Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
can eat his or her tree. Very green.

--Bryan

Bryan wrote:
>
> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
> new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
> can eat his or her tree. Very green.

What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?

Gary

On Dec 3, 11:14*am, Gary > wrote:
> Bryan wrote:
>
> > Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
> > person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. *I'd like to make that a
> > new tradition. *I love fresh rosemary. *After Christmas season, one
> > can eat his or her tree. *Very green.
>
> What? *:-O * Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?

Probably. I don't know what could be "disturbing" about a 15" tall
rosemary plant that's in an 8" pot, cut into Christmas tree shape with
a little gold bow on top, that someone bought for $10.99 at Trader
Joe's. Perhaps you're just easily disturbed.
>
> Gary

--Bryan

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 08:57:30 -0800 (PST), Bryan
> wrote:

>Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
>person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
>new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
>can eat his or her tree. Very green.
>
>--Bryan

Just be sure that it has good air circulation or it will get cottony
and perish.
Janet US

Gary wrote:
> Bryan wrote:
>>
>> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
>> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that
>> a new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
>> can eat his or her tree. Very green.
>
> What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
>
> Gary

Probably. Depending on where you live, you can plant the rosemary tree
outside and have fresh rosemary all year. I don't see the problem that you
see.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Bryan wrote:
>>
>> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
>> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
>> new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
>> can eat his or her tree. Very green.
>
> What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?


Eull Gibbons had no isssues with it.

Paul

On Dec 3, 12:11*pm, "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
> "Gary" > wrote in ....
> > Bryan wrote:
>
> >> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
> >> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. *I'd like to make that a
> >> new tradition. *I love fresh rosemary. *After Christmas season, one
> >> can eat his or her tree. *Very green.
>
> > What? *:-O * Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
>
> Eull Gibbons had no isssues with it.
>
> Paul

Ever eat a pine tree?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XJMIu18I8Y

John Kuthe...

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Bryan wrote:
>>
>> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
>> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
>> new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
>> can eat his or her tree. Very green.
>
> What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
>
> Gary


I don't find it disturbing. What's wrong with a rosemary bush?

I like fresh rosemary on grilled lamb or veal. It's no different from
growing any other herb.

Jill

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 17:16:27 -0500, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
> "Gary" > wrote in message ...
> > Bryan wrote:
> >>
> >> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
> >> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
> >> new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
> >> can eat his or her tree. Very green.
> >
> > What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
> >
> > Gary
>
>
> I don't find it disturbing. What's wrong with a rosemary bush?
>
Either he's kidding or he has no idea what he's talking about.

> I like fresh rosemary on grilled lamb or veal. It's no different from
> growing any other herb.
>


--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 12/3/2011 10:57 AM, Bryan wrote:
> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
> new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
> can eat his or her tree. Very green.
>
> --Bryan


Bryan,

First my best to your wife.

Second. I planted one of those rosemary Christmas trees and had it just
took off.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

"Bryan" > wrote in message
...
On Dec 3, 11:14 am, Gary > wrote:
> Bryan wrote:
>
> > Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
> > person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
> > new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
> > can eat his or her tree. Very green.
>
> What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?

Probably. I don't know what could be "disturbing" about a 15" tall
rosemary plant that's in an 8" pot, cut into Christmas tree shape with
a little gold bow on top, that someone bought for $10.99 at Trader
Joe's. Perhaps you're just easily disturbed.
========

I took the disturbing part as a joke with the "one can eat his or her
tree." I could be wrong.

Cheri

Cheri wrote:

>>> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
>>> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
>>> new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
>>> can eat his or her tree. Very green.
>>
>> What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
>
> Probably. I don't know what could be "disturbing" about a 15" tall
> rosemary plant that's in an 8" pot, cut into Christmas tree shape with
> a little gold bow on top, that someone bought for $10.99 at Trader
> Joe's. Perhaps you're just easily disturbed.
> ========
>
> I took the disturbing part as a joke with the "one can eat his or her
> tree." I could be wrong.

http://eater.com/archives/2010/12/27...stmas-tree.php

I did in fact make a fir-infused vinegar last year, using it in a forcemeat
stuffing for roasted red peppers on New Year's eve. The vinegar was very
strongly flavored, so a little goes a long way.

