tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post2815516388703814746..comments2024-03-28T23:25:07.821+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-70408902162841172452011-07-10T09:16:36.191+01:002011-07-10T09:16:36.191+01:00I wonder whether spinach drove out Good King Henry...I wonder whether spinach drove out Good King Henry. <br />I wonder whether Bad King Henry is the strong tasting one in the UK and the bland one in the USA is the original Good King Henry. Virtually identical varieties with a significant taste difference?<br />I wonder whether the fact that spinach has a lot of iron in it is the real reason it drove out Good King Henry, if it did, and what minerals are in the (I assume) two varieties of King Henry.<br />I'm told that the old Breton name for the Big Dipper was Henri's wagon (phonetically spelled Anri). And that sounds to me like "on rit", "one laughs"... I love theories.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-73642213438614374952011-07-09T12:44:27.737+01:002011-07-09T12:44:27.737+01:00Sounds like your time away from the blog was a lot...Sounds like your time away from the blog was a lot of fun. <br />The potato recipe looks very good indeed.<br />I wonder if bathua is available in Toronto? Off to look along Gerrard St. East in the coming weeks.<br />LIsa in TorontoLisa R-Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655634518894913177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-40412468897944042452011-07-08T18:34:47.046+01:002011-07-08T18:34:47.046+01:00I once read (somewhere... can't remember where...I once read (somewhere... can't remember where... you know how that goes) a book about how plants got there names. Supposedly, there is also a Bad King Henry, that looks much the same as the Good, yet is toxic. Know anything about that? I've never been able to turn up any further information. <br /><br />Also on the topic, Good King Henry is closely related to Quinoa, the seed from S America that's a new and happening food. They're both chenopods, members of the goosefoot family. <br /><br />As always, I am boggled by your ability to knit projects so quickly. And they always look wonderful.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710658334966849773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-84925241141700100462011-07-08T13:37:36.574+01:002011-07-08T13:37:36.574+01:00A pleasure to have you back. It was nice to hear ...A pleasure to have you back. It was nice to hear that all of your research and grocery shopping with Good King Henry paid off.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-46298553853575567562011-07-08T08:59:36.953+01:002011-07-08T08:59:36.953+01:00Nice to have you back Jean, and well done on your ...Nice to have you back Jean, and well done on your culinary success with Good King Henry.<br /><br />A question: was the knitted Andy Murray wearing a *knitted* kilt?Anniehttp://knitsofacto.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com