tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post9112797583586280758..comments2024-03-28T20:25:15.962-07:00Comments on A Thinking Stomach: Summer LessonsChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-58507947582251094672011-07-06T21:01:59.089-07:002011-07-06T21:01:59.089-07:00bloody ivy!!
dark rum, slugged in...oy. what a fa...bloody ivy!!<br /><br />dark rum, slugged in...oy. what a fantastic idea...Lucyhttp://www.nourish-me.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-83595775856477903272011-07-06T18:29:35.759-07:002011-07-06T18:29:35.759-07:00AH: Indeed.
Michelle: I can't put it in the c...AH: Indeed.<br /><br />Michelle: I can't put it in the compost--when I've tried, it has just rooted. And yes, the frangipane goes so well with apricots.<br /><br />Gina: Yum, a plum tart with this stuff sounds good. I'm glad I'm not alone in the war against ivy (and everything else that creeps and crawls where we don't want it).<br /><br />Elizabeth: Yes, I think my next post needs to be my pie crust, because several people have asked for it now. I'll get on it!<br /><br />TGS: Oooooh, that hazelnut version sounds wonderful. I'll have to try that sometime. Madeira vine sounds like an utter bitch. I don't blame you for hating it.<br /><br />It sounds like we all have some plant we hate. Let's raise our collective fists and wage the war together, my friends! Together, we shall overcome _______ (whatever that pestilent plant is that makes each of us crazy).Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-30006323870382469612011-07-06T17:23:58.296-07:002011-07-06T17:23:58.296-07:00I've got my own ivy equivalent: madeira vine. ...I've got my own ivy equivalent: madeira vine. Some nut decided it was a great ornamental vine to import to Australia but it is the nastiest vine I've had the displeasure to know. Every last bit of its vine will take root, and it also produces these green cancer like tubers that it drops all over the ground, which will all sprout. If I leave it for even a month, it'll will travel 5 meters in either direction, strangling small trees as it goes. I hate it hate it hate it. <br />I do, on the other hand, LOVE frangipane. Haven't made it since I was working in Petershams Nurserie Cafe in London. There we made a gorgeous hazelnut version, and a dash of frangelico...the good souphttp://www.thegoodsoup.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-83983093998753602442011-07-06T14:54:36.169-07:002011-07-06T14:54:36.169-07:00My husband just brought home a box of nectarines, ...My husband just brought home a box of nectarines, so I'll make my first frangipane. Could you share the recipe for your favorite pie crust?elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14615887438960518295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-89442536966827786622011-07-06T13:48:02.673-07:002011-07-06T13:48:02.673-07:00Yes, ivy is satan's plant! We have it along e...Yes, ivy is satan's plant! We have it along every border of our backyard along with morning glory and some sort of evil, thorny fern. <br /><br />And I have actually found that it doesn't compost all that well so it goes into the yard waste bin at our house.<br /><br />But frangipane, that is all sorts of lovely. I have a whole bunch of plums from a neighbor and that might be the perfect use for them.Ginahttp://www.mendolo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-62225938950428523092011-07-05T14:04:17.649-07:002011-07-05T14:04:17.649-07:00Rats! Don't get me started...
There's one...Rats! Don't get me started...<br /><br />There's one redeeming quality to all that ivy, an endless supply of material for the compost bin.<br /><br />The frangipane would be perfect for an apricot tart. Yum!michellehttp://fromseedtotable.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-48993824641075668472011-07-05T08:48:58.927-07:002011-07-05T08:48:58.927-07:00Algerian ivy is such a cruel joke.Algerian ivy is such a cruel joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-38558833688535301322011-07-04T22:21:00.246-07:002011-07-04T22:21:00.246-07:00AJK: Ack! *turns*AJK: Ack! *turns*Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-58933359563226546002011-07-04T22:20:09.607-07:002011-07-04T22:20:09.607-07:00AJK: I hope it urns out well for you.
Cafe Pasade...AJK: I hope it urns out well for you.<br /><br />Cafe Pasadena: Someone long, long ago--the roots are as big as my upper arms. Perhaps the original owner of the house planted it in 1947. I do like to imagine the people who have lived here and the lives they made for themselves.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-59594081729742818122011-07-04T21:48:47.090-07:002011-07-04T21:48:47.090-07:00Just wundering: who planted your Ivy??Just wundering: who planted your Ivy??Cafe Pasadenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366911652838118347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-19223697838949550132011-07-04T16:54:22.723-07:002011-07-04T16:54:22.723-07:00That looks like a perfect 4th of July dessert to m...That looks like a perfect 4th of July dessert to me!AJKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com