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Wayne Boatwright said:

I've seen those, but we had the bigleaf "snowball" type. Every couple of
years we'd change the PH of the soil and change the color.

We have the "snowball" type too. Do you have people who raid your
hydrangea bushes to sell the blooms to florists? We have too many
people like that around here... and we have people who rummage through
our recycling on or just before pickup day.

On Wed 17 Aug 2005 10:54:23p, sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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Wayne Boatwright said:

I've seen those, but we had the bigleaf "snowball" type. Every couple
of years we'd change the PH of the soil and change the color.

We have the "snowball" type too. Do you have people who raid your
hydrangea bushes to sell the blooms to florists? We have too many
people like that around here... and we have people who rummage through
our recycling on or just before pickup day.

No, when we lived in Ohio we lived in a very rural area in the woods. Few
neighbors, very little traffic.

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sf said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

I've seen those, but we had the bigleaf "snowball" type. Every couple of
years we'd change the PH of the soil and change the color.

We have the "snowball" type too. Do you have people who raid your
hydrangea bushes to sell the blooms to florists? We have too many
people like that around here... and we have people who rummage through
our recycling on or just before pickup day.

I can see being perturbed about the hydrangea, but why care about the
recycling?

When I lived in San Jose we had a little old lady who came by every
trash day and took all of our cans. You'd see her walking down the
street with a long stick on her shoulders and huge bags of cans hanging
from it. I started separating them for her so she wouldn't have to
dig. I suspect she was trying to contribute the her family's income,
as she didn't speak any English (Chinese) but was very appreciative. I
am assuming it would have been difficult for her to find work.

-L.

Wayne Boatwright said:

On Wed 17 Aug 2005 08:41:45a, ~patches~ wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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Wayne Boatwright said:

Ras el Hanout, like curry powder, is a blend of spices with countless
variations and my contain 10 or 100 individual spices. Here is one such
combination. The ingredients are combined and ground to a powder before
use.

4 whole nutmegs
10 rosebuds (dried)
12 cinnamon sticks
12 blades of mace
1 tsp aniseed
8 pieces of turmeric
2 small pieces orrisroot
2 dried cayenne peppers
1/2 tsp lavender
1 Tbsp white peppercorns
2 pieces galingale
2 Tbsp whole gingerroot
6 cloves
24 allspice berries
20 white or green cardamom pods
4 wild (black) cardamom pods

Wayne, this lookes really good. What is it used for and where do I find
dried rosebuds? Can I use rosebuds from the garden and dry them?

"officially" it's an Moroccan spice blend (search on Moroccan recipes), but
I could see it being used in many other dishes. Yes, you can use your own
roses, but they need to be pesticide free and, of course, very aromatic.

Ok, thanks Wayne. I'll give it a try.

sf said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

I would have thought you had near ideal weather for roses.

It depends. If my house had a slightly different angle, my yard
situation would be better. As it is, I get the ocean wind at full
blast front yard and back. Up the block, there's a real difference
because the street curves so their yards don't get the brunt of the
wind (the wind is cold because the ocean is so cold). About a mile
away, the sun was out and it was "shirt-sleeve" weather....

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That's a shame.

I couldn't even grow a Meyer lemon tree. I planted it next to the
house on the south side, but the darned thing didn't grow an inch in 5
years. It made great snail food though.

I do, however, have great hydrangea and fuchsia weather. Ferns do
very nicely in "full sun" too. I'll get back to you in a few months
about artichokes... they are the current experiment. I'm going to rip
out my apple trees soon because there seems to be a big storm just
before the blossoms set, so I've had a decent crop only 1 year.

🙂

I'll share my Meyer lemons with you! And my Persian limes. And if
the 'key' limes ever produce ... well ... I must keep those for
myself!

TammyM

-L. said:

I can see being perturbed about the hydrangea, but why care about the
recycling?

Because the revenue from recycling helps lower the cost of our garbage
pickup. They are robbing me and robbing the scavenger company too.

TammyM said:

I'll share my Meyer lemons with you! And my Persian limes.

Why, thank you mam'm... I think it's margarita time, don't you?

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And if
the 'key' limes ever produce ... well ... I must keep those for
myself!

I think I'll invite myself over to sample a pie. LOL Gotta have an
objective taste tester. Dontchaknow?

sf said:

TammyM said:

I'll share my Meyer lemons with you! And my Persian limes.

Why, thank you mam'm... I think it's margarita time, don't you?

It's ALWAYS margarita time in this household :-)

And when the Meyer lemons are in, it's Delilah time, baby!

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Quoted message said:

And if
the 'key' limes ever produce ... well ... I must keep those for
myself!

I think I'll invite myself over to sample a pie. LOL Gotta have an
objective taste tester. Dontchaknow?

You'd be most welcome. Do call first though!

TammyM

"sf" <[email hidden]> wrote

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We have the "snowball" type too. Do you have people who raid your
hydrangea bushes to sell the blooms to florists?

