Saffron, Baking, and the Winter Garden | The Beet

[@zdparker22]

We only use a few sprigs of saffron for our rice at the Ritz and it turned out delicious. I used to think, why is this spice so expensive for just a fragrant flavor 😂🤯!! And Yess! Grow a bagel I’m here for that’ 😂

[@mmmmgoodlife4571]

Yes! Everything plus the Bagel!! I love that mixture on Avocado toasts too!

[@Braddy_Daddy]

The chats between y’all are my favorite on “the Beet”!

[@stacierichardson4475]

Fun talk you guys😂 spent fall near Como every year, and we always ate radichio and other bitter greens with Argon oil, and seasonal nuts, which is a great combo, or cooked with squash, pumpkins and their seeds. I'd love to see you guys grow Agretti!!!❤

[@joepa6106]

As someone who loves Italian food , I think this IS THE BEST 2 HOMEBOYS IN THE GARDEN , IM SO THANKFUL FOR THE CONTENT , IT TRULY IS RELAXING , I love the garden content , it's truly an under rated content , there is no tv in the united states dedicated to gardening and you guys are killing it , keep uo the great work guys ! Please do a Christmas podcast

[@micheler.5]

Grow the bagel!! You should ask Charles Dowding for raddichio ideas. He seems to grow a lot.

[@linpollock54]

This chat really made me laugh. Definitely grow a bagel! I can't believe you've never made a cake. You do realise that watching the Great British Bake Off could change your life? So many cakes, so little time. See you next year!

[@tinad6812]

Lol about the radicchio. I actually love radicchio and other bitter greens like dandelion. I just had a salad with it today. I would suggest to add in sweeter green at a higher ratio maybe to offset it or add in herbs like fennel to balance it out. You can also add lemon and olive oil or raspberries and vinegar for a sweet flavor. You can also over power it with raw garlic and lemon dressing. I often use radicchio leaves as a wrap, because they don’t fall apart. I’m Italian and you guys are so right about the food laws. 😂 I don’t personally adhere to them but childhood friends did, especially with the cappuccino after food - only espresso. I grew saffron this year. I covered them with a cage after a squirrel dug them up and they flowered with the beautiful saffron. I closed the jar that I put them in a they got moldy. Boo hoo. I certainly wasn’t thinking straight. I just went through a hard freeze below zero here in Chicago (way early) and nothing made it but parsley. I was able to keep a bunch of kale and broccoli leaves and cooked them right away. I’m looking forward to your cooking videos. I saw the bake off already. Very entertaining 😊

[@ElaneOsredkar]

I am in the Master Gardener program out of UC Davis and when I am so burned out from studying, I turn to Epic Gardening to get Garden Giggles. Thank guys for all your great chats and cooking adventures. YES! A Bad Boy Bagel Cook Off should be in the works!

[@Liz-og9gc]

Yes! Show us ... Grow the 🥯! Who doesn't love an everything bagel? What an interesting grow alongside and idea that we can get onboard with y'all!

[@shawneegrows]

How are we going to get the garden hermit more land!?

[@johnnyalegria]

Great video! Love from Lakeside, California

[@kristimcafee2552]

Yes!!! Make a bagel! How fun!

[@3dogsandababy]

Ok gentlemen, you will have to try my honey lavender buttercream cake. It won a contest! 😂. I have turned people who don’t like cake or icing. I also do a really good rum cake and a snickers cheese cake. Just saying. Come see me next time you’re on the East coast. Oh and I’m growing saffron now and have plans for a saffron cake…oh and my mother in law is Italian and well maybe I shouldn’t go there on the eating craziness…I just dont get it. As for radicchio…I ended up just growing it for the pretty flowers!😂

[@jennbasil]

I LOVED culinary class wars! I was completely invested and really enjoyed every minute of it. ❤

[@Junzar56]

Grow a bagel!

[@tanyat2566]

Aww, the last one for 2024?! I just don't get enough of my garden bros. You know what, I'll just binge watch from the beginning. This episode was so fun; garlic, garlic, garlic, some saffron, more garlic, making more room for onions, baking, pooping cheese cake, garlic, and trying to sort through how the hell to cook radicchio. I'd be lying if I said I couldn't relate. Also, I would love to see how to grow /create a bagel from start to finish. AND, I'm looking forward to seeing the Saffron video. Will you please go over where we can buy that specific variety of crocus bulbs? I use Saffron in my cooking but lately when I've purchased it, it tastes very much like chlorine. Gross. I'd love to grow my own. Thanks fellas.

[@thebeetpodcast]

Don't worry, the guys will be back for another garden hangout in January! And of course, The Beet isn't completely done for the year yet, we still have one more episode that'll be coming out this month that's great, too. Saffron video soon on the main channel, you'll love it!

[@Amapola454]

Always love listening to you two

[@joepa6106]

Same , you guys are the garden content go to , with James Prigioni and the millennial gardener , and Jeff @ ripe tomato farms. You guys are my #1 favorite , love all your channels, you guys should do a meet up and tour each others gardens, maybe a youtube gardeners content convention ?

