[Garden] Parsley lore

[gcmichal]

Re skin colour changes.  My good Aunt Olga consumed truly massive  
amounts of parsley and carrot juice in her "tiger shakes".  She would  
go through bushels of it. Both are rich in beta-carotene, which can  
be toxic in very high amounts.  She took her stroke-ridden husband to  
the Mayo Clinic and had their most expensive and thorough tests and  
examinations herself.  When they told her the results the clinic  
director said "We seldom see someone your age in such good health.   
Everything is in order.  the only thing that puzzles us is your skin  
is so yellow."  She lived to 95.  Tiger shakes had lecithin, soya  
powder, masses of parsley and carrot, various ground up vitamin and  
mineral pills, and tasted quite gruesome until you added banana and  
honey to it.  She stopped eating potatoes at about age 30 when she  
latched onto Dr. Roger's diet - an early follower of Scientology or  
dianetics, I think.
- Greg Michalenko
On May 30, 2007, at 3:45 PM, Taarini Chopra wrote:

>
> 'parsley pesto' freezes well and can be thawed and put
> in anything you would add fresh parsley to...
>
> and, as far as i know, it doesnt cause any skin colour
> changes or other side effects.
>
> taarini
>
> --- gcmichal <gcmichal at fesmail.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>
>> The plant is going to seed before packing up the
>> second and last year
>> of its life, just like the pretty kale down the
>> garden path.  I don't
>> think much will come back at this stage, although
>> the growth of last
>> glory is certainly impressive.  Try some other
>> things - an Indian
>> salsa of finely chopped parsley, mint, lime juice
>> and tabasco, or
>> make lots of tomato sauce for pasta.  Or blend it up
>> with all sorts
>> of health foodie greens and give yourself a tonic.
>> My beloved old
>> aunt "Carrot Juice" Olga Figol used to drink so much
>> of the stuff
>> that she turned yellow.
>>
>> I'm away in the Magdalen Islands and Nova scotia for
>> two weeks. I put
>> up 3 tomato trusses - thought I had several more but
>> I guess they
>> were never returned by the person I lent them to
>> last year (not this
>> garden).
>>
>> - Greg Michalenko
>> On May 30, 2007, at 10:24 AM, J. Rochon wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Gardeners,
>>>                            Our parsley is about to
>> bolt in the
>>> heat, and
>>> I can only eat so much tabouli. Does anyone know
>> if parsley is a
>>> cut an
>>> come back herb? I'd like to harvest a large amount
>> before the plant
>>> starts to bolt, but don't want to deprive anyone
>> else of unlimited
>>> garnishes :)
>>>
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