I have had some wild onion appear in my backyard
I wonder how things would've turned out if I harvested that
onion.

Which kind of wild onion?

Just a note: all alliums are edible so go ahead and taste even if
you can't identify it precisely. (Some poisonous lilies resemble

Some Alliums do taste rather like crabgrass, though.

wild onions but none of them smell like onions when their leaves
are crushed.)

I'm wondering how poisonous Liliaceae can be. I think of
them as pretty harmless, though there are similar-appearing
things (false Solomon's seal aod so on) that might be.

Alliums aren't native this far north but there are some garden
escapees close to the city that overwinter successfully and
propagate in the wild. I had some chives in the yard (in the gravel
and weeds beside the driveway actually) for several years that
finally died the winter that was so long and cold that even the mint
died.

I've had three or four girlfriends who were able to kill
mint. Perhaps it was their frosty personality.

I'm growing garlic chives in a planter on the deck this year. I just
went out for some for my supper omelette and I found a huge big
black slug was eating all my basil. I deemed that to be a capital
offense.

Swisher had escargots for the first time about a week
ago. Slugs are in general edible depending on what they
have been eating. Yours was probably edible and tasty.

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That looks both kind of good and kind of familiar.

I try to keep coming up with new stuff and not re-posting things
that came from here in the first place. If I have not posted this
exact recipe I have certainly posted similar ones before. There's

To me it's a question of context rather than disseminating
information that is already readily available. Recipes are
always secondary, though welcome.

only so many ways to make pea soups: yellow or green, whole or
split, au maigre or with ham or bacon or salt pork, with or without
celery and carrots, with savory or thyme and finally served
purreed or not.

There are potatoed, curried, and bay leaved versions,
but those are minor and unrecommended variations. Au
maigre is also not recommended, though aux magrets
might be an interesting twist.

Title: Canadian Bouilli

A nice hearty holiday dinner for those who had been
suffering restricted rations.

From: www.northwestjournal.ca
When the Northwest Company was in competition with the Hudson Bay
Company, Fort Astoria was located at the mouth of the Columbia
River. -JW

Some of us have been there. Big bridge. Nice smokehouse.
Smoked fish had a too tough pellicle.

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Title: Astoria
Categories: Alcohol, Beverages
Yield: 2 servings

2 oz Gin
1 oz Dry Vermouth
4 ds Campari Bitter
2 Olives

From: Ghislaine Dumont Date: 11 Aug 97 National
Cooking Echo

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