The seeds of cucumber and Shishito (Japanese pepper) were purchased of Kitazawaseed.com in the middle of April. However, the weather was not permitted to plant the seeds in the porch garden. Finally Hiroko decided to plant these seeds inside the house of the end of April.
On the kitchen window frames, 2 each pots of cucumber and shishito seeds were placed
3 pots were placed at the bottom of the window frames, and 1 pot on the top. Hiroko was anxiously watching these pots every day.
Finally these buds were sprung out. It took about 2 weeks for cucumber and 4 to 5 weeks for shishito. One of Hiroko’s friends who bought the cucumber seeds from the same supplier Hiroko bought, said her seeds had never been sprung out. Hiroko gave some of the cucumber buds to her. She said the cucumber plants have been doing well.
Well, Hiroko has to transplant her buds of cucumbers and Shishito soon. When?
Backyard garden
Dan-san put the top soil over the back yard, and said he would plant the seeds on the Memorial Day. Next door garden had already planted all kinds of plants. Hiroko’s cucumber and Shishito buds would also be planted on the Memorial Day. Hiroko hoped it would be a nice day.
Before the transplant, Hiroko has to clean up the porch. The porch has collected all the dust and garbages. It was very dirty. Hiroko decided to clean up the porch one day before her brother and sister in-laws coming from California, because she invited some friends to have a dinner with in-laws.
Here is Hiroko’s clean porch garden. The three big pots and square one are added to her porch garden. Elsa wanted to grow some plants, so let her take care of jalapeño pepper plants and red hot pepper which is easy to grow.
Well, Hiroko hoped to transplant all those buds on the Memorial Day.
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Cooking Tips
Chinese cucumber and brown rice were served at the dinner for in-laws and friends.
How to cut hard skin American cucumber
Many people slice all the skin out from cucumber, but it is good to do ….
With fork scratch on the cucumber long way
Peel the part of a cucumber skin
Slice the cucumber
See the design on the cucumber, and the hard skin becomes softer
The Chinese cucumber recipe posted on May 8, 2010, article called “Nursery”
Brown Rice
100% brown rice cooked on the gas stove
Hiroko started to eat brown rice about 35 years ago because she could eat 2 bowls of rice (brown) instead of one bowl of the rice (white). The calorie of 2 bowls brown rice and 1 bowl white rice are same, Hiroko heard. Hiroko love to eat rice. The beginning of two or three months after she switched from white rice to brown rice Hiroko had never been satisfied with any foods she ate. She wanted to eat something all the time. One day she cooked white rice to make maki-sushi for church pot luck. Hmmmm, the smell of the white rice was sooooo delicious. Hiroko ate 2 cups of white rice with eggs and nori. After that she has been enjoying the brown rice.
Recently, Hiroko makes maki-sushi with half and half with brown and white rice, and honey instead of sugar.
By the way, first washing the brown rice has to use little of the water, and then use lots of the water to wash 4 or 5 times. Soak the brown rice over 4 or 5 hours, and then wash the rice again. Cook with the certain amount of the water. It is very easy to cook on the stove, but there is the electric rice cooker for brown rice.
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