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Caramelized Onions in Crockpot
"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 5 Jul 2014 12:55:40 +0100, "Ophelia"
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Sat, 5 Jul 2014 12:17:35 +0100, "Ophelia"
>> > > wrote:
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>> >> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> >> > "sf" > wrote in message
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>> >> >> On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 18:36:24 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> >> >> > wrote:
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>> >> >>> I can grow them here but I grew them from sets not seeds.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I don't know anyone who grows onions from seed, it's always a "set"
>> >> >> (baby onion).
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>> >> >>> I do see that the
>> >> >>> seeds are available. The one year that I tried to grow them, we
>> >> >>> had
>> >> >>> unseasonably high temps for a couple of days and that was enough
>> >> >>> for
>> >> >>> them to
>> >> >>> bolt and flower. They have beautiful flowers.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I bet they are. Slightly off topic, one of my neighbors has
>> >> >> artichoke
>> >> >> plants (open to anyone who drives down the easement) that they
>> >> >> ignore
>> >> >> every year. I was sorely tempted to do a midnight raid (knowing
>> >> >> they
>> >> >> wouldn't notice), but I resisted the urge.
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>> >> > Why not just ask if you can have some?
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>> >> I meant to add, if they do allow you to have some, you could give them
>> >> a
>> >> small gift to say thank you and I guarantee you will be allowed to
>> >> have
>> >> them
>> >> every year hereafter
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>> > Last year I made a comment to the effect of "are you planning to dry
>> > the flowers", to which the reply was "no, we'll harvest them next
>> > weekend" - which didn't happen.
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>> But you could ask if you may have some?
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> No. That was enough of a hint for me.
Ok!
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