"Pico Rico" > wrote in message
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> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>>> > wrote in message
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>>>> On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 11:53:19 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove, the
>>>> attention
>>>> queen wrote:
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>>>>> I'm sure I will get grief for asking this but I will anyway. I want
>>>>> to
>>>>> make
>>>>>
>>>>> roasted fennel.
>>>>>
>>>> Why do I know you didn't even search for any recipes on your own? I
>>>> know,
>>>> I know: "I wanted 'tried and true' recipes and input from fellow
>>>> posters
>>>> so I can have more attention."
>>>
>>> And your point is? I always ask before I Google. I want that very
>>> thing
>>> you seem to think so derisory ... tried and tested! You've made your
>>> point (again) and you have been noticed! You can relax now
>>
>> Just a further question Ms Webtv? If you think the first place to look
>> for recipes and answers to cooking questions is Google, what it the point
>> of a cooking discussion group for you? Why are you here? Why are you not
>> scouring the web for everything you want to know about cookery? Or
>> perhaps you don't cook at all and you are just here because you enjoy
>> bitching?
>>
>
> I do things differently. If I am interested in, for example, roasted
> fennel, I look through cookbooks and on the web and see what I find. I
> usually come up with something, or maybe a couple that I try and see how
> they turn out. If I want specific comments, either before or after I try
> what I have found, I ask.
>
> But to continually ask open ended, basic questions - why, you might ask
> yourself, would anybody do that? In the present case, I think the answer
> has been stated many times.

I found plenty of recipes for the bulbs and even a few for the fronds. But
it took me a half an hour or so to even find any reference to the stalks.