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Now, in the distance on your left, you ll see the home of one of the most famous ducks in all of history: Pete Webere ! When he learned the Canadian Geese were poised to attack, Pete Webere flew 20 miles to warn his fellow Mallards of impending war. What a patriot!
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I like to put the asparagus in omelettes! Plus, the way I cook it is to put it in water and simmer it for awhile (5-7 minutes?) then drain it, and put some olive oil, pepper, and parm. cheese on it. Anything is better with cheese, right?
Asparagus are lovely wrapped in prosciutto and sprinkled alaska airline miles new account with parmesan cheese and a balsamic vinegar vinagrette. YUM! Also in quiche. Eggplants are tricky, but a well prepared eggplant parmegian is a thing of beauty and a joy to eat.
MadameX: alaska airline miles new account Agreed on the Brussel sprouts. (barf) They seem to be tiny little rotted sour deformed cabbage heads or something. Okay. You actually made aspragus sound kind of good the way you described it wrapped in prosciutto hmmmmmmmmmm .Might have to try that.
But everypeep! Here s my favorite food to eat: (This is so yum). Popcorn popped the old fashioned way in a pot with oil. Then sprinkled with a bit of sugar, a bit of salt and lots, and lots of powdered brewer s yeast. OMG. (drool). Yum.
@QoD Orville Redinbacker (sp ?) puts out a microwave bag that s just as you described except without the brewers yeast ( Kettle corn) but I see no reason you couldn t sprinkle a little yeast on that once it comes out of the microwave for a quick dirty treat without the time effort of making the popcorn from scratch.
( who hated P s with a Purple Passion) .would construct an orderly straight line of them, single-file, under the blade of the table knife (which we were required to line up in a certain posishe on the dinner plate when we were finished eating).
alaska airline miles new account I count 12 mini-ducks- wow! Isn t that a lot for one mama duck? Does anyone know how many they usually have? The most I ve ever seen is 6 or 7. (Although maybe she is babysitting.) Love the blue wing-stripe with the orange legs though- very fashionable.
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Asparagus is one of my favorite veggies. I don t know how anyone doesn t love them :/ Brussel sprouts? Don t eat them often, but I ve enjoyed them the few times I ve had them. Cooked with bacon *drool* .
One of my happy childhood memories is going out to the family farm and hunting for asparagus many of the local farmers have planted it in their irrigation ditches for personal use. That was the first time I got to use a real knife.
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We d then go home and cook the asparagus, boiled then covered in butter and salt. To this day it s my favorite vegetable, and my favorite way to eat it, though I don t think it would be if I didn t have the memories attached to it.
And DewiCasgwent thanks for the treatise on Effects Of Asparagus On Urinary conditions. My sis and I were having a discussion on JUST THIS TOPIC the other day (and no I m NOT kidding) so thanks for clearing up that whole odor identification element.
I have never met a brussels sprout that I didn t like. There. I said it. I love brussels sprouts. But then again, I also love okra. (And asparagus alaska airline miles new account for that matter. In fact my mother makes a lovely asparagus pie with a flaky crust, cream sauce and Gruyere cheese. Most deelish.)
What I don t like to eat, though is duck. I ve never cared for it. And now that I ve seen photos of these adorable ducklings, I am quite certain that I won t be eating it any time soon. They are just too cute.
Well, wut rlly happened was: Mommee took them for a walk past the Farmers Market; a lotta of the vendors displayed their fresh vegetamables in bins, close within the duckies reach sooooooo, the bebbehs all sampled some brussel sprouts and asparaguses, etc. (some more than others) ..
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Not to interrupt the food blog, but I m curious: how did the duckies get up onto the pipe in the first place? I ve been trying to picture them leaping and sliding off. Would have loved to see a vid trying to capture that! Maybe mum lifted them up by the scruff of their necks?
Even though it s already been said, I must emphasise that they are indeed Canada geese and not Canadian geese. Unless, of course, Prongs was talking about generic geese that just happen to be Canadian. But if those Canadian geese were Canada geese, then they d be Canadian Canada geese. Unless they were immigrants, then they might be American Canada geese.
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I lovelovelove asparagus and brussels sprouts. If you think sprouts are nasty, you ve probably only been exposed alaska airline miles new account to them when they ve been boiled until they are odiferous and mushy. Roasted alaska airline miles new account with olive oil and garlic, or lightly steamed and then sauteed with walnuts, they are wonderful. Asparagus is truly a divine food, in my opinion. I just had a big pile of it, roasted, last night. Peas and broccoli, yes! And okra. Eggplant I have a little trouble with. I grow it in the summer alaska airline miles new account just because it looks so cool, but have a hard time finding ways to cook it that I actually like. Mostly I like all vegetables, and wish the cats shared my taste for them haha.
Count on Skippymom to bring in all 8 ducklings. MY FAVORITE! I remember wandering all over some park in Boston trying to find the Make Way for Ducklings statues rumored to be there. Found ducklings, but no statues. (I was more successful in Portland s Grant Park where I found the Beverly Cleary alaska airline miles new account Sculpture alaska airline miles new account Garden, complete with Ramona and Henry Huggins). Ramona and Ducklings 4+ever!
SoCalSis, the bronze ducklings are on Boston Common near the State House. Next time you come here, I ll meet you and show them to you. From time to time someone steals one, but they always come back.
I used to have this funny cat he was loooong and leggy and looked most distinctive, like an Egyptian statue. Anyway, he had unusual taste. He loved green peppers. If you left them out he d jump on the counter and chaw on them. Crunch crunch. He also liked bread. Do we have mice? Who s eaten a hole in the bread?
This photo is lovely, alaska airline miles new account but only because of the adorable Goose and her babies! It saddens me that these beautiful animals are perched on a disgusting, dirty industrial pipe that should not be in their natural habitat.