Bob

On Dec 3, 9:36*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:14:50 -0500, Gary wrote:
> > Bryan wrote:
>
> >> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
> >> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. *I'd like to make that a
> >> new tradition. *I love fresh rosemary. *After Christmas season, one
> >> can eat his or her tree. *Very green.
>
> > What? *:-O * Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
>
> Nobody tell him. *Let him find out on his own that's a
> decorative/landscaping rosemary and not a culinary rosemary.

Thank you, Steve, but if that don't suck. I'm still going to see if
it has decent flavor, but there's no question that the leaves are
thinner and less delicate looking that the rosemaries we grow. At
least we didn't pay for the f-ing thing.
>
> -sw

--Bryan

Cheri wrote:
>
> "Bryan" > wrote in message
> ...
> On Dec 3, 11:14 am, Gary > wrote:
> > Bryan wrote:
> >
> > > Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
> > > person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
> > > new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
> > > can eat his or her tree. Very green.
> >
> > What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
>
> Probably. I don't know what could be "disturbing" about a 15" tall
> rosemary plant that's in an 8" pot, cut into Christmas tree shape with
> a little gold bow on top, that someone bought for $10.99 at Trader
> Joe's. Perhaps you're just easily disturbed.
> ========
>
> I took the disturbing part as a joke with the "one can eat his or her
> tree." I could be wrong.
>
> Cheri

You got it, Cheri. I *was* kidding.

I tend to tease and joke people often with a straight face and my daughter
often yells at me for doing that....

Her: "Dad, you can't say that to people. They don't know you're kidding."

So anyway, the rosemary tree thing is nice.
I wish someone would give me a basil tree. I'd like that one better. :-D

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:14:50 -0500, Gary wrote:
>
> > Bryan wrote:
> >>
> >> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
> >> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
> >> new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
> >> can eat his or her tree. Very green.
> >
> > What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
>
> Nobody tell him. Let him find out on his own that's a
> decorative/landscaping rosemary and not a culinary rosemary.
>
> -sw

There's a difference? :-O

Years ago, we went on a surfing trip to Cape Hatteras, NC. On the way, I
kept seeing bay leaf bushes. I made them stop while I collected lots of
wild bay leaves. They though I was wrong but I was right. Real bay leaves
for free!

Gary

On Dec 4, 7:09*am, Gary > wrote:
> Cheri wrote:
>
> > "Bryan" > wrote in message
> ....
> > On Dec 3, 11:14 am, Gary > wrote:
> > > Bryan wrote:
>
> > > > Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
> > > > person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
> > > > new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
> > > > can eat his or her tree. Very green.
>
> > > What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
....
>
> You got it, Cheri. *I *was* kidding.
>
> I tend to tease and joke people often with a straight face and my daughter
> often yells at me for doing that....
>
> Her: "Dad, you can't say that to people. They don't know you're kidding."
>
> So anyway, the rosemary tree thing is nice.
> I wish someone would give me a basil tree. *I'd like that one better. *:-D

Dude, you are *really* reaching with that one! I'll bet you're a big
fan of "that's what she said"s too! ;-)

I agree about the basil thing though. Fresh basil is a beautiful
thing. Something ate all my basil seedlings last year and I was so
****ed! :-( No fresh basil for me! I could make a salad out of fresh
basil.

John Kuthe...

On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:09:37 -0500, Gary > wrote:



>I tend to tease and joke people often with a straight face and my daughter
>often yells at me for doing that....
>
>Her: "Dad, you can't say that to people. They don't know you're kidding."

I never let it stop me though. I've said some truly absurd things
with a straight face and some people will believe it.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:09:37 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
> >I tend to tease and joke people often with a straight face and my daughter
> >often yells at me for doing that....
> >
> >Her: "Dad, you can't say that to people. They don't know you're kidding."
>
> I never let it stop me though. I've said some truly absurd things
> with a straight face and some people will believe it.

Glad to know that I'm not the only one, Ed. :-D

On Dec 4, 7:44*am, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:09:37 -0500, Gary > wrote:
> >I tend to tease and joke people often with a straight face and my daughter
> >often yells at me for doing that....
>
> >Her: "Dad, you can't say that to people. They don't know you're kidding."
>
> I never let it stop me though. *I've said some truly absurd things
> with a straight face and some people will believe it.

Oh, it's amazing sometimes about what people will take seriously if
you just say it the right way. Years ago I thought about doing
this:when someone stops in their car and asks me for directions,
telling them "Oh, you can't get there from here" and if they even
believed me for a moment following with "That's right! You have to go
all the way home, get out of your car, go inside your house and start
over, because you can't get there from *here*!" (Alluding to the
sometimes not realized fact that all roads are connected.)

