| 9/18/2008 8:56:35 PM |
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not2timid
Rockford, IL
age: 48
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of Corn?
I have been in the city way to long... since my move, I'll be seeing a bit more of the country. Maybe, I could use a lesson or two. Standing at the roadside veggie stand, I was pulling back the husks on the corn. I remember doing this as a younger person to make sure the corn was ripe, full, and had no worms. The owner of the stand came up to me and asked me WHY I did that and WHAT I was expecting to find.
I promptly stated the WHY as above and as for the WHAT... I said I expected to find the great quality of corn that he had for sale. HE SMILED 
What are some other things that I may have to look for when doing business at roadside stands?
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| 9/19/2008 6:59:06 AM |
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notfit1
Titusville, FL
age: 48
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Yes, you can, marine! Just kidding! I was born and raised in Nebraska, corn has been a big part of my past. Travis Tritt wrote a song that kind of describes me. The produce that you find at the non-commercial stands you run across will have the best tasting fruits and veggies you will ever find. These folks were growing organically, way before it was in vogue. Supermarkets are one thing, but at the stand you can actually smell the freshness. Ever eaten a tomato grown in a controlled environment? Tasted like water, didn't it? Good luck!
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| 9/19/2008 8:31:58 AM |
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highlandscout
Twisp, WA
age: 90
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I don't live in prime corn country but we've had small patches over the years.
What i always heard for the store corn
was to pull back some at the end and bare a few kernels...
then press in with the thumb nail on one of those bared kernels...
if it pops and squirts out...
then the kernel is full and juicy and the squirt comes from the ready pressure...
the others just kind of have a go nowhere rupture of the cell..
[Edited 9/19/2008 8:32:34 AM PST]
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| 9/19/2008 9:40:22 AM |
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froggienm1
Albuquerque, NM
age: 37
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Also have to be careful as some of what is bought in some grocery stores isn't real sweet corn, but some variety of field corn instead. Or at least, a poor variety of sweet corn without much flavor. Best sweet corn I ever tasted came off of my Uncles sweet corn fields in South Central Minnesota where a lot of sweet corn canning is done for Del Monte, jolly green giant, etc.
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| 9/19/2008 11:28:38 AM |
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vet61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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Don't buy a watermelon from a single farmer, that has a hole cut into it!!! 
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| 9/19/2008 12:47:59 PM |
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not2timid
Rockford, IL
age: 48
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Thanks guys and then theres Vet! I'll keep looking back, not I am hungry for a watermelon but I won't be buying one just yet... I am afraid to eat it, I thought I just had to worry about the seeds.
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| 9/19/2008 1:17:56 PM |
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vet61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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Well................indirectly.................................
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| 9/19/2008 3:27:39 PM |
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debztake
Minneapolis, MN
age: 53
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Don't buy a watermelon from a single farmer, that has a hole cut into it!!!
perv!
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| 9/19/2008 4:03:15 PM |
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vet61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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perv!
YOU LOVE IT!!!!!!!
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| 9/19/2008 4:38:09 PM |
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debztake
Minneapolis, MN
age: 53
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I do!
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| 9/19/2008 4:42:26 PM |
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lilguppy2bit
Auburn, WA
age: 54
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we all do
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| 9/19/2008 5:32:20 PM |
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not2timid
Rockford, IL
age: 48
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Perv! That's an understatement!
These sea men are working hard for me here, taking good care to remove those harmful seeds!
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| 9/19/2008 5:43:58 PM |
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debztake
Minneapolis, MN
age: 53
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lmao! ... timid, is that a jack hammer I see? looks like the seeds have firmly embedded in the flesh of the melon oh! oh!
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| 9/19/2008 6:22:35 PM |
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not2timid
Rockford, IL
age: 48
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Deb - OK... so I need help! LOL I think that's why I posted the thread. hehehehe
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| 9/19/2008 7:20:26 PM |
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highlandscout
Twisp, WA
age: 90
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Ever been to an uptown deli?
Those seeds are high protein!
Sprinkle a little of that salt on them that the sea men brought back from the last voyage on the rising main,
Then put them in the oven just long enough... test them, you can tell when they're purrrfect!
Yeah, then you eat them, munch on them slow like corn nuts...
Those workers look German... they know what to do with good seed!
In fact I recognize that fellow with the jack hammer... why his mom could do magic with good ripe seed!
