I grew up in Syracuse and we had this too. Neat!

We have some self-seeded asparagus in our community garden plot! I think you have to carefully pace harvesting to allow the plant to grow each year, since it’s a perennial.

I think I’d like to try growing cherry peppers. Where do you get your seeds?

I figure it can’t be much harder than cucuzza, which was easy to grow but underwhelming to eat.

I want to try growing loofa squashes, so I can make my own loofas. Is that weird? We enjoyed having our own heirloom cherry tomatoes and shishito peppers so we will probably do that again. Last year I also did cucuzza squash and butternut squash. Having both kind of took over my growing space. Will not repeat this year.

I mostly do this, because I do find the taste and aroma better, but sometimes you just don’t have the time or equipment ready to grind spices in the moment. I still keep ground cumin on hand for this reason.

Same here. Mine ended with a double ear infection. Yay!

Alla Famiglia is delicious, but it’s large expensive Italian steaks or veal served with a big side of pasta. It’s a “fancy” white tablecloth vibe (read: 1980s Italian in pittsburgh fancy), not a grandma’s kitchen vibe.