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1. Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 22:29:13 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:
   The potato came from the yard, as did the chard and egg. Bacon is from a local farm.
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   • BigSkyRider (bigskyrider@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 22:31:24 JST BigSkyRider

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   • Salastil (salastil@pleroma.salastil.com)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 22:31:28 JST Salastil

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     @thatguyoverthere Looks really appealing, good stuff!
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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 22:33:41 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @Salastil it was really good. The potato probably could have stayed on the skillet a little longer, but they were only slightly more firm that I would have preferred. Otherwise absolutely delicious.
     
     I did have to cut a small spot of green off the top of the potato. I assume I didn't have enough hay on top of the tubers for a time which caused it to start turning green.
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 22:40:53 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @Salastil I'm a big fan. Chard is technically a beat, but I have never known anyone to actually eat the root. Mostly it's grown for the greens. I like them (and other beat greens) a lot more than beats themselves.
     
     You do want to cook the stalks a little longer than the leaves, and if they are really big leaves even cut it out of the middle. The greens cook up very quickly.
     
     Right now we only have 2 chard that have harvest ready greens, but I have half a tray of seedlings that I will be planting in the next week or so. They are a cut and come again type crop so as long as you don't take all the leaves they usually recover and can be harvested from every few weeks.
   • Salastil (salastil@pleroma.salastil.com)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 22:40:54 JST Salastil

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     @thatguyoverthere I've never actually eaten chard before. I'll have to buy some and maybe grow it next year.
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   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 23:43:17 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     @thatguyoverthere Your spuds were ready to lift, then?

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 23:43:17 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Flick 🇬🇧
     @Flick yeah I meant to tell you after you said I should check I went out and dug out one potato. We have a couple potatoes in the fridge already so I didn't pick more yet, but it was a good size. Perhaps slightly smaller than a tennis ball. I think I might have needed a bit more hay in the earlier stages because the top was a little bit green, but I am excited to pick more once we go through what we have already. I hadn't actually considered harvesting as needed, but I love being able to leave food on the plant instead of having to store it. I might be able to take a few and actually plant a new crop for fall harvest too
   • Mico (mico@cyb3r.moe)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 23:43:25 JST Mico

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     @thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club god damn does this look delicious :those: bon appetit

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 23:43:52 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @mico it was very good. I picked the chard while the potato was cooking. I couldn't ask for a fresher meal
   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 23:57:32 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     @thatguyoverthere Great news! Definitely better with new potatoes to leave them on the plant, and old potatoes benefit from a week or two in the ground after you take the foliage off.

     In the fridge, though?? Wtf?

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 23:57:32 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Flick 🇬🇧
     @Flick the ones in the fridge have a very thin skin and the kitchen is pretty warm right now. We are still running the house with open windows for another week or two before we will have to turn the AC on.
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 23:59:52 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Flick 🇬🇧
     @Flick also they were part of a produce bag I get from the farm and I just have a habit sometimes of putting everything from the bag in at once. I was reading that storing them with fruit could trigger the starches to start converting to sugars which I'd rather avoid. I don't usually keep them in there long, but maybe I should pay better attention when I am putting the produce away :shrug:
   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jun-2023 02:24:25 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     @thatguyoverthere I guess as long as they’re not in plastic they’ll be ok for a bit, but not for anything long-term.

   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jun-2023 02:24:25 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Flick 🇬🇧
     @Flick yeah it's only a couple and less than a week