Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 16 – Celery

One of the most maligned vegetables on the dinner table used to be one of it’s brightest stars! Simon and Shawn wind through the stages of grief and discuss all things celery. Hey, it’s not all gloom and doom! 

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Amazon Classics: https://www.amazon.ca/b?ie=UTF8&node=17278410011

Ethiopian Honey Wine: https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/tej-ethiopian-honey-wine

Braised Celery and Tomato: https://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Sedano-e-Pomodori-Brasati-Braised-Celery-and-Tomato/

Celery Leaf Gremolata: https://tanthillfarm.com/2015/03/22/leaf-celery-gremolata/

Some Things In Life are Inevitable – Leftover Celery Is One of Them: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/leftover-celery-recipes

Formis Sur un Buche: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ants_on_a_log

Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray Soda: https://www.seriouseats.com/dr-browns-cel-ray-celery-soda-history

Brundo Spice Company: https://www.brundo.com/

The Comet Is Coming: https://www.thecometiscoming.co.uk/

Seriously… Google “Celery Vase” it’s pretty fascinating!

Pulling Lion’s Teeth

Dandelions 1Dandelions are everywhere, right now.

They’re in your backyard, along ditches and footpaths, flash-mobbing soccer fields, sneaking through cracks in the sidewalk and fighting to overtake golf courses. They are the hardiest (most say would say “insidious”) of vegetation, able to resurface again and again in the most unbelievably anti-green environments our concrete and Astroturf-loving human brains can conceive. They resist toxic assault and uprooting with ease. They are a symbol of everything gardeners hate: The uncontrollable factor riddling even the most minutely-controlled landscaping project. Just Google the word “Danedlion” and the first result you get will be “Kill dandelions dead!

They have become the enemy, the plague, the weed… But before you get out the pitchforks and lawn-napalm, there might be something else we can do with these offenders. Our ancestors knew this plant very well, not as a weed, but as a source of food ‘n medicine… Yeah, dandelions are completely edible. It blew my mind as well! Read More