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Default Lemongrass progress and halibut dinner

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:51:53 +0000 (UTC), Peter >
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>koko > wrote in news:qd4l55p2bneos0sfnfdaflfftg43eoh4a0@
>4ax.com:
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>> On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:24:09 +0000 (UTC), PeterL >
>> wrote:
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>>>koko > wrote in

>news:a2rj55t2ggpbkj9scbtnhrm2med91t2mq6@
>>>4ax.com:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I bought a couple of stalks of lemongrass at the grocery store last
>>>> week and stuck one into some potting soil.
>>>> One week later. Yippiee!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>> http://i25.tinypic.com/20h6ljm.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Yep, it's like a weed!!
>>>
>>>I used to have a place that had 3 huge bushes of it in the back yard. I
>>>had to burn them off every couple of months..... and they just kept
>>>growing, and growing, and growing!!
>>>
>>>I gave some 'cuttings' to some friends, they planted them, ended up with
>>>huge bushes of it, now they've dug them up and broken the bushes up and
>>>planted them all over their property...... and they want to give some

>back
>>>to me!!
>>>
>>>I'll just go around to their place and grab some as I need it :-)
>>>

>> I hope I have as much success.

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>I'd start sourcing every recipe that has lemongrass in it, if I was you
>:-)
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>>>>
>>>> I snipped some off some of the top, chopped it up, and put it in the
>>>> butter that I cooked my halibut in last night.
>>>> http://i32.tinypic.com/2hg71oy.jpg
>>>>
>>>> It was so deliciously good. Just a hint of the lemongrass in the
>>>> background. That was the only seasoning I used.
>>>> http://i28.tinypic.com/2hgbo2g.jpg
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Damn!! Looks good. (The food, as well as the pics, as usual!!)

>> Thanks PeterL I appreciate that.

>
>
>What sort of camera are you using?

Nikon D90
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>(BTW, I've changed my name back to just plain ol' Peter :-)

Yeah, but PeterL is a lot shorter than "just plain ol' Peter" ;-)
>
>
>>>
>>>Now, with a freezer full of tenderloin....... I feel like a nice bit of
>>>fish for dinner. Bugger!!
>>>
>>> :-)

>> Lol. Isn't that how it typically goes. I usually change my dinner
>> plans three times if I read the group before dinner time.
>>

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>Subliminal manipulation!!
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>I'm going down the shops now, to buy some fish :-)

lol

koko
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