Herb Planter ~

Tomstrees · February 6, 2006

Here is a picture of my herb planter 2005 ~ Tom

Cecilia_MD7a · February 9, 2006

... but it somehow ended up in a new post instead - sorry.

http://tomatoville.com/viewtopic.php?p=1798#1798

Tomstrees · February 9, 2006

I found you on the other post ! np ~ Tom

Tomstrees · July 23, 2006

Just a 2006 pic
of my Polish Herb planter ~ Tom

supergirl · July 24, 2006

I may need to make myself one of those, or at least make one for my mom! My mom's family is very into their Polish heritage. She grew up in a town in Wisconsin with the Polish church and the German church. We still have polka bands (though usually up from Chicago) at weddings and such back home. The family reunions are all about stuffed cabbage rolls, sauerkraut, kielbasa, etc., with the kids' posters of Polish phrases, maps, etc. My poor husband is part Russian, so he's a little out of place, though fortunately no one has ever given him a hard time about their aggression and violence...

Tomstrees · July 24, 2006

supergirl -

Out of place ?
I'm half Greek half Italian !!!
I'm the tannest of the
bunch when we get together !!!
lol ~
Different cultures are alot of fun
for me ~

...Tom

jerseyjohn61 · July 24, 2006

O.K. Tom,
What's your preference: Ouzo or Sambucca
and you would'nt have any Anise growing
in that planter, would you?

:wink:

Tomstrees · July 24, 2006

lol John ~

Straight or on rocks ?
Ouzo ~
Coffee ?
Sambucca ~

We just finished a bottle from
our friends in Crete ~
However, I must note
we did have a couple casualties !!!

~ Tom

Worth1 · July 24, 2006

Darn hybrids, Never could hold their booze.

Now us Germans, thats another story.

Worth

Tomstrees · July 24, 2006

lol Worth ~

My cousins ARE half German !!!

lol ~ Tom

jerseyjohn61 · July 24, 2006

How's German-Irish for a hybrid, Worth?
I could go beer and a shot with anyone.
Had a "Gold Seal Boiler Operator License" :wink:
Commen sense brought me out of that phase.

Sambucca-room temp-is great for sippin'....JJ61

Tomstrees · July 25, 2006

Thats a great mix John ~

jerseyjohn61 · July 26, 2006

Oh! Speaking of anise liquors as we were. A few
years back, a Lebanese friend of mine introduced
me to Arok(sp?). The original and ancient Arab-
anise flavored liquor. Straight from the old country
and housed in a Galliano bottle. Homemade from
a relative. He claimed Syrian anise was used as they
grow the best in the region. Darn that stuff was
smooth!

We spent a very pleasant May afternoon chowing
on grilled Shish-kabob, listening to baseball and
getting schnockered on 107 proof licorice flavored
firewater....JJ61

P.S. By the end of the afternoon, we were throwing
old pairs of sneekers up onto the telephone wires.

Tomstrees · July 28, 2006

Funny you should meantion
that Euro style home-made booze John ~

Back in Dec. , a friend of ours Uncles
came to visit from Crete for Christmas -
During dinner, they broke out of their luggage
a couple Coca-Cola bottles filled with a "clear alcohol"
in it and started pouring shots !

I came to find out through broken translation, it was Cretan moonshine called: Raki.

Let me tell you - all language barriers
were non-existant by the nights end -
And by the time I left, they called me
"their commander" and gave me a bottle of it to take home !!! (along with some home made goat cheese) -

Now I only break it out when my girl cousins
bring over "new boyfriends" to meet ... one shot and they know what they're getting into !

~ lol ~

Tom

ps.
no sign of licorice flavor in this stuff !!! lol ~

supergirl · July 29, 2006

Another fun intercultural alcohol story -- my family had a couple of exchange students stay with us while I was in high school (I was an exchange student to India for a year, so we wanted to return the favor.) We've stayed in close touch with one of the girls from Brazil, either go down there or she comes to the States to visit every few years. One of the times I went to visit, I came home with several plastic 2-liter bottles of cachaca, Brazilian sugar-cane hooch. My friend's grandma had rented some land to a guy, who ended up not having cash to pay his rent. He offered to give her sugarcane in trade. She was a bit non-plussed, since she didn't have a ready use for a bunch of cane, but he volunteered to have it made into cachaca along with his. They ended up with hundreds of liters of the stuff that they were passing out to everyone. It made a mean caipirinha, though!!

