Re: garden show

Melons also works great when it gets a little over ripe.

Bonnie Zone 7/7 ETN
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> [Original Message]
> From: pdickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 2/24/2007 1:07:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] garden show
>
> I just made a wonderful fruit smoothie and used a banana and some grapes
in 
> it that would have been thrown away before.  If the banana gets any color
on 
> the peel no one but me will eat it.  The grapes were getting a little 
> wrinkled... so same for them too.   It made for a great smoothie, along
with 
> an orange, apple and some ice.
> Tricia
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 9:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] garden show
>
>
> > Had a Vita-Mix for about 30 years. Finally gave it [freecycle] to a
young 
> > couple looking for one. It worked great and I used it a lot. Last used
it 
> > to grind dried corn to make corn meal.
> >
> > On Feb 23, 2007, at 10:19 PM, pdickson wrote:
> >
> >> My husband and I went tonight to the Home and Garden show in OKC.  I
told
> >> them of our Horticulture Society membership which they didn't take but
> >> offered us a senior citizen price, $5.00.  I must need to touch up our 
> >> hair
> >> color.  :-)
> >> We enjoyed it even though it was more home stuff than garden stuff... 
> >> still
> >> fun in February to see some garden landscapes.  Some really nice 
> >> waterfalls
> >> and creeks... loved the see through Plexiglas that you can walk across 
> >> the
> >> running water.
> >> Paul James is to speak tomorrow...
> >> We just bought a  Vita-Mix  that they were showing all these great 
> >> recipes.
> >> She made a tortilla soup with just hot water, fresh vegetables.  That 
> >> sold
> >> me alone but then she made raspberry sorbet, peanut butter, fresh fruit
> >> smoothie, vegetable drink, chocolate/ Carmel banana ice cream, banana
ice
> >> cream, and fresh salsa.  We were going to eat before we went home but 
> >> this
> >> was more than enough to take care of us.  I can't wait to use it at our
> >> Master Gardener meeting in March.  We have a speaker that is going to 
> >> talk
> >> on Organic gardening and I am in charge of refreshments.  I plan to
make 
> >> the tortilla
> >> soup and one of the ice creams.  Does anyone have any recipes ideas to 
> >> share
> >> or any experience with a Vita Mix?
> >>
> >> Tricia
> >>
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> > Island Jim
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