[@joepa6106]

I got THE BEET. i got the BEET i got the BEET YEAH I GOT THE BEET !!!

[@undertheumbels]

You should grow a bagel and Rosehill Sourdough has a fantastic sourdough bagels recipe.

[@grisespino5342]

Enjoy the holidays guys!🎄 Thanks for all the insights and fun🤩

[@joepa6106]

Im totally going wood chip mulch in the pathways !

[@michellecjackson4956]

what Jacques said about slow growing chard, I agree. I planted seeds twice, and the seedlings got eaten by slugs. I planted seedlings bought from store, and the squirrels are digging them up to make room for acorns. I have covered them with netting and baskets and those are the only ones that live. I had a whole packet of spinach up and growing. For some reason the slugs left the spinach alone, then the squirrels moved in, again and no spinach left, I am out of netting and baskets. I give up.I have been trying to grow chard and spinach for 3 months, in Sacramento. Too cold now

[@marinagoerner9472]

Radicchio is awesome lightly grilled and then used in a salad with walnuts and apples but the key is to add sweetness, aged balsámico or honey vinaigrette is a way to go. I found that ountarella is one of the most bitter greens and I love it with “very” anchovy vinaigrette. Would love to hear if that works out for you 😊

[@Junzar56]

I look forward to the beet videos! I still hope you attend the quinoa festival in Panguaitch Utah in September next year!

[@Junzar56]

The quinoa festival has a quinoa pot luck . It’s really fun. They have quinoa bread, salads, cookies, chocolates, soup, casserole, quinoa fried rice.

[@j.l.emerson592]

A spice I'd like to see you experiment with growing is long pepper. It's related to black pepper. The binomial name is Piper longum. I see it being used on some cooking channels & it is an intriguing spice.

[@stacyhall3061]

loved the roll bake off. You both crack me up. I love those so much.

[@bobbieriley3061]

WormBin reviews needed It would be so cool to see you guys try a variety of worm composters and give us the detailed results like you did the soil comparison experiment. I am not physically able to turn a traditional compost pile, so I am interested the worm idea, and the cool part is we can put the castings into our garden.

[@thebeetpodcast]

That’s a great idea - we’ll see what we can do!

[@3dogsandababy]

I use tumbling composters because I can’t turn traditional compost any more. They work great.

[@carissalizotte8977]

Never too much garlic talk! Haha

[@thebeetpodcast]

There's never a bad time for garlic!

[@makeupgirl8886]

Y'all should definitely grow an everything bagel. I think there needs to be a competition between the 2 of you for this one. Bake off!!

[@canadianartist69]

The great backyard bake-off!

[@anelam71]

I grew 60 saffron crocus this year in my urban garden in Baltimore - my harvest was amazing.

[@kushscentedbeard]

I remember learning about braised endive from jaques Pepin. Maybe you could do radicchio the same way?

[@kushscentedbeard]

Also my favorite way to do Brussels

[@Alex-r8v8q]

Jacques in the shade is wild 😂

[@chriscrema9470]

Grilled radicchio is delish. Olive oil Salt and pepper

[@wjm1319]

I'm growing spices, zone 7 (Va) in a greenhouse. Cardamom would grow well there if supplied with enough water - I can send you some if you like (It's out-growing my bed. Please take some!). Others I have that might do well there: cinnamon, allspice, grains of paradise, tarragon, turmeric, cacao (not a spice, but still..), bay leaf, curry leaf, long pepper. I have nutmeg, also, which was tricky to find and a little tricky to grow. Cloves I've tried, but haven't found the trick to their survival yet.

[@kimpaynter]

Oh yes do the everything bagel you can grow the wheat in all the seasons ❤❤❤ so fun

[@matchynishi]

Grow all you need for an everything bagel - but you can only use what you grew from your respective gardens! So if the poppies fail, you can't put that in!

[@af2313]

Jacques I have the same problem, I won’t order the cake, but I will eat it 😂

[@ramonajolley1966]

Growing herbs are exciting!! I would be interested in the bagels. Star iness sounds interesting. I made a mistake with my saffron. I forgot them. I plan to put them out today in a pot. It has been fun going out and getting onions. My garlic was great. It's a shame that not many young folks eat fresh garlic. I love to make fermented garlic and honey for colds and recipes. Thank you!!

[@DaveK385]

Pickled onions are good although I usually pickle red onions. I would think yellow would work though.

[@kimpaynter]

Oh yes do the everything bagel you can grow the wheat in all the seasons ❤❤❤ so fun CAN you find someone that would let you take over that’s close to you a piece of their properties so you could plant that overflow you want I know you guys are busy. It’s just an idea.😊

[@st2778]

There are quick breads and then there are yeast breads. Yeast breads are the more difficult ones to make. Have fun!

