"Carol Peterson" > wrote in message
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> Dee Randall wrote:
>>
>> Is it just me -- or do other people not buy leeks and fennel because they
>> are just not fresh enough and too darned costly?
>
> I only tried fennel once, and I wasn't impressed. But I use the seeds
> all the time.
>
> We've been wanting to make Potato Leek soup for some time now, but the
> leeks would be more appropriate in a compost heap than in a bowl of
> soup. When we find healthy ones, I won't look at the price. I'll just
> make my damned soup! <G>
>
> Carol

Carol, I agree with you, a good-looking leek is hard to pass up. I, too,
will pop for leeks for Leek Potato Soup, but putting them in a stock pot,
oh, that's hard to do! Same for fennel.
Dee Dee