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Pesto today
On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 10:43:59 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Aug 2017 22:22:21 -0400, Doris Night
> > wrote:
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> >>On Mon, 07 Aug 2017 18:58:26 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
> >>wrote:
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> >>>On Mon, 7 Aug 2017 16:03:25 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
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> >>>>I can honestly say that I've never eaten pesto. I've seen it
> >>>>on TV at least a thousand times but have never consumed it.
> >>>
> >>>It's not a part of my culinary background either. I grow basil for
> >>>cooking, love the scent and hear about pesto so I make it every once
> >>>in awhile. If you like basil I don't think you would find it
> >>>offensive.
> >>>Give it whirl sometime. 
> >>>Janet US
> >
> >Speaking of pesto, I'd never had it before, but always wanted to make
> >some. So I picked half the leaves off my basil plant, plus a bunch of
> >parsley, and whizzed it up with walnuts, parmesan, garlic, lemon
> >juice, and olive oil.
> >
> >We had it tonight on store-bought fresh linguini, and it was amazing.
>
> And it wasn't pesto, but each to their own!
It might not have been Pesto Genovese, but it certainly was pesto.
Cindy Hamilton
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