Text 5786, 71 rader
Skriven 2011-01-14 02:07:32 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 5722 av Dave Drum (49387.cooking)
Ärende: Spuds
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Hi Dave,

>I first started checking into the inter-relationships when my chile plants and
> tomatoes got hit with a dandy called the tobacco mosaic virus.

Understand.. I think it was year before last  that all tomato plants on the
eastern seaboard were hit with a really nasty fungus.. not sure if it was the
mosaic fungus.. or even if it was last year (grin)  but it was bad.  It was
said that one should not even bother to plant tomatoes the next year since
chance were that the fungus would remain in your soil.. for me, it didn't
matter much.. my 'then new yellow lab young' pups totally destroyed the garden
beds this year :) I'm hoping for better this coming summer.. who knows.. (g). 
They are just a year old or so now.. By the time they are 2 yrs. old they
should be a bit more reasonable :) (we hope (grin).

>> poisonous or evil, were believed to cause leprosy and syphilis and were even
>> regarded as a dangerous aphrodisiac. In order to get the people to eat them
>> Germany's King Frederick William ordered peasants to plant and eat potatoes
>> or have their noses sliced off!

>> Oh that's a bit much!

>'Strewth. German peasants called potatoes "Teufels Wurzel". I learned it as on
>of those "useless bits of trivia" that get crammed into one's brain from being
> a voracious reader.

Much like I was all my life (grin).. one of the things that bothers me most
these days is the inabilty to stick through a book.. it's the MS, so I just
have to deal.  Hard to read when the print jumps out at you ...  Interestingly,
computer print doesn't do that..not sure why..:)

>Until 1780, they were rigorously excluded from prudent
> French tables, as they were thought to cause leprosy. Devout Scotch
>Presbyterians refused to eat them because they weren't mentioned in the Bible.

ha.. too much.

> In Prussia, King Frederick William I threatened to cut off the noses and ears
> of all peasants who refused to plant them. Russian peasants considered them
> unclean and un-Christian, calling them Devil's apples. In colonial
> Massachusetts, they were considered the spoor of witches.

It's amazing that they contined existing at all :)

>> I see Nancy is planning the next picnic.. I wish we could go.. but
>> we've had so many hard hits with finances lately, we really can't swing
>> it.. bummer. I'm trying to dig up some work in the meantime, who knows,
>> maybe I'll get lucky (g).

>Given the work situation and such I dunno if i can make it or no. If I do I'll
> likely just show up and get a room near-by ... or as near-by as possible.

We won't know until the last possible moment, sadly enough.. looking ahead now,
it looks to be impossible for us :(

> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

> Title: Indian Potato Salad

Very different one.. I always have garam marala around since I bought a bunch
from Frontier Natural Products via my daughter's co-op.. great stuff :)

I once had a recipe for a really  "tangy" non-mayonaisse potato salad that one
would probably consider "asian"... think it was in the "Joy of Cooking".. but
I'd have to check :)

Take care,
Janis

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