When The World Is Going To Hell In A Handbasket….

June, 26, 2007 — nicedeb

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21 Responses to “When The World Is Going To Hell In A Handbasket….”

Not N.D's Sockpuppet Says:
June, 26, 2007 at 2:48 pm
My, what lovely flowers!
nicedeb Says:
June, 26, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Why, thank you!
geoff Says:
June, 26, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Very pretty, ND. Now go kick a senator.
daveintexas Says:
June, 26, 2007 at 7:33 pm
your pics are goobered up.
nicedeb Says:
June, 26, 2007 at 8:23 pm
They look fine to ME. (Besides being a little goobered up).
Wickedpinto Says:
June, 26, 2007 at 8:25 pm
My basil is doing well, though I will probably still end up with a pretty green plant, that produces nothing edible.

AGAIN!
nicedeb Says:
June, 26, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Huh, on the computer I work on, the pix looked fine, but on the one I use in my husbands office, they were jumbled up on top of each other. I don’t understand how that happens.

But I took one of the pix out, and that helped.
nicedeb Says:
June, 26, 2007 at 8:34 pm
WP, how can you have a basil plant that doesn’t have leaves you can eat?

I’ve been using my basil for over a month, now.
pattyann Says:
June, 26, 2007 at 8:50 pm
Deb, we always have so much basil that I have to freeze it. My pesto is delicious.
nicedeb Says:
June, 26, 2007 at 9:06 pm
As WP would say…NUMMY!
Wickedpinto Says:
June, 26, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Small leave’s tend to be bitter.

I prefer mature leaves to be used in a pesto.
Wickedpinto Says:
June, 26, 2007 at 9:09 pm
Oh, Shit Patty, I thought I had the basil discussion with ND, not you.

Sorry about that, I know you told me you would pick individual leaves and freeze them.
pattyann Says:
June, 26, 2007 at 9:13 pm
No, WP, that was NiceDeb you were talking to (I think). It’s just that in many ways ND and I are very similar.
I pick each leaf individually (the ones I just picked were about 3″ long), wash them 3 times, run them through the salad spinner and put them in my food processor and add enough very good olive oil to make a paste. Then I fill the small sandwich bags and put those bags in freezer bags. When I want to use it, I let it defrost, and add chopped pine nuts. One small bag will do a whole meal. Nummy.
Wickedpinto Says:
June, 26, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Yeah, anything less than an inch and a half tend to be bitter. The larger leaves have a little more sweetness to them.

And I was thinking about a 3 day tirade I had at aces, so it could have been either of you.
Wickedpinto Says:
June, 26, 2007 at 9:19 pm
I pick each leaf individually
Watching cooking shows where jamie whatsisface (naked chef) and shit just rip leaves off of 8 or 20 densely packed basil plants pisses me off.

The stem’s taste like rotten spinach and the smaller leaves taste like anise, minus the good flavor.

It’s better to pick and chose from a nicely maintained plant.
cuffymeigs Says:
June, 27, 2007 at 6:33 am
I will probably still end up with a pretty green plant, that produces nothing edible.

must I really say anything? ND lives on Copperhead Road…
Wickedpinto Says:
June, 27, 2007 at 6:35 am
John Lee?
Cuffy Meigs Says:
June, 27, 2007 at 6:40 am
Hey Nice Deb, I just figured out how to change my wordpress display name from cuffymeigs to Cuffy Meigs. Go to your Account and edit your Profile if you want your standard Nice Deb instead of nicedeb. Justsayin, er, just sayin.
the World Says:
June, 27, 2007 at 8:48 am
What am I doing in this handbasket? And where are we going?
nicedeb Says:
June, 27, 2007 at 11:32 pm
You’re going to hell, dipshit, like I said.
nicedeb Says:
June, 27, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Cuffy, I went to my dashboard and tried to figure out how to fix it….it’s not worth the trouble….I’ll just stay nicedeb.