anything. Heh.
>>>
>>> https://i.postimg.cc/Pf238YFm/steakand.jpg
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>>You did use a steamer for the spinach!
>
>probably not. If she bought commercial frozen chopped spinach, you
>thaw, you drain water out, you drop it into your recipe.
>Janet US

No need to drain spinach water when used in a soup... with fresh
spinach simply wash well and add to a soup, not necessary to chop. For
soups fresh spinach is better than frozen.

On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 04:46:33 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>> Yes, I made lentil soup with spinach (no picture). I cooked twice today.
>> The pot of soup and pan fried steak with buttered mashed potatoes and
>> Fordhook lima beans. Sorry to disappoint Julie but I didn't "lightly
>> steam" anything. Heh.
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/Pf238YFm/steakand.jpg
>>
>> Jill
>
>You did use a steamer for the spinach!

No need for steaming spinach when added to soup.