[@kittiew260]

Winter sun, jealous already at 60 inches snow 😄. Oh, the average is 103 inches a season. Right now, I'm sitting at 60 inches this early in December... enjoy growing. Challenge for you grow something my climate with snow and outdoors even a cold frame doesn't work. No cheating with hoop house or green house. I grew saffron up my climate. I'm still enjoying the spice. I dig up bulbs and replanted here mid September, blooming November out the bulbs come before ❄️. Working perfectly on 3rd season

[@bballanalytics1552]

WE WANT EVERYTHING BAGELS!

[@helenherman6173]

Radicchio suggestion: make sauerkraut or kimchi - or grill it.

[@StelXO]

Could you guys experiment with growing Stevia? I’d love to see a video of your experience with it

[@j.l.emerson592]

What is the growth habit of perpetual spinach chard? Does it grow the same as standard chard? I've heard that it is a good substitute for spinach because it has less oxalic acid.

[@HomesteadinginSuburbiaFL]

GROW CUMIN!!! 🙂 And grow a bagel ... YUMMMMMMM!

[@silverfwn]

So in for everything bagels!!!

[@user-nlvmruu]

one of you needs to grow a cinnamon tree!!

[@tanyat2566]

Ohhh man, that would be incredible. I wonder if it can grow in Cali.

[@3dogsandababy]

Yes! I’m growing one right now inside in Maryland. Outside in summer.

[@nicholamartin7226]

Yes, please grow a bagel😂😂🤣

[@akis1544]

grow a bagel!!

[@AgroDolceMB]

I'm married to an Italian and we live in Lugano, Switzerland (Italy is less than a mile a way) and while I've come to appreciate the passion, furor and indignation when people mess with their food traditions, the cappuccino thing after a meal is hypocritical because they'll eat 3 scoops of gelato and call that o.k. But yeah, if you order a milky coffee drink later than breakfast, you'll most def get some eye rolls for being a silly foreigner. As for radicchio, try it halved or quartered, lightly grilled then garnished with olive oil, salt some nice balsamic vinegar. Around here it's often found on menus as a contorno (side dish) or thinly shredded into a mix of salad.

[@maggihoogs1251]

I make a mean chocolate chipotle cake

[@3dogsandababy]

That sounds delicious!!

[@sayadaramdial1700]

Definitely grow a bagel!!

[@kristinpagan2361]

Grow the Everything bagel...yes please good sirs!

[@rhondagillespie6031]

I would love to see you try growing truffles😮

[@51rwyatt]

With news of Jacques' 500+ garlic planting, the garlic rust is hiding in the alley sharpening its knife....

[@CraigBuccalo]

Grow the bagel.

[@gwenh7125]

Grow the bagel !!!

[@bballanalytics1552]

order of eating operations... interesting italian logic

[@debbybrady1246]

Yes. Grow a bagel 😂

[@ritashubert9150]

❤

[@debbybrady1246]

What do you mean by green garlic?

[@justinarnold7725]

Winter in San Diego really?

[@rogeroliver401]

Grow a bagel

[@samellem1973]

other pplz love garlic too please keep talking

[@ajones0916]

I think KZbin should censor Californian gardeners when they use the word "cold".

[@tanyat2566]

Lolol. I always chuckle, too. I live in Michigan. I fantasize about living and growing in the hot, long, California growing seasons.

[@Idontsharemyinfo]

My Nonna always put the radicchio in salad, and that is the way I eat it, but you have to like bitter salads, which is not to everyone's taste. If she cooked it in a stew or something I didn’t see it go in. Maybe charred quickly on a grill would add a nice dimension to a salad. As for Italians, some of my relatives feom Italy are pretty serious about that kind of stuff. See also the evils of air conditioning and drinking cold water (and god forbid ice water). They genuinely feel that it is harmful to your health to not follow the 'rules' and are thus trying to help. They are probably not wrong about a lot of it. Most Italians are lactose intolerant to some degree, so that may explain the milk stuff. The passionate way of helping is cultural I think. It's showing care. But that's just my observation as an Italian Canadian with family in and from Italy.

[@adream226]

Congrats

[@happyheartgardening]

Make a sourdough bagel. It would be alive before you bake them;)

[@dorcasrodriguez2901]

❤❤❤

[@Junzar56]

Grow ginger and turmeric, more medicinal herbs.

[@thebeetpodcast]

Kevin's actually grown ginger on the main Epic Gardening channel before - there's a couple of videos there on growing ginger in containers and growing ginger from the supermarket!

[@vsznry]

Wth is "The Beet" & why am I seeing this shit only now?! lolol

[@gabewinterful]

Italians do care that much. I was yelled at in a birthday party because I mentioned I am a vegetarian. And it was serious because the girlfriend of this guy started crying because of his reaction. It was her birthday.

[@Esbdesigns]

You need a shade or a scrim. You were getting cooked!

[@kittiew260]

Yep grow bagels 🥯 baking is exact science Jaques knows.. good luck with bagels. You choose the hardest bread to master.