as if you were going to use a mandolin like this.
This is an inexpensive Japanese mandolin.
It helps if you keep turning the piece that you have
just to get a different angle.
When you're using a tool like this,
be very careful not to get distracted.
There we have nice slices.
Now the dressing is very good too.
Three tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
and we need six tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.
And you can whisk this up
with a little bit of salt and pepper to taste.
And now I'll show you how easy it is to assemble the salad.
Just sprinkle this crispy julienne
and then arrange your avocado halves
and have a lot of red onion finely minced.
And we want to sprinkle the red onion
and a spoonful of the dressing on each avocado.
And not a whole spoonful
because this is a very rich dressing
because of the richness of that balsamic vinegar.
And you can garnish that with some cilantro if you like.
It's a delicious, simple, crispy,
soft, sweet and tangy salad.
Great with grilled chicken.
The Indians have their yogurt losses
and the Vietnamese have their Vietnamese smoothies.
I want to show you how easy it is to make a refreshing
and very delicious summer drink
using ripe, ripe fruit or an avocado
and a little bit of condensed sweetened milk and ice.
Two cups of ice in a blender
with a quarter of a cup of the milk.
This is that sweetened milk that comes in cans.
Very tasty.
Don't use too much.
A quarter of a cup is fine.
And I have some very ripe mangoes,
which I have already scored,
making it much easier to take out the fruit.
So you need a half of a fruit of this size.
You can use peaches, you can use pears.
I mentioned avocados, very delicious with avocados.
And if you want a little bit of sugar to taste,
I'm just going to add a little less than a tablespoon.
Turn on your blender and blend until smooth.
When all the fruit is mixed in,
the ice is crushed and it looks smooth and icy.
You have mango Vietnamese smoothies.
Oh boy, does this look delicious.
Vietnamese smoothies, mango, papaya, peach, pear, whatever.
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If I'm lucky and it's a good year in July,
nothing is more beautiful than my sweet pea cutting garden.
It's a wonderful sight and the smell, so spicy and sweet, is so extraordinary.
But it doesn't happen every year.
This year it looks pretty good.
I get my seeds from several different sources.
Thompson & Morgan catalog, which lists, oh,
somewhere in the vicinity of a hundred different types of wonderful sweet peas.
Another nice catalog, Select Seeds and Antique Flowers,
is full of unusual varieties of antique flowers.
And if you're going to grow sweet peas,
always try to grow the antique varieties,
because they do have the finest, finest scent.
And when you pick them, you should pick them according to color,
because then arranging them for different uses in your house,
different uses for your entertaining, is much easier.
I have several different kinds of containers here.
Most of them are in upright shapes.
This is a silver julep cup, which looks really nice, filled with sweet peas.
And then these are great big beer glasses from Peru,
but a very nice shape for cut flowers like sweet peas.
And my most favorite of all is this very romantic Victorian trumpet-shaped vase.
And I'll start with that, making an arrangement of pink sweet peas.
Fill this with quite a bit of cold water.
You always want to keep sweet peas in cold water.
They like cold.
When you're arranging sweet peas, always choose one stem at a time.
Try to get the flowers to the same height, and then just place them in your container.
They're fragile flowers when you touch them,
but they last quite a long time in your house if they've been cut when it's cool outside
and put immediately into cold water.
If you want to prolong their life, you can even put them in the refrigerator
until your party begins.
My favorite place of all to see sweet peas and to smell them is in the sunny garden.
They like a lot of sun. They like rich, loamy soil.
Big, tall trumpet vases like this, you can see, doesn't need a tremendous number of flowers,
nor does it need very tall flowers to look pretty and delicate.
Put this anywhere on a hall table. You can see the stems.
I love that look, and you can smell the blooms.
Number one flower arrangement.
Here's another pretty container, this mint julep glass.
I think I'll make an arrangement of different colors, starting with the deepest purple.
Very good.
Well-grown sweet peas should be trained on trellising so that they don't hit the ground,
and the more sturdy the trellising, the longer stems you're going to get,
and the more beautiful, clear, unblemished flowers.
Bright, salmon-y pink, and a clear, bright, medium purple.
We need one other shade. I think I'll use the light purple.
Sweet peas make beautiful bridal bouquets, white ones mixed with fresh peonies.
How pretty that is.
So here you have a colorful and mixed bouquet.
There are certain florists in New York who are known for their very orderly bouquets.
Michael George is one. We've met him on this program.
And if you like to make an orderly bouquet, you have to arrange stem by stem the flowers.
And you can do this in your hands just by making sure that where the flowers begin on the stem
is the base of the flower arrangement.
And just gather them in your hands.
And then you'll trim the stems all to one length.
And always remove anything that's a little bit blemished or damaged.
Another nice way to grow sweet peas in your garden is to train them on trellises,
decorative trellises that are placed here and there amidst the flower borders.
It's also nice to grow them in pots next to your back door or next to your front door,
as long as there's plenty of sunlight.
They can be trained up a simple string or a copper wire, and they really love to grow like that.
And to make this just a little bit wild, add two or three bright orange ones.
And now trim the bottoms.
And gently place in the glass.
And let them just fall naturally.
There, that looks really beautiful and fluffy, so romantic.
And remember, a bouquet like this is perfect for summer entertainment.
I hope you enjoyed this video.
I'll see you next time.
Bye-bye.