... but then that's another story.
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| 9/19/2008 8:09:55 PM |
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not2timid
Rockford, IL
age: 48
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Deb LMAO so much - I just had a lightbulb moment. No seeds were embedded in here!
scout, Does pumkin count?
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| 9/19/2008 8:16:23 PM |
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sparkle_eyes
Calipatria, CA
age: 48
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Thanks for the comedy relief here guys.... I needed some tonight!!!!
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| 9/19/2008 8:36:29 PM |
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debztake
Minneapolis, MN
age: 53
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Dang it timid...I'm on dial-up.. couldn't watch the video!
but knowing you..it must be pretty funny!
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| 9/19/2008 8:44:58 PM |
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not2timid
Rockford, IL
age: 48
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Sparkle, anytime sweetie.
Deb - It's a corny video about the guys eating watermelon seeds!
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| 9/19/2008 9:15:35 PM |
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lilguppy2bit
Auburn, WA
age: 54
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night folks
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| 9/19/2008 9:33:27 PM |
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not2timid
Rockford, IL
age: 48
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Yes, it is night time here too. Lets go play in the moonlight!
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| 9/19/2008 9:36:35 PM |
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debztake
Minneapolis, MN
age: 53
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hey timid, I stopped at a veggie stand the other day and found these..
I looked around for the baby carrots but never found any
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| 9/19/2008 9:42:56 PM |
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not2timid
Rockford, IL
age: 48
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Deb, I was standing by the tree... I think there is something about the natural goodness of the area!
 LMAO
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| 9/19/2008 9:55:29 PM |
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lilguppy2bit
Auburn, WA
age: 54
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| 9/19/2008 9:59:03 PM |
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debztake
Minneapolis, MN
age: 53
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LMAO!! isn't there suppose to be two coconuts under that LARGE limb?
or... do I have my trees mixed up. perhaps that isn't a coconut tree after all?
On second thought...could it be a Mangrove tree?
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| 9/19/2008 10:01:23 PM |
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lilguppy2bit
Auburn, WA
age: 54
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this was just under the heading of "vegies" ???
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| 9/19/2008 10:29:39 PM |
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debztake
Minneapolis, MN
age: 53
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guppy, is that a peach gone wild?
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| 9/19/2008 10:49:59 PM |
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not2timid
Rockford, IL
age: 48
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| 9/19/2008 11:02:20 PM |
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debztake
Minneapolis, MN
age: 53
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timid those peppers bring new meaning to the word "hot" eh? LOL
and to think... it all started with corn!!!
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| 9/19/2008 11:34:33 PM |
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not2timid
Rockford, IL
age: 48
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hehehe... riding off to find another road side stand.
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| 9/19/2008 11:55:22 PM |
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highlandscout
Twisp, WA
age: 90
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You girls!
Hand picked vegetable delights!
... hot peppers and nice fresh tomatoes!
corn
..on
....the
......cob
ewwhhhh....
Yum-yum delicious!
I want in on this..
Gardens ...roadside stands....
... I can do it in the kitchen, too!
There's some Texas Tornado song ...
...got me thinking about a guacamole recipe!
......picnic in the back yard!
.........lively music.
Not sleepy anymore!
...hey, where'd you go?
.oops.
...clean what up?
......never mind, i can rinse it off.
huhn?
(you gals are moving faster than i can finish this thing!)
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| 9/20/2008 12:03:04 AM |
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lilguppy2bit
Auburn, WA
age: 54
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| 9/20/2008 12:18:55 AM |
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highlandscout
Twisp, WA
age: 90
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Back to your roots?
...nite-nite, girls.
(where am I?!?! ..which way's home?)
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| 9/20/2008 12:23:18 AM |
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not2timid
Rockford, IL
age: 48
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I am about to hit that horizontal position too.
Good night everyone... and dream of those road stands!
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| 9/20/2008 12:26:44 AM |
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highlandscout
Twisp, WA
age: 90
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I should of quit.
i shouldn't of looked!
MEANIE!
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| 9/20/2008 3:47:12 AM |
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vet61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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What the hell did I start??????
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| 9/20/2008 4:44:52 AM |
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debztake
Minneapolis, MN
age: 53
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hmmm mikey, I guess you could say...we're just being CORNY..in a porny kind of way!!
