The Paraplegic Farmer

The time has come! The Big Jim chillis have ripened, so what to do with them? Well how about stuffed and battered! And the size of them you won't need many for a meal, so lets give it a go. Here they are, the largest is about ten inches in length and they are rated at about 1,000 Scoville units so not particularly hot. Most recipes call for them to be cooked over a flame first to remove the skins and then remove the seeds, but I'm going to leave the seeds in.   So first job is to knock up some batter, I got the recipe from the internet and the reviews said is was a bit thin. I didn't find this at all and it covered the chilli and stuck to it quite well, so It's a recipe I'd recommend. Your going to need.....    1/2 cup all purpose flour                                     ...

The nights are drawing in bit by bit and the evenings are feeling slightly cooler too. But we mustn't complain, because so far in our first year of growing we have had quite a good harvest. Just now Tina has picked about four bowls of Tomatoes, earlier I picked a bowl of Peppers and half a bowl of Chillis. So now what do we do with them? I can only eat so many cheese and tomato sandwiches. A couple of years back I bought Tina a dehydrator and it has been used for quite a few things, but now its earning its keep drying out some of the Tomatoes. Some have been made into sun-dried tomatoes while others have been dried, vacuum sealed and put in the freezer for later use. Tina has also turned some into a base for sauces which we have been trying out recently.  Check out my Youtube channel for videos on that. https://www.youtube.com/user/rrben1?feature=mhee And there shows no sign of the tomato harvest letting up, there seem to be hundreds on the plants and new flow...