Chocolate Basil 2012 Family Reunion

Chime in Vort! We need your special wisdom.

Naked !!! Were they in Vagas with Harry?

LOL

Now, that's a scary thought...

You're not kidding!!!!! What if Squatch disappeared? Would he show up in Jolly ole England? What ever would the Brits do with him? Would he end up making eyes at Nessie? He'd insist on a meeting with the Queen,And he is definately not up for tea with Her Majesty.
Vickie

Squatch sez---"huumph"-"I tought the original Queen of England proper tea etiquette" --shoot-'ol Vor couldn't even schpell eddycut.

Thought you guys --("yalzes here in Texas") --might be bored with the adventures of 'ol Vor. n Squatch so we been depressed and just been sittin over in the corner munchin on basil chocolate Habaneros, eatin fried alligator ears, drooling,sucking our thumbs and telling each other old war stories about the glory days of the CB battles of yesteryear with tears in our eyes. Arguing over whether the tears might be from nostalgia or the Habaneros.
Just last week we decided to venture out and catch some Ermin and shave um naked. GREAT antidepressant therapy!!!
We are now offering Ermin shavin kits at the low introductory
price of-- Well-you know the routine.

Humph!! I for one am glad you caught those ol ermins, and understand why they are up for fast turnover!

You don't suppose Squatch took a summer vacation to visit his swamp buddies in the bayou, do you? If so, he mighta been swept out to sea by now...
How did south Texas do with the storm? My relatives in New Orleans evacuated.

I am sitting in Louisville, Ky tonite- had the privilege of seeing a Ky Blue Moon without the shine! There was a blue wide outer band around this 2nd full moon of August. Kids are fine in Houston- we are actully pretty close to Hempstead- and they know to warn me if they are evacuating for anything, so, my bet is they are snuggled warmly in bed!

Oh, nooo, I missed a KY blue moon? Drat!
I'm worried about all that rain down south. I'm praying that all our loved ones stay safe.

Isaac was very good to us in Arkansas. A day and night of slow drizzle. The drought has been broken.
Am almost sure i saw miss Bear floating down the Arkansas river with a sprig of CB in her mouth.

UPDATE:

Beware
Squatch has escaped from his brief captivity.

Welcome back to the winterworld of CB dreams!

And LOOK....he's bringing presents......

Beware of Squatches bearing gifts!

This message was edited Dec 26, 2012 8:32 PM

Hi everyone.
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas.

We did...no chocolate basil seed in my stocking. Santa, what's up? lol

It was another impish Squatch prank--the seeds were in the center of your lump of coal Celene. Hope you did not discard or burn the coal.

Hrmph. I had it compressed into a diamond. I guess I am in the "go big or go home" category of naughty now!

Can't beleive you all have let this die/ Rise up it may be found yet
LAVINA

I hear the search has quieted only because someone here has it and is not ready to share it.

Art Tucker, Ph.D., responds: “There is certainly a lot of chatter on the web about the chocolate basil ever since somebody said on a blog that they saw it at the Missouri Botanical Garden in 2004. Now, understand, the Missouri Botanical Garden, like all American botanic gardens, keeps meticulous records of the sources of their plants, and I am asked (by the poster on the forum) to believe that they are unsure? I don’t believe it!”

Tucker did, however, smell green pepper pyrazines in another basil, Ocimum selloi. “Pyrazines are normally present in not only green pepper but also chocolate, coffee, etc. and give those particularly biting, pungent odors,” he says.

When he analyzed the oil, he found no pyrazines, but was not surprised because these intense flavorants are easily lost in the process of distillation. “If O. selloi has pyrazines, it is not above Mother Nature to switch her chemistry ever so slightly to go from green pepper pyrazines to chocolate pyrazines,” he says.

Tucker concludes, “I think it’s perfectly plausible that there might be a chocolate basil out there somewhere in nature, but it sure doesn’t seem to be present in the North American herb trade in 2004 to 2009.”

So there we are. If the plant existed commercially, it would turn up at plant sales and we could track down a start. Of course, if you have the elusive chocolate basil, write to editor@herbcompanion.com .



Read more: http://www.motherearthliving.com/gardening/is-chocolate-basil-an-urban-myth.aspx?PageId=2#ixzz2Z0A8dSQT

Lavina-what do you mean "it may be found yet?" Squatch has had it for years.

Just when you thought it was safe to relax and go back to growing stuff like onions Squatch strikes again!!!.

OK I still want it if its ever found. Yetie , sasquash , or what ever and I want chocolate mint also LOL :)

Hugs nice to see someone has a humor here Have you noticed how people aren't posting much anymore

Grows happily in a little patch of land in Central Florida guarded by gators with a fondness for
Squatch meat.

Haven't you heard? Squatch has been sighted in the woods of Kentucky! oops...gave myself away...

http://www.kentuckybigfoot.com/

Hope everyone enjoys their CB stuffed turkeys. I know I will.

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This message was edited Nov 23, 2013 12:33 PM

It's like a Nigerian bank letter, but better.

LOL

For some reason I just knew Celene would stll be lurking.
Welcome Levina.

This message was edited Nov 24, 2013 12:48 AM

I will never understand why mjsponies thinks Squatch is skeered of some puny alligators or an old Dodge.

Or even a new dodge...

If he can't Dodge it, he'll Ram it!

Happy Thanksgiving all.

Happy Choc basil cocoa and festivities to ALL!

Yes, have a great holiday, everyone! I wonder if Squatch likes pumpkin pie...

I would think pecan pie.

Scorpion pie only please.

CHRISTMAS PAST:
MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL.

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, except Squatch the louse

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
Stuffed with basil of chocolate and shedded Squatch hair.

Loch Nestle was nestled all snug in his bed,
while visions of CB recipes danced in his head.

And me in my kerchief, and some critter in a cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter’s nap.

When out in the basil patch there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the window I flew like a flash,
tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

The moon on the breast of the new-CB patch
opened my eyes to the plot they had hatched

Then, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a beat up old Dodge and eight Arkansas bears.

From the back of the truck sprung a mob from this site
I knew in a moment we were in for a fight

More rapid than eagles the DGR’s came
and I called every traitor by his or her name.

Now Critter and kudzu, Ky and Celene
Debra from Garland and others unseen
Now podster and cando and Sansai and all
and secan and cyber don’t dare breech our wall.

But up to the house-top the DGR’s flew,
with the Dodge full of raiders, and loco loca too

And then, in a twinkling, on the top of our lodge
was the gnawing of rainbears and an ugly ‘ol Dodge
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Up the chimney Squatch flew with a powerful bound.

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his tooth was all snarled and his hair full of soot.

A bundle of basil flung over his back,
he looked like a madman who was on the attack.

His eyes-how they glowed red! His tooth was real scary!
Blood dripped from his mouth like he’d eaten a cherry!

A tire from a Dodge was raised high in his hand
and the smoke from the remnants circled him like a band.

He said not a word but then turned to the bears
And they took to the sky from the fear of his stare

I heard Squatch roar as they flew out of sight

“Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight”