Yeah, count me in on some for Ballz.

count jack in for some balls.

I can always use an extra pear.

On your chin?

?

Nope:

Fig. 16: Much white, gummy latex flows from the jackfruit stalk when the slightly underripe fruit is harvested.

Actually, I knew that. I was just making a bad joke.

How true.

I'm an engineer. It was an attempt at humor.

Yes, he's a Sanitation Engineer. He picks up yard waste:

nah, he's an engineer on the Mayor's grand funk railroad.

Wait — latex comes from jackfruit? Is this for real?

The caption is quoted *verbatim* -- I didn't change a word.

So that would also mean Jackfruit comes from latex?

I dunno .... just saying Jack, fruit and latex in the same sentence seems wrong to me.

DG

Join me for a drink at The Cuff. You'll understand.

It'll be painfully apparent.

These are the herbs in Absinthe I'm aware of:
Anise (you know, the herb shaped like a star)
Fennel bulbs
Woodworm or you can use small woodworm, but it doesn't have as much T hujone.
Melissa (though you could use lemonbalm if you can't find Melissa)
Hyssop
Coriander (it's that leafy green plant used in Indian food)

Soak all that in vodka for a month, and you'll be visited by the fairy.... though I've always wondered why she's wearing a black robe and carrying a scythe...

Well, that and the part about the fennel bulbs.

- Only use the small woodworms for the coloration, otherwise it will taste like Dr. O's HG.

- If you can't find Coriander, dried Cilantro is the same thing.

- If you can't find Hyssop, look for Herssop.

You can also substitute the B e t t y for Veronica.

(edit sometimes I hate that damn word filter

Do bookworms work too??
(wood -> paper -> books)

Rock->Paper->Scissors

I know of a Guy that really does use spinach in the coloration. Any one use salt?

That and a touch of butter and you have a good side dish.

I should have said salt in the pot . Slows things down a little.

Main Entry: la·tex
Pronunciation: 'lA-"teks
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural la·ti·ces /'lA-t&-"sEz, 'la-/; or la·tex·es
Etymology: New Latin latic-, latex, from Latin, fluid
1 : a milky usually white fluid that is produced by cells of various seed plants (as of the milkweed, spurge, and poppy families) and is the source of rubber, gutta-percha, chicle, and balata
2 : a water emulsion of a synthetic rubber or plastic obtained by polymerization and used especially in coatings (as paint) and adhesives

Facinating.

Jackfruit.
Obviously.

yep.

i like to hang with mr. hooper.

Whew ... saved by the bell.

DG

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ...

Six.

But you gotta love Elisabeth Berkely.

DG

I've recently seen a recipe includig a good deal of "bitter almond cake"... it was in a german Book on Liqeur making from 1923, they had a whole section on Absinthe and some of the recipes included rather exotic ingredients.

If you're interested i can post some of it as soon as i get my copy.

Of course! Post it.

My soon-to-be wife came home from the nursury with an artemisia absinthium plant. Not that I'm planning to use it, but it's great to have a supportive SO.

If you have room, plant 20 more of them - PM me for a trade.

Is it O.K. to grow Artemisia Absinthium next to A.Pontica?
Is it O.K. to grow Florence fennel near other hybrid fennel?
Would a hedge of A.A. between different fennels be enough to keep them separated?
How far apart would different fennels have to be?

Yeah, what he asked.

After all, so much of this stuff can grow in AZ . . .

Sure it can , if you don't mind buying the water.

Most would grow here as winter annuals. Highs in the 70s. Not nearly so much water as you'd think.

SPAZ-ASS- I've got all kinds of sun and shade conditions around my crappy little house. So you can plant everything at my place and in the process, give me a nice yard. In return, I'll take good care of your plants. Plus, for some reason, my landlord pays my water bill so we can go crazy.

WOOHOO!!

Actually, you Phoenicians are likely to hit water rationing this summer. Your landlord might be asking for more money, honey!

But I bet we can put some of the more drought-tolerant stuff in. :)

Yeah, whatever...we don't ration anything here. It's that true fuck all western attitude. Besides, my landlord was the one who suggested that I water the backyard in the hopes that it would transform from a dirt lot into a real yard.

Let's put in everything we can fit!

With luck you can probably grow anything anywhere, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to taste right. Otherwise Pernod Fils would have just grown everything in their back yard, and not went to all that trouble getting their Anise, Fennel & Pontica from elsewhere. I think the only things they grew were Wormwood and maybe Hyssop and Lemonbalm.

Well, her body, anyway...

Repeatedly!

I heard if you grow fennel near wormwood the fennel won't bear seed.
As far as growing fennel near dill or other fennel hybrids , the mother plant won't be affected but the seed will cross pollinate.

I tried, remember?

Ya know, I should've seen that coming.
Fucking perverts.
I can't believe it took 4 posts to get there.