Heh, one road nearish me they spray the evergreens with
noxious stuff, people cut them down for Christmas trees,
bring it indoors and in the heat it starts giving off a hellacious
odor. Makes me laugh, Happy Holidays!

Too bad you can't do something like that to your
flowers.

nancy

TammyM said:

sf said:

I think I'll invite myself over to sample a pie. LOL Gotta have an
objective taste tester. Dontchaknow?

You'd be most welcome. Do call first though!

But of course! I wouldn't drop by w/o first making sure a key lime
pie was ready for my discerning taste buds to sample! LOL

(TammyM) said:

I'll share my Meyer lemons with you! And my Persian limes. And if
the 'key' limes ever produce ... well ... I must keep those for
myself!

TammyM

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Meyer lemon Delilahs!!!!! Remember those?

Christine

Christine Dabney said:

(TammyM) said:

I'll share my Meyer lemons with you! And my Persian limes. And if
the 'key' limes ever produce ... well ... I must keep those for
myself!

TammyM

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Meyer lemon Delilahs!!!!! Remember those?

Why do you think I have a Meyer lemon tree? ;-)

TammyM (aka the Delilah Queen)

sf said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

I've seen those, but we had the bigleaf "snowball" type. Every couple of
years we'd change the PH of the soil and change the color.

We have the "snowball" type too. Do you have people who raid your
hydrangea bushes to sell the blooms to florists? We have too many
people like that around here... and we have people who rummage through
our recycling on or just before pickup day.

My hydrangea bush is in the back so it's out of sight. A previous
neighbor used to plant tulips on the median across from our block so
we'd have something to look at besides tall grass. However, people in
cars used to stop to cut them, which was a hazard on the busy street so
he stopped.

I would plant mint or other herbs there, but it would be unusable
because of the passing traffic exhaust.

-L. said:

When I lived in San Jose we had a little old lady who came by every
trash day and took all of our cans. You'd see her walking down the
street with a long stick on her shoulders and huge bags of cans hanging
from it. I started separating them for her so she wouldn't have to
dig. I suspect she was trying to contribute the her family's income,
as she didn't speak any English (Chinese) but was very appreciative. I
am assuming it would have been difficult for her to find work.

-L.

Same here. I gave up trying to bring soda cans/bottles back to the
stores for the refund. So I put them out on the curb with the
recycling. I'm just as glad that someone who needs the change would get
the refunds, but it aggravated me that they would tear open recycling
bags, ignoring the twist ties, leaving things strewn about for me to
pick up. Now I separate the cans so they can take the whole bag and
count my blessings.

sf said:

-L. said:

I can see being perturbed about the hydrangea, but why care about the
recycling?

Because the revenue from recycling helps lower the cost of our garbage
pickup. They are robbing me and robbing the scavenger company too.

The recycling/garbage company is giving it to you in the butt. They
make money hand-over-fist on recycling. You can bet they profit from
it over any kick-back they give to you.

I'd much rather it help feed a family who really needs it. If some
poor old lady (we are talking 70's or 80's, here) is willing to dig
through stinky beer bottles, trash and maggots to get it, you can bet
her family really needs it.

-L.

On 19 Aug 2005 23:23:34 -0700, -L. wrote

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sf said:

-L. said:

I can see being perturbed about the hydrangea, but why care about the
recycling?

Because the revenue from recycling helps lower the cost of our garbage
pickup. They are robbing me and robbing the scavenger company too.

The recycling/garbage company is giving it to you in the butt. They
make money hand-over-fist on recycling. You can bet they profit from
it over any kick-back they give to you.

I don't care if the garbage company profits, but I care that they
don't raise the rate. It's a business and businesses are in business
to make a profit. When these garbage pickers take my recycling, that
means the garbage company can't off set costs and rate is going up
soon.

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I'd much rather it help feed a family who really needs it.

Sounds altruistic, but it's just plain ignorant. That's what our
taxes are for and I pay enough.

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If some
poor old lady (we are talking 70's or 80's, here) is willing to dig
through stinky beer bottles, trash and maggots to get it, you can bet
her family really needs it.

Please stop and think. Do you have any concept about what's
happening? They were able to come here because someone vouched that
they would be taken care of and wouldn't be a burden on society.
Instead, they ended up on welfare and garbage picking because either
the people who vouched for them have abandoned them (which is illegal
to do) or they are told they will be sent back if they don't
contribute to the household - so they end up stealing other people's
recycling.

In this case, I'm not as angry with the people who do the stealing as
I'm angry with those who brought them here and either abandoned them
or turned them into slave labor. You can call it underwriting, but I
call it stealing. No matter how you look at it, I am being robbed on
a weekly basis.

-L. said:

So you would rather the few pennies made from your cans go into the
pockets of a corporation than a family who needs it? Interesting.

No, it's going back into MY pocket by way of a reduced garbage bill.
They are robbing me two ways. If you can't understand it, not my
problem. My problem is the people who are robbing me.