...the banks all green with celery, the endive rejoicing in a rivulet; the cucumber snaking amidst the grass and swelling to greatness... (Virgil's Georgics IV:120, trans. C. Day Lewis)
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Bitter, bitter, bitter - wormwood and gall!
Maybe that's an exaggeration, but I did find Joe's green vegetables very bitter, even though I doused them in French dressing, which usually makes anything palatable.
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