tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38498648.post6198807220730372956..comments2023-10-15T10:25:22.469-05:00Comments on Arrogant Self-Reliance: Amy Reads the Week (of April 6th, 2007)Amy Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02571924705714110971noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38498648.post-81279923783505219372007-04-07T15:12:00.000-05:002007-04-07T15:12:00.000-05:00Hi Mr. Fanboy,Cubuan Oregano? Never seen that eith...Hi Mr. Fanboy,<BR/><I>Cubuan Oregano? Never seen that either. Why, you've a veritable cornucopia of international foodstuffs at your beckon call. </I><BR/><BR/>Again, the local farmers market is my source. We were going to buy a regular oregano, and they said, "here, try this," and handed us a leaf of the Cuban variety. We're absolutely hooked. We use it in everything.<BR/>At the moment, we're growing: Cuban oregano, sweet basil, chives, grape tomatoes (leaves, no fruit yet), sweet peppers (same as tomatoes), garden salsa peppers (same), strawberries (just planted, and we've the tiniest of tiny plants growing), and a cactus. Mr. Reads is the cactus fan, though, not me. All in pots, too, since we've crazy neighborhood dogs that like to break into our yard and, well, it's The South, and my backyard bakes come July and August. We can bring the pots inside when it gets too hot.<BR/><BR/><I>So who/what's this Dresden? I am so disconnected some times. My last books were a graphic novel on Macolm X (great!) and a book on the Supreme Court (Great too; I'm sick that way, that's how I roll).</I><BR/><BR/>Harry Dresden, from the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. Very, very worth checking out. First book is Storm Front. Butcher also wrote a novelization of Spider-Man that's actually fantastic, if you can believe it.<BR/>Ciao,<BR/>AmyAmy Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571924705714110971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38498648.post-25289100908182608092007-04-07T15:08:00.000-05:002007-04-07T15:08:00.000-05:00Hi Ragnell,Yay! Feminist Dresden Fans, Unite!Huzza...Hi Ragnell,<BR/><I>Yay! Feminist Dresden Fans, Unite!</I><BR/><BR/>Huzzah! We Shall Triumph!<BR/>Ciao,<BR/>AmyAmy Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571924705714110971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38498648.post-48407044639977865302007-04-07T14:35:00.000-05:002007-04-07T14:35:00.000-05:00Cubuan Oregano? Never seen that either. Why, you...Cubuan Oregano? Never seen that either. Why, you've a veritable cornucopia of international foodstuffs at your beckon call. So who/what's this Dresden? I am so disconnected some times. My last books were a graphic novel on Macolm X (great!) and a book on the Supreme Court (Great too; I'm sick that way, that's how I roll).Fanboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689739089464311987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38498648.post-3168776136597207912007-04-06T23:21:00.000-05:002007-04-06T23:21:00.000-05:00Yay! Feminist Dresden Fans, Unite!Yay! Feminist Dresden Fans, Unite!Ragnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38498648.post-44462564272748105812007-04-06T21:49:00.000-05:002007-04-06T21:49:00.000-05:00Hi Mr. Fanboy,What in the world is a garden salsa ...Hi Mr. Fanboy,<BR/><I>What in the world is a garden salsa pepper? You'll have to send me one once the plant fruits.</I><BR/><BR/>Don't know, actually, but the local farmers market was selling the plant and the guy recommended it as a spicy but not *too* spicy pepper. If we get peppers, we'll be happy to send you one!<BR/><BR/><I>My cacti and succulents are going crazy right now. As is the neighnor's white jasmine, which is so sickenly sweet I want to secretly kill it.</I><BR/><BR/>Anytime I think of CA and jasmine, I think Angel and Jasmine :) We've a cactus, but it's not growing very well. Our Cuban oregano, on the other hand, is the happiest of happy campers.<BR/>Ciao,<BR/>AmyAmy Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571924705714110971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38498648.post-78318963966188926062007-04-06T14:22:00.000-05:002007-04-06T14:22:00.000-05:00What in the world is a garden salsa pepper? You'l...What in the world is a garden salsa pepper? You'll have to send me one once the plant fruits. My cacti and succulents are going crazy right now. As is the neighnor's white jasmine, which is so sickenly sweet I want to secretly kill it.Fanboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689739089464311987noreply@blogger.com