STOP WITH THE DAMNED VEGETABLES

[Ohhmm(bligo)]

Two neighbors and MIL have decided that my house is the dumping ground for their overflows. I have 10 huge things of cherry/grape tomatoes, regular tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell peppers. I JUST BOUGHT BELL PEPPERS. I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT EATS THIS STUFF. THEY JUST LEAVE IT ON MY PORCH. NOT EVEN IN A CUP. JUST A GADDAMNED PILE OF CHERRY TOMATOES ALL OVER THE TABLE.

[miso]

Are there juicers on this board?

We need juice people up in here.

[Ohhmm(bligo)]

Sept 2, 2015 17:20:06 GMT -5 Queen Dick, Hibernating Bear said:

Just set it on the neighbor's porch.

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WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO EXPEND ENERGY ON THEIR GADAMNED VEGETABLE GARDEN, WRINKLE DICK?

[tacokick]

Freeze it?

[pixy0stix]

Find an open car window and chuck it all into that car. Done and done.

[sequins]

I wish I had neighbors like that

[SwimDeep]

Send it to meeee!!!

[lucky513]

My counter is full of pears figs and avocados from MIL

[styme46]

My mil does this with her garden overflow too, but she has a key to our house so she just waltzes in and leaves it on the kitchen counter. We've told her a million times that we won't eat zucchini, yet 2-3 show up on our kitchen counter every week. Last week we had roughly 20 cucumbers on our counter and 2 huge bags of green beans.

[Deleted]

My tomato plants lost their damn minds last week. I am making and canning sauce like a mad woman. I have a million bags of blanched, frozen zucchini. I did not anticipate this much output from my garden.

That said, I ask people before I make them take my overflow. No one wants random zucchini. No one.

[lilafowler]

Sept 2, 2015 17:38:13 GMT -5 lucky513 said:

My counter is full of pears figs and avocados from MIL

What's a pear?
miso

[miso]

Sept 2, 2015 17:48:37 GMT -5 lilafowler said:

Sept 2, 2015 17:38:13 GMT -5 lucky513 said:

My counter is full of pears figs and avocados from MIL

What's a pear?
miso

[Alyssa]

Funny you say this because I have a small garbage bag full of green beans in my fridge from my dad's garden. I could provide beans for about 20 people right now. If you have a job, dump your veggies in the break room. People like free stuff when it's on their own terms.

[Alyssa]

You can see he's been working hard.  Last week I had about 5lbs of cilantro delivered.  I used a sprig or two for some fish tacos and left the rest for my co-workers.

[spindle92]

I just came back from my parents house and my mother somehow snuck a huge bag of tomatoes in my back seat without me knowing.

Now I love me some tomatoes but I don't think 1 person can consume this much.

[05heel]

This would scare the bejeebus out of me. I hate sneaky plant life.

[thatgirl2478]

Oh man, I wish I knew some people who wanted free produce! My garden went and lost it's damn mind this year, so I have 52 million (or it feels like it) tomatoes, potatoes, jalapenos, squash etc.

The only things that didn't do well were my cool season veggies (beets/carrots/peas/beans) because it rained pretty much every day in June.

I have a giant pot of sauce/paste cooking on the stove now. It's nearly 80 roma tomatoes - which were picked over the past 5 days. From basically 3 plants (the fourth one isn't doing so well).

[readyin07]

I want to throws rotten tomato at all you bitching about free outta the garden veggies!

[Dezi]

I usually pass it on to friends and family. There are also Facebook groups for bartering garden produce for more useful things.

[imojoebunny]

I completely understand the hate. My friends all rave about their CSA, and all I can think is shit I don't need or want. I grew up with a grandfather who thought it was fun to grow 200 water melon and 500 cantaloupe, among other exciting and prolific options, and share them with everyone. Grandchildren were labor to pick them and pass them out to anybody and everyone.

For a reward, we were often given our own 1/2 watermelon and a spoon. My hatred is very hard to explain to anyone, other than my cousins, but we have some really funny to us stories. Would you like an entire eggplant with your breakfast?

[whitemerlot]

I'm insanely jealous.

[Deleted]

Tomatoes are the only food that I hate with a passion. I gag just thinking about them. I would not be happy about having a bunch of tomatoes on my porch lol. But the rest of it is cool!

Whenever I have veggies that are about to go bad, I just juice them and call it a day. I haven't wasted veggies in months! 

[compassrose]

I will take it all! I'll even return some canned : )

[noodleoo]

Sept 2, 2015 17:47:09 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

I'm really jealous of you people with free vegetables showing up at your house.

Me too! I'd kill for someone to just give me their fresh from the garden tomatoes. Yum!!!

[Ohhmm(bligo)]

*patient sigh*

Listen bimbos. Extra, fresh, free produce is wonderful, helpful, and delicious. An 8-person dining table full of unexpected produce for one person when it's baking hot out is GETTING A LITTLE EXTREME.

I AM BEING BOATED-BY.

[05heel]

Sept 2, 2015 22:20:19 GMT -5 Ohhmm(bligo) said:

*patient sigh*

Listen bimbos. Extra, fresh, free produce is wonderful, helpful, and delicious. An 8-person dining table full of unexpected produce for one person when it's baking hot out is GETTING A LITTLE EXTREME.

I AM BEING BOATED-BY.

this is the produce version of the patented ML , "you want to be that house" argument w/r/t neighbor children. get your janky backyard tomatoes out of here and don't come back until they've been cooked down to a delicious, versatile sauce. People like this also think cookie cakes are thoughtful and fun. Assholes.

[Eagles]

Sept 2, 2015 19:33:58 GMT -5 imojoebunny said:

I completely understand the hate. My friends all rave about their CSA, and all I can think is shit I don't need or want. I grew up with a grandfather who thought it was fun to grow 200 water melon and 500 cantaloupe, among other exciting and prolific options, and share them with everyone. Grandchildren were labor to pick them and pass them out to anybody and everyone.

For a reward, we were often given our own 1/2 watermelon and a spoon. My hatred is very hard to explain to anyone, other than my cousins, but we have some really funny to us stories. Would you like an entire eggplant with your breakfast?

Was your grandfather Italian, by any chance?

[FrozenSunshine]

If anyone's in the Chicago area, you can pass them along to me! My container gardens had their worst year yet.

[awick14]

Most of my garden this year flopped, so I would be happy with the extra stuff. I wanted some more stuff to can/free. O well.

My tomatoes have not flopped and I have been canning them like crazy, I am picking 5-6 large tomatoes/day.