Fuligo Septica.

My dear friends, I take you back to my previous post. Here are the two comments on the post: Anonymous said... Wow. And I thought this was a food blog. April 8, 2009 5:13 PM

Rosie Hawthorne said...

Anonymous, it's a food blog and MORE!

So much more.

And you got a Botany lesson as well.

April 8, 2009 5:53 PM

Dear Anonymous, My blog is about food. My blog is about my life. My blog is about my family. My blog is about my animals. My blog is about my experiences. My blog is about our trips. My blog is about my garden. My blog is about my flowers. My blog is about photography. My blog is about education. My blog is about edification. My blog is about amusement. My blog is about my passions. My blog is about my spirit. My blog is me. Rosie I didn't mean to offend with "dog vomit slime mold," but it is the name of this particular of God's creations. And it's very interesting to watch the life cycle of this short-lived organism. I just thought this was an unusual garden "find" and I wanted to share. Perhaps, I should have called it Fuligo septica. I will say this. I've had a dog, Rosie (Black Lab), and I have a dog now, Dixie (Chesapeake Bay Retriever), and when I saw fuligo septica in my mulch the first time last August, I immediately thought of dog vomit. It's a natural thing.

And I'm nothing if not all about the edumacation. Peace. Last night, I was blooggling and came across this recipe for Moroccan Spiced Chicken and Fennel. With couscous. And I don't like couscous. Yet. Please click on the above link and peruse the recipe to get the basic idea. Well, folks, of course, this was going to be dinner. I went out on my own on this since I didn't have all of the ingredients the recipe called for. For example, the orange juice. I had none. Very unusual. Fresh or otherwise. Shame on me. (Now, after shopping, I have 6 oranges, $0.99/pound and 4 cartons of Tropicana, Extra Pulp, With Vitamin D and Calcium. On sale at Food Lion for 2/$5.00.) So I used lemon juice last night. I had no ground ginger. But of course I had frozen ginger root. I wasn't about to dig up 1 of my 2 fennel plants for the root. I used the leaves instead. Then I added more stuff in. Like carrots. And mint. And apples. And because I had no pine nuts because I don't really like them, I added toasted cashews. I despise couscous. Never, ever have made it to my liking. But I'm going for it again. Anybody want to send me couscous recipes, go right ahead. rosiehawthorne@aim.com I used the chicken with bones. Not boneless breasts. I'm lazy and didn't feel like boning them.

And here it is. Sadly. On a plate. Languishing. With two pretty much nasty attachments which weren't worth the time it took me to make them. I was going to blog last night's dinner, then I said to myself, "Self? Why are you taking up cyberspace talking about this dreck? It ain't worth it. Move ON. So I did. But first, here's a closeup of the chicken:

Looks pretty good, doesn't it? I mean it really looks delicious, in spite of what I've said about it. NOT!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA! It's the DOG VOMIT SLIME MOLD! WHOOT!!!!! It's all a matter of perception. Anonymous, chill, kick back, relax. Life is short. Enjoy its pleasures and gifts. And be thankful for every day you get. It may be my last.