I am so glad that everyone has liked what they got so far! Now, I just have to find some more seeds for Gary! LOL! Thanks again to Gary for sending in so many beans! You really helped everyone to gets beans they really wanted! Gary, are there any other veggies or anything seed wise that you can think of that you really want? PLEASE let me know! I am going to be putting in a seed order soon somewhere and I would really like to get you something special. Please email me some ideas! Christy

my two favorites are salmon on the grill with Jessica's Lime Chipotle sauce for a glaze, and SharonCB's daughter's Salmon Quiche. Both are yummy, both are good warmed up. The lime chipotle stuff is also good leftover on top a green salad with more of the sauce as salad dressing. Lime-Chipotle Sauce - Sunset Magazine Jessica/CF Food processor: 1/2 cup honey 2 tablespoons minced canned chipotle chilies in adobado sauce (WAAAY too much for me, the heat wus, I use ONE) 3 tablespoons brown mustard 1/2 cup lime juice 1 1/2 tablespoons minced garlic 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro Season with salt and pepper Serve sauce as a marinade grilled meats, poultry, and fish if your guests don't get to it first with tortilla chips. Makes 1 1/2 cups. SALMON QUICHE WITH WALNUT CRUMB CRUST SharonCB/CF Preheat oven to 375 degrees F Pastry: Easy - doesn't require rolling, just press down with fingers and back of a spoon into a 24 cm (9.5 inch) pyrex flan dish or pie plate. 1 - 1/2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup cheddar cheese (grated) 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup walnuts finely chopped Mix these ingredients in a bowl, cutting in butter with two knives until crumbly then press into a pie dish, including up the sides. Bake in pre-heated oven for five minutes. Then remove from oven. Meanwhile mix the following ingredients in a bowl: Filling: 3 eggs beat till frothy 3/4 cup sour cream 1 cup mozzarella cheese (grated) 1/2 onion, chopped 1 can salmon (7 3/4 ounces) - I prefer fresh piece salmon that has been baked - 'smoked salmon' is really good too. 1/4 cup mayonnaise Pour these ingredients into the pie crust - bake in oven approximately 45 minutes or until knife inserted in centre comes out clean. The top is usually a nice golden brown colour. If you don't have salmon on hand, tinned tuna works well too in this recipe, but salmon is better. Annie

This is complicated. Maybe we should just discuss brownie recipes. In lieu of that, let's just for now try to focus on two aspects of the question, food quality and conservation. Wasn't there someone who, early in the discussion, cited a large study published in Science magazine? I can't find that post now but the study is the most important one I am aware of. The full text can't be accessed at the Science web site without subscribing. It is available elsewhere on the web. The study sampled and compared wild and farmed salmon from many regions around the world. The level of PCBs and other dangerous substances was found to be "significantly" higher in farmed salmon. The word "significant", when used in this sort of document is understood to mean statistically significant, which is not the same as the every day usage. Statistical significance means that a difference between two samples can be proven mathematically at a certain criterion. It does not mean the difference is important. If I sprinkle 2 grains of salt on my order of fries and you sprinkle 4, the difference obviously is statistically significant. But is it important? Neither one is enough salt to affect the taste at all. Significant but not important. The study found, at some locations, levels of certain toxins at 10 or so parts per billion. At those levels, differences of say, 4 parts per billion would be significant. But important? FDA standards allow hundreds of times that concentration. But that is not the end of the controversy. Some, including the authors of the study, prefer the standards of the EPA over those of the FDA. EPA standards are much stricter. This is where science and politics collide. One might think that the "Food" and Drug Administration would take precedence over the "Environmental" Protection Administration in the matter of food safety. But that would be too simple. I have to observe that, although the importance to science of a "not statistically significant" finding is equal to, often greater than, one of "statistically significant". The importance in press releases is not. Everyone wants the results of their work to be "significant". Well, that is the health issue in a nutshell, a very small nutshell. The conservation issue is more difficult. Jim Here is a link that might be useful: Global Assessment of Organic Contaminants in Farmed Salmon

I grew up in the Rehoboth/Lewis area of DelMarVa. HarborHouse has an on-line order now. I've not personally ordered but have been to their main small town market when i visit my parents. (fill a cooler to bring home). Work and the crazy holiday traffic keeps us away from making that trip the last couple years....we will visit over xmas with three weeks off this year up-coming. The turkey leg recipe looks great! When we have made it home with all our extended families, we have a traditional T-day. I do most of the cooking because i enjoy it and make all things seafood the rest of the weekend. Oysters, (fritters/po'boys) crab, (soft-shells/and cakes)...scrapple till i puke, lol. When visiting DH family in SC, we cook extra turkey legs instead of a second turkey. Tradition. Once a dozen on the grill outside. Brined and stuffed. Now a tradition when we can make the trip. I have no issue with making a different meal excluding turkey. Such a good holiday and should not be complicated or involve stress. Make it with love and don't make what you don't like. Enough drama with family personalities, : )