On 3/12/2019 4:14 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Doris Night" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:30:33 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Made and seasoned simply with salt pepper and parsley. No onion as
>>> the dogs
>>> might eat some.
>>
>> More than one dog now?
>>
>>> TJs had
>>> fennel that was almost all bulb. Two huge ones in a clam pack. Did
>>> not have
>>> to pay for all those fronds when we won't eat them.
>>
>> You have to pay extra for fennel fronds where you are? That's strange.
>
> It's sold by the pound and usually there are more fronds than bulb. Not
> unusual.

You have to take weather and crop conditions into consideration when
you're shopping. Fennel is a winter crop. Most of the fennel in the US
is grown in SoCal and Arizona. It's just now coming to market. What
you see puny right now with the fronds is likely last years crop.

Jill