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Skriven 2015-06-21 21:58:45 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 28380 av Sean Dennis (1:18/200)
Ärende: Peppers
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Hi Sean,


 RH> Control, yes, but total eradication, no. I understand it's used for a
 RH> lot of things over in Japan, including a thickening agen like
 RH> cornstarch.

 SD> Kudzu is a pain in the butt to get rid of.  A friend of mine who makes
 SD> part of his living eradicating kudzu from unwanted places does two
 SD> things: for smaller areas, he will cut off a vine of kudzu and put the
 SD> still-attached part (to the plant) in a container of Roundup.  The
 SD> Roundup will be sucked into the plant on its own and will kill the
 SD> plant directly.


 SD> For larger areas, there is the giant flamethrower from hell.  Not only
 SD> does it kill the plant, but it also sterilizes the ground to keep the
 SD> kudzu from coming back.  Evidently, from what I'm told, native plants
 SD> will take over eventually much like what happens to a forest after a
 SD> forest fire.

There are a lot of areas where he'd need something between those two
measures--too much for containers of Roundup but too small for
flamethrowers. We don't have any kidzu (that I'm aware of) on this
property but Steve is on a mission to eradicate all the wisteria vines.
He's got our property pretty much under control but is now counting on
our neighbor to keep up with his side. Between the two of them, he
thinks it's on the way to total eradication.

 SD>       Title: MIDNIGHT MINT PIE
 SD>  Categories: Pies, Desserts
 SD>       Yield: 6 Servings

 SD>       1 x  -------------c--------------
 SD>     1/4 c  Melted butter or margarine
 SD>       1 c  Butter
 SD>       4 oz Melted,unsweetened chocolate
 SD>       1 t  Peppermint extract
 SD>   1 1/4 c  Crushed thin mint cookies
 SD>       1 x  -------------f--------------
 SD>       2 c  Sifted powdered sugar
 SD>       4 ea Eggs

 SD>   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Blend cookie crumbs with butter and
 SD> press   into bottom and sides of a 9" pie pan.Bake 5 to 7 minutes and
 SD> cool
 SD>   thoroughly. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.Add
 SD>   chocolate,eggs and peppermint extract,beating until well
 SD>   combined.Mound filling into the baked pie shell.Freeze until firm.

Interesting, as the eggs aren't cooked at all. Other than that, the
combination of chocolate and mint is pretty irresistable--and sounds
like cool eating in the hot weather we've been having.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... Mind... Mind... Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace.

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