"But I've never seen a carrot root. Grace doesn't pull them out. She just gives us the leaves and the nuts." Tara munches absently on a last bit of lichen.
Ann pauses to pull the flap on the lived in pouch open and throw it across Grace's back, then talks to someone inside before climbing down and bringing Plant three big black beans.
"They don't look like the same thing as we call potato." John tastes and shakes his head. "No, not nearly as starchy."
"I didn't even know the tops were edible," Gate admits. "Plants are not a specialty of mine." And he's more used to sticking already cooked things in the microwave.
Plant curiously examines the beans, trying to draw comparisons to other species she knows. "And these are also growing in snow?"
"It's really bland." John offers a spoonful of stew to Joshua, who looks at it curiously and then shakes his head.
Tara looks sideways at Gate, giving him one of those funny looks that only little girls seem to be able to pull off really well. "You let everybody else pick your food for you?"
Scarab thinks about this. "The ones in stew are cooked. They're starchier when raw. Everything in stew is cooked all together."
"If we don't, he might forget to eat," Sheldon says, gently teasing as he answers Tara before Gate gets a chance to. Gate was known to lose track of other things when he was working on a project.
"Fascinating," says Plant. "Most of the plants I am knowing of are being killed off by frost or snow, meaning that nothing is being grown in most places during winter. Are they putting leaves up above the snow at all?" She wonders how they manage photosynthesis. "And what do you think would happen to them in warmer climate? Would it be too warm and cause them to wilt?"
"Is the cooking why it's so bland?" asks John curiously. "Because there really isn't much flavor at all."
Tara blinks at that and looks up at Gate to see if this is a story.
"Not usually. Some of them die if the cover comes off of them," says Ann. "But the carrots will grow taller and make flowers. But the flowers don't make the usual kind of seeds."
Which makes Scarab blink in confusion. "There isn't? I always thought it had a lot more taste than the stuff before we came here..."
Less of a story than a recurring family joke. "Ah, well, I do get distracted sometimes," admits Gate.
Plant nods. "These are being very interesting," she says, poking carefully at the seeds with the tip of a vine. "I am thanking you very much for showing them to me."
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Date: 2009-02-15 19:48 (UTC)Ann pauses to pull the flap on the lived in pouch open and throw it across Grace's back, then talks to someone inside before climbing down and bringing Plant three big black beans.
"They don't look like the same thing as we call potato." John tastes and shakes his head. "No, not nearly as starchy."
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Date: 2009-02-16 00:26 (UTC)Plant curiously examines the beans, trying to draw comparisons to other species she knows. "And these are also growing in snow?"
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Date: 2009-02-16 01:33 (UTC)Tara looks sideways at Gate, giving him one of those funny looks that only little girls seem to be able to pull off really well. "You let everybody else pick your food for you?"
"Under the snow." Ann nods.
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Date: 2009-02-16 02:13 (UTC)"If we don't, he might forget to eat," Sheldon says, gently teasing as he answers Tara before Gate gets a chance to. Gate was known to lose track of other things when he was working on a project.
"Fascinating," says Plant. "Most of the plants I am knowing of are being killed off by frost or snow, meaning that nothing is being grown in most places during winter. Are they putting leaves up above the snow at all?" She wonders how they manage photosynthesis. "And what do you think would happen to them in warmer climate? Would it be too warm and cause them to wilt?"
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Date: 2009-02-16 05:01 (UTC)Tara blinks at that and looks up at Gate to see if this is a story.
"Not usually. Some of them die if the cover comes off of them," says Ann. "But the carrots will grow taller and make flowers. But the flowers don't make the usual kind of seeds."
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Date: 2009-02-16 15:18 (UTC)Less of a story than a recurring family joke. "Ah, well, I do get distracted sometimes," admits Gate.
Plant nods. "These are being very interesting," she says, poking carefully at the seeds with the tip of a vine. "I am thanking you very much for showing them to me."