;-)

John Kuthe...

On Dec 4, 7:53*am, Gary > wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:09:37 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
> > >I tend to tease and joke people often with a straight face and my daughter
> > >often yells at me for doing that....
>
> > >Her: "Dad, you can't say that to people. They don't know you're kidding."
>
> > I never let it stop me though. *I've said some truly absurd things
> > with a straight face and some people will believe it.
>
> Glad to know that I'm not the only one, Ed. *:-D

It's called being a smart-ass. No you are definitely not the only one
Gary! ;-)

John Kuthe...

John Kuthe wrote:
>
> On Dec 4, 7:09 am, Gary > wrote:
> > Cheri wrote:
> >
> > > "Bryan" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > On Dec 3, 11:14 am, Gary > wrote:
> > > > Bryan wrote:
> >
> > > > > Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
> > > > > person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
> > > > > new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
> > > > > can eat his or her tree. Very green.
> >
> > > > What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
> ...
> >
> > You got it, Cheri. I *was* kidding.
> >
> > I tend to tease and joke people often with a straight face and my daughter
> > often yells at me for doing that....
> >
> > Her: "Dad, you can't say that to people. They don't know you're kidding."
> >
> > So anyway, the rosemary tree thing is nice.
> > I wish someone would give me a basil tree. I'd like that one better. :-D
>
> Dude, you are *really* reaching with that one! I'll bet you're a big
> fan of "that's what she said"s too! ;-)

What? Please explain yourself, John. Not sure what you mean. :-|

>
> I agree about the basil thing though. Fresh basil is a beautiful
> thing. Something ate all my basil seedlings last year and I was so
> ****ed! :-( No fresh basil for me! I could make a salad out of fresh
> basil.

I try to have a basil plant (or several) on my porch each summer. It
doesn't get any better than pulling fresh basil leaves and tearing them and
adding to whatever you are cooking. :-D

Gary

PS - want an extra good steak sometime? Let it warm up before cooking and
coated each side with garlic powder and dried basil. It takes a great steak
to the next level. This tip is from a head chef at a nice restuarant that
my daughter used to date. I always use those two spices now.

On Dec 4, 8:06*am, Gary > wrote:
> John Kuthe wrote:
....
> > Dude, you are *really* reaching with that one! I'll bet you're a big
> > fan of "that's what she said"s too! ;-)
>
> What? *Please explain yourself, John. Not sure what you mean. *:-|

Uh, yeah RIGHT!! ;-)

Years ago, me and a male friend were working on a bicycle, and I
discovered there is no richer environment for "that's what she said"s
than two guys working on something with tools! ;-) (Butthead said "Uh,
heh heh! You said 'tool'!")


> I try to have a basil plant (or several) on my porch each summer. *It
> doesn't get any better than pulling fresh basil leaves and tearing them and
> adding to whatever you are cooking. * :-D

You know it Gary!! In years past my upstairs neighbor (I call her my
agricultural goddess!) planted basil plants which shed gave me free
access to, and one year when I had some producing tomato plants I'd go
out and pick a fresh tomato and get some fresh basil, and OMG!!! YUM!
make tomato cheese bread as one of my quick snacks, and...YUM!!! :-)



> PS - want an extra good steak sometime? *Let it warm up before cooking and
> coated each side with garlic powder and dried basil. *It takes a great steak
> to the next level. *This tip is from a head chef at a nice restuarant that
> my daughter used to date. I always use those two spices now.

I can believe it! Kinda like "ever so much more so" for a good steak!

John Kuthe...

On Dec 4, 7:59*am, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Dec 4, 7:53*am, Gary > wrote:
>
> > Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> > > On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:09:37 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
> > > >I tend to tease and joke people often with a straight face and my daughter
> > > >often yells at me for doing that....
>
> > > >Her: "Dad, you can't say that to people. They don't know you're kidding."
>
> > > I never let it stop me though. *I've said some truly absurd things
> > > with a straight face and some people will believe it.
>
> > Glad to know that I'm not the only one, Ed. *:-D
>
> It's called being a smart-ass. No you are definitely not the only one
> Gary! ;-)

RFC has its share of smart-asses, but we also have a few real dumb-
asses.
>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan

Gary > wrote:

-snip-
>So anyway, the rosemary tree thing is nice.
>I wish someone would give me a basil tree. I'd like that one better. :-D

I've found basil a lot easier to care for than rosemary. Lots of
light- [a south facing window, and a fluorescent light to 'keep the
days long']- water when it droops & water deep. 60-80F should do
it-- I've kept one going in a 12" pot for the winter & used lots of
basil along the way.

