[Homestead] Fennel
Lynn Wigglesworth
lynnw1366 at hotmail.com
Mon Nov 17 11:42:40 EST 2008
Bob; maybe you need to move away from UNHEALTHY red meat. Meat that is
pasture-raised without growth hormones, etc. is high in CLA and Omega-3s.
Had to get that little advertisement in. :-)
Lynn Wigglesworth
----- Original Message -----
From: "bob ford" <bobford79 at yahoo.com>
To: <homestead at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Fennel
> 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:
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>> 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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