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| 9/20/2008 6:00:47 AM |
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vet61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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| 9/20/2008 6:20:25 AM |
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debztake
Minneapolis, MN
age: 53
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Just like a man... always has to have his hands on the melons!!
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| 9/20/2008 6:24:42 AM |
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vet61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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Only yours, baby! Only yours.........
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| 9/20/2008 7:04:17 AM |
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stargazzer
Creighton, NE
age: 61
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Vet, don't confuse melons with squarsh!!
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| 9/20/2008 7:28:46 AM |
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lilguppy2bit
Auburn, WA
age: 54
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you can always play in the corn. Morning all.
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| 9/20/2008 9:28:39 AM |
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highlandscout
Twisp, WA
age: 90
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I feel like a long necked goose...
had to come again this morning... just to see!
or maybe that's a swan ready to dive into the deep!
oh nuts...
OK... a gander, then.
Nice basket, Lil.
oops again!
that's no basket!
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| 9/20/2008 11:22:48 AM |
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not2timid
Rockford, IL
age: 48
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Morning... or afternoon!
Aside from all the light hearted humor... I did find this to be interesting.
Oh, drats... I can't put it in... no proxy allowed!
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| 9/20/2008 10:28:07 PM |
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lilguppy2bit
Auburn, WA
age: 54
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decided to add this one here I like Forrest Gump....
 This goes out to ALL the friends here,new ones too.
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| 9/20/2008 11:59:53 PM |
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vet61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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What was the original question, again?????
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| 9/21/2008 12:04:17 AM |
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not2timid
Rockford, IL
age: 48
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What are some other things that I may have to look for when doing business at roadside stands?
Mike... really, it's been many a year since I have purchased veggies at the stands... I feel so incompetent at times! 
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| 9/21/2008 12:10:37 AM |
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vet61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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Ok, seriously, There is no exact rule on buying produce. Melons need to be firm. Corn needs to be juicy. With corn, peel back the husk a bit. Stick your thumb nail into a kernel. It should squirt at you. Carrots should be solid.
There are different ways for different foods.......
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| 9/21/2008 12:13:56 AM |
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not2timid
Rockford, IL
age: 48
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Thanks... I figured that I was on the right path... but then when that owner spoke to me the way he did... I got shy!
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| 9/21/2008 12:29:22 AM |
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vet61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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YOU? SHY???????
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| 9/21/2008 12:35:56 AM |
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not2timid
Rockford, IL
age: 48
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Laugh all you want to... but you do realize that all things don't happen in cyberspace and yes... I can be shy. Call it just one of those really rare incidences! hehehehe
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| 9/21/2008 12:56:34 AM |
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vet61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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I guess!
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| 9/21/2008 7:20:43 AM |
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debztake
Minneapolis, MN
age: 53
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Mornin All!
timid if you like cucumbers, stay away from the very large ones, they tend to be dry, and woody.
the smaller ones are more succulent and sweet.
Tis true.
(leave this one alone mikey)
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| 9/21/2008 7:39:41 AM |
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vet61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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Sorry Deb, I can't!!!
Timid, trust her, SHE KNOWS CUCUMBERS!!!!!!!!!!!
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| 9/21/2008 7:43:26 AM |
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not2timid
Rockford, IL
age: 48
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Thanks Deb! I had to pick pickles as a kid for the canning factory! What a treat... the small ones brought more $$ per pound but they were kind of like Mike... a pain in the arse too! hahahah Sorry Mike!
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| 9/21/2008 7:46:26 AM |
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lilguppy2bit
Auburn, WA
age: 54
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you guys....
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| 9/21/2008 7:56:29 AM |
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vet61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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| 9/21/2008 8:02:16 AM |
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lilguppy2bit
Auburn, WA
age: 54
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You know we love you so dry the water works, left you another in bored wanna flirt....Ohh Baby But seriously I do have a question...I need to know best way to cook squash was given one recipe and the top was hard and chewy but I am looking for something that will be soft and taste good.
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| 9/21/2008 8:07:44 AM |
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vet61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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Quote from Guppy: I need to know best way to cook squash was given one recipe and the top was hard and chewy but I am looking for something that will be soft and taste good.
Anyone else, and I would have a great comeback!! Can't do it to you, Gup!
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| 9/21/2008 8:10:54 AM |
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debztake
Minneapolis, MN
age: 53
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guppy I cut mine in half, add butter and brown sugar then cover with foil and bake.
mmm mmm mmm
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