I've kept a rosemary over a winter, too-- but it was an unhealthy
looking thing by spring & died over the summer.

Jim

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 21:36:33 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:14:50 -0500, Gary wrote:
>
>> Bryan wrote:
>>>
>>> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
>>> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
>>> new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
>>> can eat his or her tree. Very green.
>>
>> What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
>
>Nobody tell him. Let him find out on his own that's a
>decorative/landscaping rosemary and not a culinary rosemary.
>
>-sw
I'm not familiar with a rosemary that isn't culinary. I would like to
know more, cite?
Janet US

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 21:36:33 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:14:50 -0500, Gary wrote:
>
>> Bryan wrote:
>>>
>>> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
>>> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
>>> new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
>>> can eat his or her tree. Very green.
>>
>> What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
>
>Nobody tell him. Let him find out on his own that's a
>decorative/landscaping rosemary and not a culinary rosemary.
>
>-sw

Rosemary is edible. Even the kind that grows 20 feet long and 5 feet
wide.

There are many, many varieties of rosemary and their tastes and
strengths vary quite bit, but I have never come across one that is not
edible.

Boron

On Dec 4, 9:17*am, Janet Bostwick > wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 21:36:33 -0600, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:14:50 -0500, Gary wrote:
>
> >> Bryan wrote:
>
> >>> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
> >>> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. *I'd like to make that a
> >>> new tradition. *I love fresh rosemary. *After Christmas season, one
> >>> can eat his or her tree. *Very green.
>
> >> What? *:-O * Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
>
> >Nobody tell him. *Let him find out on his own that's a
> >decorative/landscaping rosemary and not a culinary rosemary.
>
> >-sw
>
> I'm not familiar with a rosemary that isn't culinary. *I would like to
> know more, *cite?
> Janet US

I did a quick Google search on "rosemary spice" after I read this.
Turned up among other hits a Wikipedia page on rosemary which didn't
say anything about there being two different varietals of rosemary.
Methinks sw was just attempting to yank Bryan's chain.

John Kuthe...

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 20:43:28 -0800 (PST), Bryan
> wrote:

>On Dec 3, 9:36*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
>> On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:14:50 -0500, Gary wrote:
>> > Bryan wrote:
>>
>> >> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
>> >> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. *I'd like to make that a
>> >> new tradition. *I love fresh rosemary. *After Christmas season, one
>> >> can eat his or her tree. *Very green.
>>
>> > What? *:-O * Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
>>
>> Nobody tell him. *Let him find out on his own that's a
>> decorative/landscaping rosemary and not a culinary rosemary.
>
>Thank you, Steve, but if that don't suck. I'm still going to see if
>it has decent flavor, but there's no question that the leaves are
>thinner and less delicate looking that the rosemaries we grow. At
>least we didn't pay for the f-ing thing.

It's essentially the same plant... there exist hybridized rosemary
(different growing habits) but they'd flavor the same. I don't
particularly care for rosemary, makes the dish smell like Pinesol. The
Greeks make the only wine I can't drink... retsina... they cook with
it too, it's awful, like how I imagine toilet bowl cleaner tastes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retsina

On 12/4/2011 6:09 AM, Gary wrote:

>
> So anyway, the rosemary tree thing is nice.
> I wish someone would give me a basil tree. I'd like that one better. :-D


Unfortunately they are two of the few plants I can't keep alive indoors.
I either under-water or over-water which makes me think they are very
picky about conditions.

Daughter had the same problem when she first moved to CA years ago, She
tried planting her small rosemary plant outdoors and within a year or
two it had turned into a very large shrub almost 4 ft. across, and
covered with tiny blue flowers. That year she made everyone rosemary
wreaths for the kitchen as part of their Christmas gifts.

I wish I had that option but right now it's about 6 degrees F outdoors
and I don't think tender Mediterranean herbs would like that.

gloria p

On 12/4/2011 6:44 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:09:37 -0500, > wrote:
>
>
>
>> I tend to tease and joke people often with a straight face and my daughter
>> often yells at me for doing that....
>>
>> Her: "Dad, you can't say that to people. They don't know you're kidding."
>
> I never let it stop me though. I've said some truly absurd things
> with a straight face and some people will believe it.