Tom - I think it's one thing to be Greek/Italian amidst a bunch of Poles. German or Russian, on the other hand, is another story, since we were pretty much always getting invaded by one or the other. Fortunately DH is very nice and non-threatening.

February 9, 2006	#2
Cecilia_MD7a MAGTAG™ Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 400	I tried to reply to this ... ... but it somehow ended up in a new post instead - sorry. http://tomatoville.com/viewtopic.php?p=1798#1798

July 23, 2006	#4
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Just a 2006 pic of my Polish Herb planter ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

July 24, 2006	#6
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	supergirl - Out of place ? I'm half Greek half Italian !!! I'm the tannest of the bunch when we get together !!! lol ~ Different cultures are alot of fun for me ~ ...Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

July 24, 2006	#8
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	lol John ~ Straight or on rocks ? Ouzo ~ Coffee ? Sambucca ~ We just finished a bottle from our friends in Crete ~ However, I must note we did have a couple casualties !!! ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

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Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	lol Worth ~ My cousins ARE half German !!! lol ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

February 6, 2006	#1
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Herb Planter ~ Here is a picture of my herb planter 2005 ~ Tom

July 24, 2006	#5
supergirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 107	I may need to make myself one of those, or at least make one for my mom! My mom's family is very into their Polish heritage. She grew up in a town in Wisconsin with the Polish church and the German church. We still have polka bands (though usually up from Chicago) at weddings and such back home. The family reunions are all about stuffed cabbage rolls, sauerkraut, kielbasa, etc., with the kids' posters of Polish phrases, maps, etc. My poor husband is part Russian, so he's a little out of place, though fortunately no one has ever given him a hard time about their aggression and violence...

July 24, 2006	#7
jerseyjohn61 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central New Jersey Z/6 Posts: 554	O.K. Tom, What's your preference: Ouzo or Sambucca and you would'nt have any Anise growing in that planter, would you? :wink:

July 24, 2006	#9
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Darn hybrids, Never could hold their booze. Now us Germans, thats another story. Worth

July 25, 2006	#12
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Thats a great mix John ~ __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

July 26, 2006	#13
jerseyjohn61 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central New Jersey Z/6 Posts: 554	Oh! Speaking of anise liquors as we were. A few years back, a Lebanese friend of mine introduced me to Arok(sp?). The original and ancient Arab- anise flavored liquor. Straight from the old country and housed in a Galliano bottle. Homemade from a relative. He claimed Syrian anise was used as they grow the best in the region. Darn that stuff was smooth! We spent a very pleasant May afternoon chowing on grilled Shish-kabob, listening to baseball and getting schnockered on 107 proof licorice flavored firewater....JJ61 P.S. By the end of the afternoon, we were throwing old pairs of sneekers up onto the telephone wires.

July 28, 2006	#14
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Funny you should meantion that Euro style home-made booze John ~ Back in Dec. , a friend of ours Uncles came to visit from Crete for Christmas - During dinner, they broke out of their luggage a couple Coca-Cola bottles filled with a "clear alcohol" in it and started pouring shots ! I came to find out through broken translation, it was Cretan moonshine called: Raki. Let me tell you - all language barriers were non-existant by the nights end - And by the time I left, they called me "their commander" and gave me a bottle of it to take home !!! (along with some home made goat cheese) - Now I only break it out when my girl cousins bring over "new boyfriends" to meet ... one shot and they know what they're getting into ! ~ lol ~ Tom ps. no sign of licorice flavor in this stuff !!! lol ~ __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

July 29, 2006	#15
supergirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 107	Another fun intercultural alcohol story -- my family had a couple of exchange students stay with us while I was in high school (I was an exchange student to India for a year, so we wanted to return the favor.) We've stayed in close touch with one of the girls from Brazil, either go down there or she comes to the States to visit every few years. One of the times I went to visit, I came home with several plastic 2-liter bottles of cachaca, Brazilian sugar-cane hooch. My friend's grandma had rented some land to a guy, who ended up not having cash to pay his rent. He offered to give her sugarcane in trade. She was a bit non-plussed, since she didn't have a ready use for a bunch of cane, but he volunteered to have it made into cachaca along with his. They ended up with hundreds of liters of the stuff that they were passing out to everyone. It made a mean caipirinha, though!! Tom - I think it's one thing to be Greek/Italian amidst a bunch of Poles. German or Russian, on the other hand, is another story, since we were pretty much always getting invaded by one or the other. Fortunately DH is very nice and non-threatening.