What To Do With Prunnella ???
Mark Thorson
It looks like a bunch of thin dried stems. What is it used for?
Blinky the Shark
> Yesterday, I bought a bag of prunnella at the Asian food store.
> It looks like a bunch of thin dried stems. What is it used for?
Making a buck off unsuspecting round-eyes. :)
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Wayne Boatwright
> Yesterday, I bought a bag of prunnella at the Asian food store.
> It looks like a bunch of thin dried stems. What is it used for?
AFAIK, it's an ancient Chinese curative herb. I have the impression that one
doesn't cook with it. Perhaps an ingredient in an herbal tea? Curious why
you would buy something without knowing what to do with it. I guess that
goes along with your penchant for not knowing what things are on eBay. :-)
I also once knew a very old lady name Prunella.
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Blinky the Shark
<snippety>
> Curious why you would buy something without knowing what to do with it.
If you replace "buy" with "want", that kind sounds like most people's
first experience with sex...
Wayne Boatwright
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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> <snippety>
>
>> Curious why you would buy something without knowing what to do with it.
>
> If you replace "buy" with "want", that kind sounds like most people's
> first experience with sex...
>
>
<snort>
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Gregory Morrow
Blinky the Shark wrote:
> Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> > Yesterday, I bought a bag of prunnella at the Asian food store.
> > It looks like a bunch of thin dried stems. What is it used for?
>
> Making a buck off unsuspecting round-eyes. :)
Prunella Scales (wife of Basil Fawlty) is one of my favorite names...
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Gloria P
> On Wed 27 Aug 2008 12:47:23p, Mark Thorson told us...
>
>> Yesterday, I bought a bag of prunnella at the Asian food store.
>> It looks like a bunch of thin dried stems. What is it used for?
>
> AFAIK, it's an ancient Chinese curative herb. I have the impression that one
> doesn't cook with it. Perhaps an ingredient in an herbal tea? Curious why
> you would buy something without knowing what to do with it. I guess that
> goes along with your penchant for not knowing what things are on eBay. :-)
>
> I once knew a lady named Prunella.
Who took young men down to her cellar.
She said "I am planning
To show you my canning."
finish the last line
gloria p
Becca
And I hope your performance is stellar.
Becca
Blinky the Shark
'Cause you look like a big-rooted feller.
Sky
...and I hope you have lots of dollars!
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Blinky the Shark
In the face of this, I withdraw my entry. :)
So to speak...
koko
<waynebo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Wed 27 Aug 2008 12:47:23p, Mark Thorson told us...
>
>> Yesterday, I bought a bag of prunnella at the Asian food store.
>> It looks like a bunch of thin dried stems. What is it used for?
>
snippady doo daw
> Curious why >you would buy something without knowing what to do with it.
>
Snippady ayyyy
I do that frequently Wayne, especially in ethnic markets. But then, I
have no life and find such things fun and interesting ;-)
koko
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merryb
>
> - Show quoted text -
Good one- LOL!
Mark Thorson
>
> AFAIK, it's an ancient Chinese curative herb. I have the impression that one
> doesn't cook with it. Perhaps an ingredient in an herbal tea? Curious why
Dang! I made that mistake again! I wish these stores
would not shelve folk medicinal herbs with the culinary herbs.
> you would buy something without knowing what to do with it. I guess that
> goes along with your penchant for not knowing what things are on eBay. :-)
When I see something I've never had before, I usually
buy it, if it's cheap. Even when I don't know what it is.
I guess that's sort of opposite of most people, who only
buy stuff that they know what it is and have a use for it.
This sometimes causes problems. Like the time I bought
a package of dried fruit called reetha. A friend of mine
was visiting that day, and we both tried a little bit.
I said this stuff is like an instant sore throat. She
agreed.
I later found out that in India they soak the reetha,
make a lather from it, and use it to wash their hair.
Wayne Boatwright
LOL! As long as you have fun with it. I would be the unlucky one that
would poison myself with something. :-)
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Wayne Boatwright
LOL! I have often bought things I've never used before, but I do try to
have some knowledge of what it is first. Maybe I'm just not that
adventurous. :-)
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Graham
I know a brunette called Prunella
Who is said to look like a fella.
But I'm one of those
who's seen her sans clothes -
From a "he" I can certainly "telher"
Mark Thorson
>
> LOL! I have often bought things I've never used before, but I do
> try to have some knowledge of what it is first. Maybe I'm just
> not that adventurous. :-)
My idea of the perfect death is to be the first
known human to board a UFO. I'd go straight to
the food preparation area, open up whatever passes
for cupboards and a refrigerator.
"Ooh! That looks good! I'll try that!"
"Please Mr. Thorson, wait until we've done the
compatibility tests!"
