It’s the season of soups and comfort eating - a good time to stock up on carbohydrates, ready for the cold days ahead. Celery makes a wonderful soup and stock ingredient. The celery I grew earlier in the year was much more successful than I thought it would be. I haven’t grown it here before, as my soil is light and dry and it prefers moist, rich soil. Traditionally celery is grown in a trench to help blanch the stems, but I grew a self-blanching variety, called ‘Celebrity’, and I guess it’s getting a bit of that in my patch, as despite the dry start to the summer (yes, I watered it) it did very well. Celery’s not frost hardy though, so needs harvesting early.
Tuesday 1 November 2011
SOUP IN A BASKET
It’s the season of soups and comfort eating - a good time to stock up on carbohydrates, ready for the cold days ahead. Celery makes a wonderful soup and stock ingredient. The celery I grew earlier in the year was much more successful than I thought it would be. I haven’t grown it here before, as my soil is light and dry and it prefers moist, rich soil. Traditionally celery is grown in a trench to help blanch the stems, but I grew a self-blanching variety, called ‘Celebrity’, and I guess it’s getting a bit of that in my patch, as despite the dry start to the summer (yes, I watered it) it did very well. Celery’s not frost hardy though, so needs harvesting early.
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