My husband does that all the time and so did his father. He thinks it's
funny, I think it's demeaning. What it often leads to is people not
believing ANYTHING he says. YMMV.

gloria p

On Dec 4, 2:14*pm, "gloria.p" > wrote:
> On 12/4/2011 6:44 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:09:37 -0500, > *wrote:
>
> >> I tend to tease and joke people often with a straight face and my daughter
> >> often yells at me for doing that....
>
> >> Her: "Dad, you can't say that to people. They don't know you're kidding."
>
> > I never let it stop me though. *I've said some truly absurd things
> > with a straight face and some people will believe it.
>
> My husband does that all the time and so did his father. *He thinks it's
> funny, I think it's demeaning. *What it often leads to is people not
> believing ANYTHING he says. *YMMV.

I used that strategy very effectively with my mother once when I was a
teenager. I brought something in the house in a paper bad that she
would disapprove of headed for the basement. As I walked down the
stairs she asked me what I had in the bag. I told her exactly what I
had in the bag.

She didn't say a word! She just thought I was being my usual smart-
assed self. I never even had to lie!

:-)

John Kuthe...

On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:14:08 -0700, "gloria.p" >
wrote:



>>
>> I never let it stop me though. I've said some truly absurd things
>> with a straight face and some people will believe it.
>
>
>My husband does that all the time and so did his father. He thinks it's
>funny, I think it's demeaning. What it often leads to is people not
>believing ANYTHING he says. YMMV.
>
>gloria p

So, when I go on about how someone thought I was Tom Selleck because
we look so much alike it is demeaning? Maybe to Tom, but certainly
not to the person I'm talking to.

Maybe not so far fetched, we both have a mustache, but Tom is a tad
taller than me. And he has a tad more hair than me. . . . . . .

"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 21:36:33 -0600, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:14:50 -0500, Gary wrote:
>>
>>> Bryan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
>>>> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
>>>> new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
>>>> can eat his or her tree. Very green.
>>>
>>> What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
>>
>>Nobody tell him. Let him find out on his own that's a
>>decorative/landscaping rosemary and not a culinary rosemary.
>>
>>-sw
>
> Rosemary is edible. Even the kind that grows 20 feet long and 5 feet
> wide.
>
> There are many, many varieties of rosemary and their tastes and
> strengths vary quite bit, but I have never come across one that is not
> edible.
>
> Boron


Am I the only person who remembers Euell Gibbons? "Ever eat a pine tree?"


Jill

On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:19:45 -0500, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
>"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 21:36:33 -0600, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:14:50 -0500, Gary wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bryan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
>>>>> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
>>>>> new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
>>>>> can eat his or her tree. Very green.
>>>>
>>>> What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
>>>
>>>Nobody tell him. Let him find out on his own that's a
>>>decorative/landscaping rosemary and not a culinary rosemary.
>>>
>>>-sw
>>
>> Rosemary is edible. Even the kind that grows 20 feet long and 5 feet
>> wide.
>>
>> There are many, many varieties of rosemary and their tastes and
>> strengths vary quite bit, but I have never come across one that is not
>> edible.
>>
>> Boron
>
>
>Am I the only person who remembers Euell Gibbons? "Ever eat a pine tree?"
>
>
>Jill

Gibbons also recommended eating poison ivy to create immunity to it.
He was nuts.

Boron

On 12/5/2011 7:35 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:19:45 -0500, >
> wrote:

>> Am I the only person who remembers Euell Gibbons? "Ever eat a pine tree?"
>>

> Gibbons also recommended eating poison ivy to create immunity to it.
> He was nuts.

Wow. Someone I knew almost died from inhaling burning poison ivy
fumes; I can't imagine having a reaction in your throat is all
that safe, either.

