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["Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>]

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Wendy <crazygardens AT verizon.net> wrote:

> I grow fennel, or rather I allow the fennel volunteers to co-exist
> peacefully in my garden.  There are two types of fennel: herb fennel and
> bulb fennel.  I have herb fennel.  I use the leaves, finely diced, in
> potato
> soup/w rivels (sp?).  My fennel gets about 7ft tall in it's second year,
> and
> does not produce much of a bulb.  Bulb fennel is a specialty type grown for
> its huge bulbs which are often used like onions but with a completely
> different flavor.  I planted my fennel about 9 years ago and it has come up
> all over my garden ever since (I leave the seed heads on over the winter
> for
> this purpose).  Fortunately, it does not make a pest of itself.
>
> We have bronze fennel, it is the herb type and not the vegetable. Now that
you made me more aware of it, I think I should attempt to save the seeds.
We've put some of the fronds in salad and casseroles, but never thought
about the seeds. I like the idea (mentioned in the site) of putting fennel
seeds in tomato sauce.
http://www.mountainvalleygrowers.com/foevulgarebronze.htm

lkvp

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> > Listen, you have to take beauty where you can find it, and what better
> > medium for a homesteader? ;   )    I have long known when I can make
> > something pretty looking, my kid eats more of it.
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> > http://www.bspcn.com/2008/05/26/what-happened-to-the-food/
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> > Image heavy page of interestingly prepared fruits and veg. Two pics
> > may scare little kids, but my kid is up at the kitchen table making
> > things out of grapes, and then eating them.
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> > And, I'd love a mandolin. I have a nice knife I love to use but a
> > mandolin would make somethings easier.
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> > For storing tomatoes, last year I boiled them for 30 seconds to pull
> > off the skins, cored them, and threw them in zip locks in the
> > downstairs freezer. We had tomatoes till January. I really like to
> > cook, it's my form of relaxation, so I could just take these out in
> > the morning and start cooking like I had raw tomatoes. I did freeze
> > some as concentrated roasted tomato sauce, I should have done more
> > like that because we used those up quickly. Still, I found the smell
> > of tomatoes simmering all day in my crock pot was a real boon on a
> > chilly day.
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> > Does anyone grow fennel? I've found if I add fennel to a dish I get
> > that sausagey taste I love without the meat. I've only ever used it as
> > a spice and I'm starting to wonder if I am really missing the boat in
> > terms of using it as a straight up veg.
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