tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post115257293304370034..comments2024-03-19T00:54:49.043-05:00Comments on In My Kitchen Garden: What's Growin' On 7/10/06: Birthday Showers and an Easy Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing RecipeFarmgirl Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04851855517852917202noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1152770431393475022006-07-13T01:00:00.000-05:002006-07-13T01:00:00.000-05:00LOL! I can't believe you drive that far for TJs! I...LOL! I can't believe you drive that far for TJs! I would too, if I had too. Our is right down the street, which makes me happy. :-)<BR/><BR/>I am a bleu cheese addict, so I'm going to try this dressing asap. Your recipes make me so hungry.Sharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10760819644411162762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1152717716192279692006-07-12T10:21:00.000-05:002006-07-12T10:21:00.000-05:00Not to start a mayonnaise war, but clearly you hav...Not to start a mayonnaise war, but clearly you have never tried Duke's! Southerners understand.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the bleu cheese dressing receipt - I'm going to make some this week (with DUKE'S mayo!).Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13607467794651542046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1152702269780770172006-07-12T06:04:00.000-05:002006-07-12T06:04:00.000-05:00Belated happy birthday!Your method for making it r...Belated happy birthday!<BR/><BR/>Your method for making it rain really works! We've been having drought conditions here in the UK but last week I put two loads of laundry in one after the other, and within half an hour it clouded over and rained for six days! Amazing. Then when I finally managed to finish the second lot of laundry a week later the machine went pop and blew out all the electrics in the house. So I guess it's back to the drought now.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how far my nearest Trader Joe's is? A 6-hour flight probably. :)Rebsie Fairholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1152667612217272752006-07-11T20:26:00.000-05:002006-07-11T20:26:00.000-05:00Farmgirl, you're right about the affordable cheese...Farmgirl, you're right about the affordable cheese. My TJ's is less than half a mile from a Whole Foods with their outrageously priced cheese. I don't know who would pay those prices. You are truly dedicated to put in the miles for that shopping trip.<BR/><BR/>I made your chocolate biscotti a while ago....mmmmmm! Really enjoy your posts and photos. I agree, the story of Cary would make a great book!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1152653217521609512006-07-11T16:26:00.000-05:002006-07-11T16:26:00.000-05:00SuzanneThanks for the research, but I'm in Millcre...<B>Suzanne</B><BR/><BR/>Thanks for the research, but I'm in Millcreek Township, PA about 350 miles from Pikesville MD. The closest TJ to me is in Cleveland at this point :(Stunned Donorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08760806404865427760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1152648961027908072006-07-11T15:16:00.000-05:002006-07-11T15:16:00.000-05:00Steven-I'm a former PA resident living in MD and t...Steven-<BR/><BR/>I'm a former PA resident living in MD and they have Trader Joe's in Pikesville, MD which if I mapquested Mill Creek, PA correctly, is way closer than Pittsburgh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1152629707016149722006-07-11T09:55:00.000-05:002006-07-11T09:55:00.000-05:00two things:1- it rained on my garden yesterday too...two things:<BR/><BR/>1- it rained on my garden yesterday too- 2 inches. and it was all because i had two big loads of whites on the line. <BR/><BR/>2- trader joes makes all natural mayo, every bit as good as the kind with the preservatives. have you not tried it? their organic line is OK, but IMO the 'real mayo' by TJs is tops.<BR/><BR/> i wish i were only 200 miles from TJs!! i used to be 5 blocks from mine. it was my true love.<BR/><BR/>tabitha, not karl, though i imagine he loves TJs just as much!Omelayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084221498316008069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1152621044261487882006-07-11T07:30:00.000-05:002006-07-11T07:30:00.000-05:00SusanI tell you what, you send me lard and I'll se...<B>Susan</B><BR/><BR/>I tell you what, you send me lard and I'll send you chocolate from Jacques Torres in NYC the next time (soon) I'm there.