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From: "Petra Schmidt" petra at plantdelights.com> on 2001.12.31 at 18:23:38(8003) Hey Julius...we're looking for a caterer for our aroid summer get-together...this sounds like an interesting menu! Petra +More ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list AROID-L" Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 12:22 PM Subject: Re: Off topic question, Dioscorea sp.! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 6:12 PM > Subject: Re: Off topic question, Dioscorea sp.! > > > A MUCH better control measure for this pest plant (and others here in > Florida like Muscovy Ducks, Amaranth lawn-weed, escapee Xanthosomas and > Colocasias, Armdillos, 'possums, (no coons thought!) etc., consists of > inviting folks like myself, other Trinidadians, Haitans, Jamaicans, etc. to > live in your neighborhoods, we GLADY take care of these 'pests' to America!! > :--)> We even dispense recipes to assist you 'less-informed' folk! :--)> > Stewed armadillo in a rum/wine gravey, anyone?? Or dry-curried muscovy > duck, mashed air-potatoes w/ cheese and butter on the side, amaranth spinach > done 'chori badghi' choka-style??? Ah, you guys do NOT know what you are > missing!! > > Happy New Year! > > > Julius > > > > >You may fend them off with a #5 iron, or, preferably, two held in the shape > of a cross, but thus enraged, they then annoy the community by flying > through > the air and releasing a carrion-like aroma which vermin find delectable. > Amityville, New York, was once attacked by the air amorphophallus potato, > and > was rid of it only by the bravery of some trenchermen who counterattacked by > means of garlic and melted butter. Unfortunately, these gentlemen died of > oxalate crystal poisoning before it was discovered that at the latitude of > Amityville, New York, frost effectively destroys the flying amorphophallus > potato. Embarrassment over these heroic and, as it turns out, needless > self-sacrifices is why you've never heard of the "Amityville Amorphophallus > Potato Horror." Happy New Year!<< > > > >

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2002.01.01 at 15:59:18(8009) >Hey Julius...we're looking for a caterer for our aroid summer get-together...this sounds like an interesting menu! Petra< Dear Petra, Happy New Year to you and all around you. If I were closer you have NO idea what pleasure it would give me to cook for the banquet! All the dishes I mention (except for the air-yams, and I`m going to sample and report on them soon!) are actual meals my Mum used to prepare back in Trinidad! The Amaranth is sold in bundles as Jamaican spinach, Jamaicans use it (and not Colocasia leaves like we Trinidadians do) for THEIR 'calaloo', and folk in N. Florida call it 'pig-weed', and at least around my Trinidadian friend`s home compete w/ others in gathering it where it grows as a weed in newly ploughed or cleared ground! I turned Mary Sizemore and Lynn Hannon on to it, they say it was THE best greens they have tasted! Anyhow, have a good day! Sincerely, Julius +More ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list AROID-L" Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 12:22 PM Subject: Re: Off topic question, Dioscorea sp.! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 6:12 PM > Subject: Re: Off topic question, Dioscorea sp.! > > > A MUCH better control measure for this pest plant (and others here in > Florida like Muscovy Ducks, Amaranth lawn-weed, escapee Xanthosomas and > Colocasias, Armdillos, 'possums, (no coons thought!) etc., consists of > inviting folks like myself, other Trinidadians, Haitans, Jamaicans, etc. to > live in your neighborhoods, we GLADY take care of these 'pests' to America!! > :--)> We even dispense recipes to assist you 'less-informed' folk! :--)> > Stewed armadillo in a rum/wine gravey, anyone?? Or dry-curried muscovy > duck, mashed air-potatoes w/ cheese and butter on the side, amaranth spinach > done 'chori badghi' choka-style??? Ah, you guys do NOT know what you are > missing!! > > Happy New Year! > > > Julius > > > > >You may fend them off with a #5 iron, or, preferably, two held in the shape > of a cross, but thus enraged, they then annoy the community by flying > through > the air and releasing a carrion-like aroma which vermin find delectable. > Amityville, New York, was once attacked by the air amorphophallus potato, > and > was rid of it only by the bravery of some trenchermen who counterattacked by > means of garlic and melted butter. Unfortunately, these gentlemen died of > oxalate crystal poisoning before it was discovered that at the latitude of > Amityville, New York, frost effectively destroys the flying amorphophallus > potato. Embarrassment over these heroic and, as it turns out, needless > self-sacrifices is why you've never heard of the "Amityville Amorphophallus > Potato Horror." Happy New Year!<< > > > >

From: StellrJ at aol.com on 2002.01.02 at 03:04:05(8011) In a message dated 1/1/02 10:59:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, ju-bo@email.msn.com writes: << The Amaranth is sold in bundles as Jamaican spinach, Jamaicans use it (and +More not Colocasia leaves like we Trinidadians do) for THEIR 'calaloo', and folk in N. Florida call it 'pig-weed', and at least around my Trinidadian friend`s home compete w/ others in gathering it where it grows as a weed in newly ploughed or cleared ground! I turned Mary Sizemore and Lynn Hannon on to it, they say it was THE best greens they have tasted! >> Obviously, they have never tasted stinging nettle. Amaranth is all right, but nettle is better. Jason Hernandez Naturalist-at-Large

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