[Homestead] Fennel

bob ford bobford79 at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 17 11:19:34 EST 2008


If you don't mind; are you complete vegetarian?  do you eat fish? or cheese?.  I really need to move away from red meat.  Most vegetarian foods (except for fresh produce) don't taste good, in my experience ......bobford


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--- On Mon, 11/17/08, eureka at hctc.net <eureka at hctc.net> wrote:

> From: eureka at hctc.net <eureka at hctc.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Fennel
> To: homestead at lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, November 17, 2008, 9:15 AM
> We use the bulb in many recipes from different vegetarian 
> cookbooks and like it. There are some butterflies whose 
> larvae use it as a host plant, so we don't have much
> luck 
> growing it for seed. It's mostly grown for the
> butterflies 
> around here.
> 
> I use the seed more as a medicinal herb than I do a 
> cooking spice. I put them in a tea ball and steep in hot 
> water to make a tea, which I then cool and use by 
> eyedroppers full in my and my pets eyes. It will clear up 
> itchy red eyes and eye infections. If you have tried the 
> oily opthalmalic ointments prescribed by doctors and 
> thought they were gross, and couldn't wear contact
> lenses 
> because of them, then this herbal medicine is for you. It 
> stings slightly, but then brings great relief. Eye 
> infection is usually gone the next day.
> 
> --Sage
> Way Out in Texas
> 
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:47:16 -0500
>   EarthNSky <erthnsky at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > What am I missing here?
> > When I think of fennel, I think seeds.  I've never
> 
> >used/eaten anything
> > but the seeds. 
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