I'm so susceptible to its ill effects I get nervous just
thinking about it.

nancy

i have a cousin who enhaled burning fumes and almost died,

Lee
"Nancy Young" <email@replyto> wrote in message
.com...
> On 12/5/2011 7:35 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:19:45 -0500, >
>> wrote:
>
>>> Am I the only person who remembers Euell Gibbons? "Ever eat a pine
>>> tree?"
>>>
>
>> Gibbons also recommended eating poison ivy to create immunity to it.
>> He was nuts.
>
> Wow. Someone I knew almost died from inhaling burning poison ivy
> fumes; I can't imagine having a reaction in your throat is all
> that safe, either.
>
> I'm so susceptible to its ill effects I get nervous just
> thinking about it.
>
> nancy

On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 08:02:02 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:17:53 -0700, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 21:36:33 -0600, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:14:50 -0500, Gary wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bryan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
>>>>> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that a
>>>>> new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
>>>>> can eat his or her tree. Very green.
>>>>
>>>> What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
>>>
>>>Nobody tell him. Let him find out on his own that's a
>>>decorative/landscaping rosemary and not a culinary rosemary.
>>>
>>>-sw
>> I'm not familiar with a rosemary that isn't culinary. I would like to
>> know more, cite?
>
>OK, I'll look it up for you <sigh>
>
>http://voices.yahoo.com/which-variet...43.html?cat=32
>
>Tuscan blue is the most widely used rosemary. It is the only kind I
>have seen grown and sold for cooking.
>
>-sw

Oh, pooh! "many top chefs" use it? Any one of the seed/plant
catalogs I have show a dozen or more varieties of rosemary for cooking
-- yes Tuscan Blue is there. My local nursery carries a dozen or
more. The jars of dried stuff and the packages of fresh stuff at the
grocers do not label the variety. It's like basil, you choose the
varieties that suit your cuisine/palate the best. You did know that
there are many kinds of basil available for cooking around the world?

Janet US

and even if one is preferred i still havent seen anything that says there is
an unedible variety, Lee
"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 08:02:02 -0600, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:17:53 -0700, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 21:36:33 -0600, Sqwertz >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:14:50 -0500, Gary wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Bryan wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since my wife got home, people have been bringing her stuff, and one
>>>>>> person brought her a rosemary Christmas tree. I'd like to make that
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> new tradition. I love fresh rosemary. After Christmas season, one
>>>>>> can eat his or her tree. Very green.
>>>>>
>>>>> What? :-O Am I the only one here that finds this a bit disturbing?
>>>>
>>>>Nobody tell him. Let him find out on his own that's a
>>>>decorative/landscaping rosemary and not a culinary rosemary.
>>>>
>>>>-sw
>>> I'm not familiar with a rosemary that isn't culinary. I would like to
>>> know more, cite?
>>
>>OK, I'll look it up for you <sigh>
>>
>>http://voices.yahoo.com/which-variet...43.html?cat=32
>>
>>Tuscan blue is the most widely used rosemary. It is the only kind I
>>have seen grown and sold for cooking.
>>
>>-sw
>
> Oh, pooh! "many top chefs" use it? Any one of the seed/plant
> catalogs I have show a dozen or more varieties of rosemary for cooking
> -- yes Tuscan Blue is there. My local nursery carries a dozen or
> more. The jars of dried stuff and the packages of fresh stuff at the
> grocers do not label the variety. It's like basil, you choose the
> varieties that suit your cuisine/palate the best. You did know that
> there are many kinds of basil available for cooking around the world?
>
> Janet US

On 2011-12-05, Nancy Young <email@replyto> wrote:
> On 12/5/2011 7:35 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:

>> Gibbons also recommended eating poison ivy to create immunity to it.
>> He was nuts.

If he, in fact, did, you're right.

> Wow. Someone I knew almost died from inhaling burning poison ivy
> fumes; I can't imagine having a reaction in your throat is all
> that safe, either.

Poison oak smoke inhalation almost killed my ex-BIL, too. Also, not
uncommon amongst forestry workers, who must clear and dispose acres of
it, every year. I break out jes hearing the name! (scratch-scratch)

nb

On 5 Dec 2011 15:27:34 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2011-12-05, Nancy Young <email@replyto> wrote:
>> On 12/5/2011 7:35 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>
>>> Gibbons also recommended eating poison ivy to create immunity to it.
>>> He was nuts.
>
>If he, in fact, did, you're right.

He discusses it in an interview with Mother Earth News, here;
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Natur...ns.aspx?page=9
http://preview.tinyurl.com/bpo6eez

He says that he eats one leaf 'every day for the month of may'- and
hasn't gotten a bad case of poison ivy since doing this.

I guess *not* doing it works, too, because I haven't gotten a bad case
of poison ivy in nearly 50 years. I wear gloves when weeding one
end of the garden where I've found rootlets before-- and I know what
it looks like and avoid it. That might have something to do with my
current 'immunity'.

Jim