Re: [gardeners] Pod / Bible Corn /pizza and books
Kay Lancaster (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 19 Dec 1997 07:14:30 -0800 (PST)
On Fri, 19 Dec 1997, Lillian Kepp wrote:
> I don't know where it comes from either, but folks call it Bible
> Corn. But a lot of folks around here (southeren Ohio) call bell
> peppers - mangos. When I first moved here I saw mangos listed as
> a pizza topping in a pizza shop. I really didn't want that, but
> later I found out it was bell peppers. :)
Out here, it probably WOULD be mangoes on your pizza.
Obgardening: has anyone read either Binetti's _Shortcuts for accenting
your garden_ (Storey) or Scott-James _Gardening letters to my daughter_
(St. Martin's)? Both were recommended in the local garden column here.
Guess it's about time for a trip to Powell's bookstore. But not till
AFTER Dec. 26th. ;-)
Kay Lancaster kay@fern.com
just west of Portland, OR; USDA zone 8