Gardenblue13 you can buy inga edulis seeds from tradewindsfruit.com. I did and now have an attractive plant growing well. DO NOT LET THE SOIL DRY OUT. I had three, the soil dried out on two, so now I only have one. Lesson learned.

What a great idea! It's frozen yogurt but with lots of good fruit in it. The yogurt would give it the body it needs without the fat. I think you could try fat-fee sour cream, too: that might be less tangy than the yogurt. Fat free sour cream, since it's made with skim milk, is thickened with something else, probably carageenan. Any fat-free half and half would also have a substitute thickener.Some thickeners hold up to freezing and some don't. There's a lot of difference between brands in how sour they are: you might have to try a few. I use half fat-free yogurt and half fat-free sour cream for many sauces. I tried making ice milk with plain milk, and it didn't work out. Not enough body. I meant to repeat it using something thicker, but haven't yet. I've been thinking about fat-free evaporated milk; that would have more body to it. Let us know what you try and what works!

What you made is a SORBET, a fruit-flavored ice. Ice cream, as the name would indicate, is a frozen food containing sweetened or flavored cream or butterfat. I make lots of different sorbet (ices, frozen yogurt and ice cream) recipes in my little automatic ice cream and frozen dessert maker. It's a very handy gadget. You're probably not old enough to remember all the frozen treats homemakers made in ice cube trays, long before food processors were a common household gadget. Back when the freezer on the refrigerator was about 1-foot square and in a small shelf at the top was enough room for 2 aluminum ice cube trays. Mom's everywhere removed the insert in the trays and would toss in all kinds of frozen desserts. Almond-Apple Delight (source: Natural Foods Cookbook - by Pamela Hannan) 2 c. flaked almonds 2 c. Red Delicious apples, shredded 1 T. orange peel, grated 1 c. dates, ground 2 T. pineapple juice Combine all ingredients; toss well. Pour into container and place into freezer. Serve in dessert dishes. Serves 5. -Grainlady

It was advertised here too, but the local paper published this "warning" on the front page today... Clerk: Voting promotions violate law By PATRICK O'BRIEN Staff writer Businesses which offer specials for going to the polls face prison, fines COEUR d'ALENE -- Buyers and businesses beware: It's a violation of federal law to offer or accept any sales or promotions for voters on Election Day. Kootenai County Clerk Dan English said that regardless of party affiliations, businesses cannot offer discounts on products or service to encourage the general public to get out and vote. "As the county clerk, we work hard to try to turn out the voters," he said. "I appreciate their spirit, and their motivations, but unfortunately that is just a specific thing they can't do." The law came to English's attention when a handful of local businesses advertised sales planned Tuesday for people who came in with "I voted" stickers. English said he spoke with the various companies and said that all wanted to comply with the statutes and make sure that no laws had been violated. English said the promotional encouragement from businesses comes up almost every election year. In the past, espresso stands have unintentionally advertised free -- but unlawful -- coffee to people displaying the "I voted" stickers. "Even though it's not directly connected to a candidate or something, I think the reason it's probably there, is because it's on the continuum of trying to buy somebody's vote and so they just don't allow anything being given for the act of voting," English said. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nancy Cook referenced U.S. Code Title 18 section 597. Under the title anyone offering or making an expenditure to any person to either vote or withhold his or her vote or to vote for or against a specific candidate can be imprisoned for up to one year and fined up to $250,000. "In the broad spectrum of voting, I guess we have to be more careful," Cook said. Anyone soliciting, accepting or receiving the expenditures could face similar penalties. In the event that the violations were carried out willfully, imprisonment can be increased to a maximum of two years. "Under most instances, they are helping individuals to do their civic duty," said Cook, who mentioned she had never had to prosecute such an occurrence." So I guess I won't be getting free coffee. LOL