Myrl Jeffcoat wrote:
> Last Saturday, while at the local Farmer's Market, I picked up a fresh
> Fennel bulb. �I was enticed by the wonderful smell. �But now that I
> have it home, I don't know what to do with it!
>
> If this Fennel bulb was sitting in your refrigerator crisper, what
> would you do with it???

Just eat it... pick it apart... sprinkle with kosher salt and mangia.

The feathery fronds are excellent in fish stock.

Dry the tough stalks to use as a rack for grilling fish.

Fennel bulbs are okay cooked, if you can afford the price... you'll
need 2-3 per person and at about $2-$3 per they get kind of pricey, so
I don't believe too many will cook them unless they grow their own. I
planted one seed this past spring (a test) and ended up with one good
sized albiet mishappen fennel bulb... but now that I know what I did
wrong I will plant a whole slew next year. Just today at the market
they were $3 for one small bulb that didn't look any too fresh.

Florence fennel:
http://i4.tinypic.com/87nupzc.jpg


Sheldon