Re: Lowes, lemons, Ms Fatma, and spaghetti

When Lowe's opened here, their plants were priced rock-bottom the first
year.  They steadily increased them after that.

Glad Ms. Fatma's recovering well.

Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 5:24 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Lowes, lemons, Ms Fatma, and spaghetti


> Lowes opened today. This is the first one to show up on this part of
> the suncoast. So on the way home from the botanical garden, we stopped
> in. Much more organized than HD. Prices about the same, though.
>
> We found a variegated lemon--both leaves and fruit are variegated;
> flesh of the fruit is pink [think pink lemonade]--in a 5-gallon pot for
> $25.00, so we got it. It may have been mis-marked; normally variegated
> lemons that size sell for twice that price. I'll plant it tomorrow.
>
> Ms Fatma is recovering from her ordeal. For her first solid food meal
> we had whole-wheat spaghetti, dressed with olive oil and sauced with a
> cucumber-yoghurt concoction. In Indian cuisine there is a condiment
> made of yoghurt, shredded cucumber, pressed garlic, and freshly ground
> black pepper. In Lebanese cuisine there is a cold soup made of yoghurt,
> shredded cucumber, pressed garlic, and freshly ground black pepper.
>
> Our spaghetti sauce could have been either an Indian condiment or a
> Lebanese soup. Ms Fatma added crumbled feta to hers--there is something
> about Turks and feta cheese; it seems to be a comfort food with roots
> that go deep into their national gene pool.
>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>
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