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if you've been back to Northern California lately, but there's a string of TJ's through Sonoma and Marin now the craziest clump being the Petaluma-Novato-San Rafael stores. Three TJ's in a 40 mile stretch!<BR/><BR/>I'm totally jealous that Rachelle has a TJ's two blocks from her house.<BR/><BR/>I'm a TJ shopper from way back, we lived in the Pasadena area for a while when I was a kid and we shopped TJ regularly, now I have to go all the way to Cleveland for my fix which is a 280 mile round trip, needless to say I stock up. <BR/><BR/>TJ is opening up in Pittsburgh, which is still a hike, but it gives me an excuse to go hit the Carnegie Museums and do some shopping if I go. HOWEVER... no wine or beer for PA since we have the fascist State Stores.<BR/><BR/>I would be totally into making some bleu, but I need a source for sheep's milk and I'll have to dig a very deep cellar and line it with limestone and innoculate the whole place with the right molds. This could get expensive....Stunned Donorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08760806404865427760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1152619854105296072006-07-11T07:10:00.000-05:002006-07-11T07:10:00.000-05:00You want some of our rain? Please? PLEEEEASE!? ...You want some of our rain? Please? PLEEEEASE!? I noticed most of the bark mulch in flower beds up and down our street was washed out into sidewalks this morning, and there was gravel in the streets where there normally isn't any. We're due for more heavy rains and loud storms tonite.<BR/><BR/>And I don't suppose you found a birthday cake bush out in your gardens while grazing? I bet you could even pick unripe birthday cupcakes from it! Just imagine the possibilities!Jephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02843262392217281569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1152592495495596322006-07-10T23:34:00.000-05:002006-07-10T23:34:00.000-05:00happy birthday. and i think trader joes is eden. ...happy birthday. and i think trader joes is eden. and even though my TJ's is just 2 blocks from my house, i would still drive 200 miles if i needed.Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10551798530745081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1152580615519865622006-07-10T20:16:00.000-05:002006-07-10T20:16:00.000-05:00Hi Former Okie,Well, a girl just can't live on wha...Hi Former Okie,<BR/>Well, a girl just can't live on what the garden puts out alone (and lamb chops) now, can she? And if she's on a budget. . .and if she'd been shopping at Trader Joe's in California since well before she could even legally buy all of their wonderful, amazingly low priced wines and beers. . . and if she waited <B>TEN LONG AFFORDABLE CHEESELESS YEARS</B> for the Trader Joe's People to FIND MISSOURI. . . well, once in a while she doesn't mind driving the 200 miles each way to get to one of her favorite stores on the planet. (And once there, she stocks up, of course. Heavily. On everything. : )<BR/><BR/>Hi Steven,<BR/>When it cools down, I'll send you some lard. And you can send me some homemade blue cheese. Deal? Deal. Great. Looking forward to it. : )<BR/><BR/>Yes, birthday graze was good. There was more grazing involved throughout the day, but the edibles weren't from the garden (though the birthday splurge organic chocolate bar was from Trader Joe's, LOL!)Farmgirl Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851855517852917202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1152578416717755612006-07-10T19:40:00.000-05:002006-07-10T19:40:00.000-05:00What's good for the goose is good for the gander S...What's good for the goose is good for the gander Susan, if I have to make my own lard for tortillas, you have to make your own bleu :-P<BR/><BR/>Sounds like you had a nice birthday graze through the garden.Stunned Donorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08760806404865427760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1152576630633575922006-07-10T19:10:00.000-05:002006-07-10T19:10:00.000-05:00OK, Farmgirl, here's what I don't get...you're in ...OK, Farmgirl, here's what I don't get...you're in the far reaches of Missouri somewhere, with a driveway that's (how many?) miles long, and you manage to buy stuff at Trader Joe's? That TJ even exists in Missouri is amazing to me, but how far away is it from your farm?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com