On 29 Jun, 13:08, "JennyC" wrote:
No, but I would imagine it's pretty tender...........

Indeed. Lovely too - but I don't have it anymore. Quick isn't it )
Two young 14 yrs old on work experience this week brought it to me
this morning as a thank you present but I've passed it on to a
colleague who has look after the girls much more than me - far too
busy atm. So, perhaps I'll get one for myself, but right now, with the
hols etc. I feel like not getting any new plant, especially tender.
Been offered a kitten too. What's going on?!!?

If you have a greenhouse you can get a suprising amount of fresh leaves early in the year from late autumn/winter sowings. This year I tried: Rocket, Pak Choi, Hon Tsai Tai, Tatsoi Yukina and Mizuma. They all grow quick and are great in stir fries. In fact we had so many we got a bit fed up with them in the end.

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On 28 Jun, 16:44, "JennyC" wrote:
I too have eaten snake......grilled over an open fire. It does taste a
bit
like chicken :~))

But does chicken taste like snake? And where have you been young
lady?!

The snake was in Morocco.....
We are just back from a wet camping trip to France :~(
Jenny
Ditto - in Wales.

Mary

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On 29 Jun, 13:08, "JennyC" wrote:
No, but I would imagine it's pretty tender...........

Indeed. Lovely too - but I don't have it anymore. Quick isn't it )
Two young 14 yrs old on work experience this week brought it to me
this morning as a thank you present but I've passed it on to a
colleague who has look after the girls much more than me - far too
busy atm. So, perhaps I'll get one for myself, but right now, with the
hols etc. I feel like not getting any new plant, especially tender.
Been offered a kitten too. What's going on?!!?

It's the time of year when folk go on holiday and have to find someone else
to look after things which need care :-)

We take our hens with us even though we don't have holidays :-))

Mary

On 29 Jun, 16:19, Zhang DaWei wrote:
Dog was reasonably all right, too.

Don't. Just don't start this here or I'll have to kill you. Slowly.
You're in the wrong forum with the wrong people entirely. Stick to
horticulture.

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On Friday 29 Jun 2007 10:35, JennyC )
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The snake was in Morocco.....
We are just back from a wet camping trip to France :~(
Jenny

I've eaten snake in China on a number of occasions. It was quite nice.
rather like chicken, as some have said, but not exactly so, in my opinion.
The bones rather gave it away.

The thing I tried one mouthful of and couldn't swallow, let alone try any
more of, was tortoise. It is looked upon as a delicacy in China, but I
thought it was deeply unpleasant.

Dog was reasonably all right, too.

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AND in WW2cat was the luxury meat of the day....dangerous for a cat to
wander too far from its home....when skinned looked just like a rabbit.....H






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On 29 Jun, 16:19, Zhang DaWei wrote:
Dog was reasonably all right, too.

Don't. Just don't start this here or I'll have to kill you. Slowly.
You're in the wrong forum with the wrong people entirely. Stick to
horticulture.

As was cat.

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Uncle Marvo wrote:
: In reply to David (Normandy) ) who wrote
: this in , I, Marvo, say :
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:: Has anyone any suggestions for vegetables that can be planted for
:: harvesting during late Winter and Spring?
::
:: As much as I like leeks and Spring greens a bit more variety of fresh
:: greens would be nice at that time of the year.
::
: Broad beans, one variety of them comes in spring. I can't remember
: whether it's the "long" type, but Google will know.
:
: Broad beans have got to be my favourite veg.

Kale, purple sprouting broccolli and leaf beet



Is kale edible?

Is it ever. Flash fry it when it is less than 5 minutes off the plant
in the bacon fat for your Sunday morning fry up and then ask the
question again.

Bung a load of salt on it and a bit of tempura batter and use olive oil
and tell the tree huggers it is seaweed, half of them would not know the
difference. Better still to leave most of the salt out and enjoy its
rich flavour for what it is.

Some even claim it makes better bubble than sprouts but they never give
their real names.

At a push you could also go traditional and bung it in with the taters
and have them boiled with a nice steak and mushroom pudding and a decent
serving of gravy made from the water it was cooked in.

For novelty value, at the end of the kale season, you can collect the
flowing shoots just before they open and tell you customers they are
miniature broccoli. You need lots of plants for this one though.

Ultimately though any Brassica should be eaten as an accompaniment to
pigeon, for no other reason than the irony.



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steve auvache
Sunny Essex

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Is kale edible?


Ultimately though any Brassica should be eaten as an accompaniment to
pigeon, for no other reason than the irony.

You've sold it! I'll see if I can get some seeds.

Choose your variety with care, in an urban environment the curly leafed
varieties will collect more rubbish than their stronger tasting somewhat
hardier flat leafed cousins.




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steve auvache
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On Friday 29 Jun 2007 10:35, JennyC
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The snake was in Morocco.....
We are just back from a wet camping trip to France :~(
Jenny

I've eaten snake in China on a number of occasions. It was quite nice.
rather like chicken, as some have said, but not exactly so, in my
opinion.
The bones rather gave it away.

The thing I tried one mouthful of and couldn't swallow, let alone try any
more of, was tortoise. It is looked upon as a delicacy in China, but I
thought it was deeply unpleasant.

Dog was reasonably all right, too.

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AND in WW2cat was the luxury meat of the day....

For whom?

dangerous for a cat to wander too far from its home....when skinned looked
just like a rabbit.....H

My mother always said that rabbit was disguised as chicken.

A dead cat doesn't look like a dead rabbit anyway - I've dissected both.

Mary

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On Friday 29 Jun 2007 10:35, JennyC
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wrote:

The snake was in Morocco.....
We are just back from a wet camping trip to France :~(
Jenny

I've eaten snake in China on a number of occasions. It was quite nice.
rather like chicken, as some have said, but not exactly so, in my
opinion.
The bones rather gave it away.

The thing I tried one mouthful of and couldn't swallow, let alone try
any
more of, was tortoise. It is looked upon as a delicacy in China, but I
thought it was deeply unpleasant.

Dog was reasonably all right, too.

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Zhang DaWei: United Kingdom
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AND in WW2cat was the luxury meat of the day....

For whom?

dangerous for a cat to wander too far from its home....when skinned
looked just like a rabbit.....H

My mother always said that rabbit was disguised as chicken.

A dead cat doesn't look like a dead rabbit anyway - I've dissected both.

Mary

But when cut up there is a close resemblance....tastes about the same as
well

A dead cat doesn't look like a dead rabbit anyway - I've dissected both.

Mary

But when cut up there is a close resemblance.

Depends on your idea of 'close'. They're not close to me.

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(Uncle Marvo) wrote:

Broad beans, one variety of them comes in spring.

Yes, some can be planted in autumn but even then you will be lucky to
get any crop before June.

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

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(David \(Normandy\)) wrote:

Is kale edible?

Yes, try "Pentland Brig". Sow seeds now. Don't leave it until next week.

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

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On 29 Jun, 16:19, Zhang DaWei wrote:
Dog was reasonably all right, too.

Don't. Just don't start this here or I'll have to kill you. Slowly.
You're in the wrong forum with the wrong people entirely. Stick to
horticulture.

Don't worry, Ms P.

Zhang is winding you up - dog tastes just like chard.