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In a message dated 6/8/04 7:48:26 AM, krisulam@... writes:

<< It needs to be actual oregano though,

most of what's in the spice section at the store is really Mexican sage and

wont work. >>

Oh, MAN! So all those kids all those years who thought oregano might pass
for marijuana not only didn't have real pot, they didn't even have real OREGANO!?

The things we learn in retrospect... <g>

Spices are funny. Just like bugs and plants and birds the same name will be
used in different places for different things. Robins here aren't like
English robins. And I suppose there must be hundreds of examples like that, but
"oregano." Man...

I love names and language, so it amuses me twice.

When I was little there were "snake doctors" and "lightning bugs."
Then I moved to northern New Mexico, from the swampy side of a lake near Fort
Worth, and found there were no snake doctors whatsoever. There were
dragonflies (still a cool term) and fireflies (a little less dramatic than LIGHTNING
BUGS).

Sandra