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Posted on 06/01/2004 9:35:59 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Nope. The leaves look kind of vinca-ish but I'm not sure.
Make sure you keep that rosemary and lavendar watered. Either one of those gets too dry and they're goners! - signed voice of experience
That quiche sounds yummy too.
I made an almond crust for the cheesecake. It really looks like a graham cracker crust, but it tastes much better. LOL, I ground the almonds so fine that I just about made almond butter (I did save some almonds for the top of the cake.).
Now, what to do with romano cheese. Hmm.
Nite folks.
I'm trying to decide when to go to DC. I think the "if" has already been decided. Right now I'm leaning towards going on up on Wednesday evening and getting in line. That seems a better option than trying to go on Thursday morning. Worst case scenario, I can grab a hotel room on the way back and sleep for a while. I've got friends I could crash with too as long as it isn't too late.
I'll decide for sure tomorrow.
Have a good night!
I'm takin' a minute to see if I can look up this plant. Those leaves look familiar - but not the bloom.
"A tremendous machine," indeed!
Odd. I can't find my big comprehensive plant book right now, just two smaller ones. I can find stuff with blooms similar to that but not with those leaves - and vice versa. You have my curiosity up now. I'm going on search and rescue for the big book.
BTW, saw the yard award right above that! I love it!!! :-D
Recipe, please!!
Alum Root? Maybe? OT?
2 c almonds
1 c. bread crumbs (2 slices of bread)
2 tsp butter, melted (or margarine)
2 c ricotta cheese
1 c sour cream (or non-far yogurt)
2 eggs (or 3 egg whites)
¾ c Splenda
1/3 c cocoa
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 tbsp vanilla
½ tsp almond
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Set aside 1 tablespoon of almonds for garnish. Put remaining almonds in a blender or food processor, and process to fine crumbs. Combine almonds, bread crumbs and butter. Press mix into bottom and sides of a 9 inch pie pan. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
In a blender or food processor, process ricotta cheese until creamy and smooth. Add sour cream and eggs; process until well mixed. Sprinkle Splenda and cornstarch over cheese; blend until smooth. Sprinkle cocoa over mixture and blend until well mixed. Blend in vanilla and almond extract and pour cheese mixture into crust. Scatter reserved almonds on top and bake for 1 hour or until firm when lightly touched in the center. Cool cheesecake in oven with door open for 2 hours. Chill. It is normal for cake to fall.
That recipe has got my mouth watering! I'll have to go get the ingredients tomorrow!
Just had chocolate ice cream earlier tonight, so I'm not letting myself read this :)
I dunno....it's not dogwood. :)
The cool part was that I didn't have to go to the store. I already had everything in the fridge or pantry.
The cake is now done baking, and has been cooling for about 40 minutes. Mmm, chocolate! Not sure I can wait till tomorrow to have a slice.
Still can't find my big book. Now, I'm looking at a "just flower" book. There is a plant that doesn't grow in this area called Meadowrue that the flower looks like it. Never seen or heard of it myself. The leaves are palmate like the ones in Corin's photo but not lance leaves like his. Flowers look pretty much exactly like his. It's a little book and only shows one picture but says there are several species so I'm wondering if it might be another of those species.
Let me expand on that. I was going to make lasagna, and bought too much cheese. I realize that some think it can't be done, but I did it. So, here I was with extra ricotta and extra romano. what to do..... :-)
I'll have to look at the picture on a better monitor. It's kinda dark but those leaves look oval to me.
Hey howdy there!
Hair/ecurbh: are you around? I gots *big* trouble wit da webcam. It aint'a gonna werk.
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