Meme!

Swiped from airporter. This amuses me.

aelfie will have to write:

I will not make lewd or vulgar gestures at members of the opposite sex

'What will you have to write on the chalk board?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Fine I'll confine my lewd and vulgar gestures to members of my own sex...I might actually get lucky that way. =)

It finally happened

I got something in the CSA box that I didn't like the looks of.

Fresh Fennel.

Bleh.

So then I finally had to put my money where my mouth is. Part of the idea behind getting a CSA box was to expose the family to new veggies and fruits and help us eat better. I HATE, LOATHE, and DESPISE licorice. I don't like the flavor, I won't drink Ouzo, or any other anise flavored drinks. I pass black jelly beans on to my Mom or my Gram. Good and Plenty? You can keep 'em. BLEH!

But there was that fresh fennel in the box. *sigh*

I pulled out a cookbook and looked up a recipe. Very simple sliced fennel salad with a lemon pepper dressing, finished off with fresh parm. I had a bunch of radishes left as well, so I sliced them up on the mandoline too (I used the .75mm blade setting. Wafer thin!). Put some on everyone's plate. Then I sat down to eat my dinner. A tentative bite. Hey, this isn't half bad. Bigger bite. I can still taste the licorice, but the lemon and pepper flavors are covering it up a bit. Then I remembered the parm! I sprinkled some of that on. Ooo! This is good stuff! I ate my entire serving and went back for seconds. Discovered that letting the salad marinate a bit mellows out the licorice flavor.

I don't think it will become a favorite vegetable, but at least I won't be dismayed to find some in my box again.

yea me!