I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Some expensive ingrediants are worth it---cardamon, saffron, real balsamic---where would I be without them both? And most of the time, I find you really only use a little dab.  That said, you do know you can plant fennel and dill and gather the pollen yourself?

Zucchini carpachio---super thinly slice zucchini and place slightly overlapping on a plate.  sprinkle with about a T of balsamic vinegar or a really good, hearty red wine vinegar.  Scatter some fresh chevre (goat cheese)---not to cover, just around.  Salt and pepper to tast.  Finely chop fresh mint and scatter over.  Eat.

whatever is posted is not slowing down my computer.....I have pony on ignore.......sorry pony but i had no choice.

Chaplain .. gotta keep your blood pressure down!

Rabbit .. I'm running MacAfee .. I hope that's good enough.

hugs,

Bren

Girls - our current government is destroying our country. We are about to have a carbon tax!!! absolutely unbelievable and it will do nothing for the environment!!!! They are going to take the money they get from the tax and reimburse lower income earners to compensate for the cost of living rises (I'll get none BTW). Sounds like communism to me. Our female Prime Minister promised there would be no carbon tax just before the election. We have a minority government and are stuck with them for now even though the majority didn't vote for them. They stay in power due to a few independant politicians whose own electorates are extremely disappointed in what they did.

3monstermama, some people can grow fennel and dill and gather the pollen themselves.  Others of us can plant fennel and dill seeds and then watch rabbits devour the plants before they bloom.

(I could handle $15 for a 1 oz tin.  I think the store only had bigger tins that retailed for some truly ridiculous amount - upwards of $30 or $40.  I should check out this mail order place!)

Not sure what dinner is going to be.  Tomorrow is my big marketing (and cooking) day . . . right now the pickings are pretty slim. 

L

(Edited to add to Lindasa - I think in your/our climate, it's hard to grow the kind of fennel that develops nice, thick bulbs. But there are some varieties that are more like dill, grown for their fronds and seeds - and, maybe, pollen.  Unless you have rabbits, in which case they're grown for rabbit food.)

Susieq - I'm sure Australia is glad to be rid of that sleazebag. Tell me, how is the media there reporting the news - I'm sure it's front and center, of course. Does he have many defendors?

CS ... we've always had pictures on BCO.  Very few of them cause a problem.  Most sites like photobucket etc. that are used don't seem to do the pop-up thing.   

rainbowpony, my computer hasn't slowed down due to your graph.  I LOVE IT...oops, I used all caps!

Both, when they are intended to annoy.

Thanks, again, Mods, for remindiing us of the wonderful ignore button. cs

It's okay .. I deleted the happy dancing Charlie Brown picture.  I didn't want to slow anyone down.  I'm sure Happy had a chance to see it before I deleted it.

Bren

Mods .. you made me laugh out loud with your first sentence!!

You guys are doing a great job!

Bren

Mods - good sense of humour...I'll just say that, IMHO, there are cool slowdowns and not-so-cool slowdowns. :-)