"Hmmm . . . I don't think I'd buy that a second time.
What's in that box?"
"It's very powerful! I don't think you should
try it!"
"I'll be the judge of that! Looks like chcocolate!
ACK! That food is REALLY nasty!"
"It's not food! We use it to sterilize the food
preparation surfaces!"
"ARGGH!"
Janet Wilder
That was wonderful!
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Janet Wilder
That was great!
Wayne Boatwright
LOL! Mark, that sounds like that could happen to you when you just go
shopping. :-)
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Graham
Thanks! But to be correct, I should have written "him" not "he".
Graham
Golden One
But it's not as good as Barb Schaller's!
JB
Bob Terwilliger
>> I once knew a lady named Prunella.
> Who took young men down to her cellar.
> She said "I am planning
> To show you my canning."
>
> finish the last line
They ended up with salmonella.
Bob
blake murphy
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>> AFAIK, it's an ancient Chinese curative herb. I have the impression that one
>> doesn't cook with it. Perhaps an ingredient in an herbal tea? Curious why
>
> Dang! I made that mistake again! I wish these stores
> would not shelve folk medicinal herbs with the culinary herbs.
>
the wikipedia entry for 'prunella' (one 'n') says 'The mildly bitter leaves
are also good as salad greens,' along with folk medicinal uses:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunella_(Chinese_home_remedy)>
...but from your o.p., it seems you have dried.
your pal,
blake
merryb
Maybe he should smoke it!
Mark Thorson
>
> the wikipedia entry for 'prunella' (one 'n') says 'The mildly bitter leaves
> are also good as salad greens,' along with folk medicinal uses:
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunella_(Chinese_home_remedy)>
>
> ...but from your o.p., it seems you have dried.
Ah! I didn't look for it with one n.
hahabogus
news:48B6ECD0...@sonic.net:
You always go too far...1 n wasn't good enough for you so you had to have
2.
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Mark Thorson
> >
>
> You always go too far...1 n wasn't good enough for you so you had to have
> 2.
It was spelled "prunnella" on the package.
ChattyCathy
> Becca wrote:
>
>> Gloria P wrote:
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> On Wed 27 Aug 2008 12:47:23p, Mark Thorson told us...
>>>>
>>>>> Yesterday, I bought a bag of prunnella at the Asian food store.
>>>>> It looks like a bunch of thin dried stems. What is it used for?
>>>>
>>>> AFAIK, it's an ancient Chinese curative herb. I have the
>>>> impression
>>>> that one doesn't cook with it. Perhaps an ingredient in an herbal
>>>> tea? Curious why you would buy something without knowing what to do
>>>> with it. I guess that goes along with your penchant for not
>>>> knowing what things are on eBay. :-)
>>>
>>>> I once knew a lady named Prunella.
>>> Who took young men down to her cellar.
>>> She said "I am planning
>>> To show you my canning."
>>>
>>> finish the last line
>>>
>>>
>>> gloria p
>>
>> And I hope your performance is stellar.
>
> In the face of this, I withdraw my entry. :)
>
> So to speak...
>
<SNORK!!!>
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wrote:
Sam and Ella were down there too?
Kinky.
Becca
> Becca wrote:
>
>> Gloria P wrote:
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> On Wed 27 Aug 2008 12:47:23p, Mark Thorson told us...
>>>>
>>>>> Yesterday, I bought a bag of prunnella at the Asian food store.
>>>>> It looks like a bunch of thin dried stems. What is it used for?
>>>> AFAIK, it's an ancient Chinese curative herb. I have the impression
>>>> that one doesn't cook with it. Perhaps an ingredient in an herbal
>>>> tea? Curious why you would buy something without knowing what to do
>>>> with it. I guess that goes along with your penchant for not knowing
>>>> what things are on eBay. :-)
>>>> I once knew a lady named Prunella.
>>> Who took young men down to her cellar.
>>> She said "I am planning
>>> To show you my canning."
>>>
>>> finish the last line
>>>
>>>
>>> gloria p
>> And I hope your performance is stellar.
>
> In the face of this, I withdraw my entry. :)
>
> So to speak...
>
Yours was pretty good. This reminds me of when Moosemeat would start
limericks. :(
Becca
Blinky the Shark
Speaking of moose (in a food group especially):
http://blinkynet.net/humor/story/mtpie.html
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Becca
LOL!
blake murphy
tsk, tsk, merry. though the thought crossed my mind as well.
your pal,
blake
Michael Kuettner
"Gloria P" <gpue...@comcast.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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<snip>
> I once knew a lady named Prunella.
> Who took young men down to her cellar.
> She said "I am planning
> To show you my canning."
And cunningly canned his fella'.
>
> finish the last line
>
Done.
>
Cheers,
Michael Kuettner