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Basil, the King of Herbs
What I can share with you is my love for the many varieties of basil, along with the nutrition profile and popular culinary uses for sweet basil. Frozen pesto is convenient and accessible all year long and can be used for all sorts of recipes.Pesto can...
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The Many and Varied Uses of Rosemary
Out of all of the herbs I grow, rosemary is the easiest to propagate and care for.I begin with a 3 inch cutting, pull off the bottom leaves, and stick it in my root trainers.These are small but deep containers with ridges on the side to train the roots...
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Lavender, the Versatile Herb
A muslin bag filled with lavender imparts a wonderful scent to your laundry in the dryer, just like the ladies in the past used to lay their clothes over the lavender bushes to dry!You can even cook with lavender! Try adding 1 tablespoon to your favorite...
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Living High on Grits and Tomato Gravy
But sadly, I never appreciated tomato gravy with my grits. An economical meal that tastes wonderful is a good thing. You may season with salt and pepper to taste. To turn them into cathead biscuits, you cut them extra big.
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Hominy
Well water was then poured through the ashes . There was a time when I could have eaten it for every meal, and probably did. Hominy was a different story. It was hung from a tree branch.
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Greens, Pepper Sauce, and Cornbread: Southern Cuisine
We take a large paper bag to the garden and fill it with tender leaves from the center of the plants. Folks who were born and raised in the South enjoy foods and recipes that have been passed down by generations of their kin.
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Stevia, Sweet Stevia
Stevia is an herb that has been much talked about in recent years. After they are dry, strip the leaves from the branches and store them in clean containers. If you are lucky enough to have a food dehydrator, place them in it on low heat.
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What to Do With All That . . . Cilantro
After the meat has simmered, drain the rice, layer it on top of the meat, top with the onion and raisin mixture and put the whole thing in the oven for another half an hour. What to do?You may be most familiar with cilantro from Mexican cooking, where...
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Co-Co-Coconuts!
If you look at the end opposite the beard, you can see three small indentations.Those are a softer part of the seed shell, from which the coconut will sprout. But wait...there is so much more to this little brown nut.
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Get the most from your herbs I: Pinch, pinch, pinch!
Are wonderful additions to the garden even if you never use them in cooThey add a variety of textures and scents, and their flowers will draw flocks of, and once you start nibbling and experimenting with what you've pinched, you'll appreciate your herbs...
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Sherry--What it is, How it\'s Made, and How to Use it
Grapes and wine were still produced to make medicine, vinegar, cosmetics, perfume, and raisins. Connoisseurs consider sherry to be an under-appreciated type of wine. Of course, I keep my sherry open, upright but just in a cupboard.http://www.oregonlive.com/foodday/index.ssf/2013/03/some_sherry_cheri_a_sip_down_m.htmlHarvey's...
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Glace (Candied) Fruit
If you tie it into knots while it is still pliable, it makes a lovely garnish for cupcakes. And then, of course, there is the simple beauty of the glistening jewel-like candies that result.
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Cauliflower - a boring vegetable?
Frankly, anything can be made to taste good when covered with cheese sauce! But cauliflower can be the star of your dinner if you bother to look in the spice cupboard for some tantalizing Indian flavours to put the sizzle in this lowly vegetable.
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January is National Oatmeal Month
Http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/crops/oats.html, 19992 USDA Technical Bulletin 1100, Stanton. Oats come in many forms: rolled (the oats are steamed, rolled, re-steamed, then roasted), steel-cut, also known as coarse-cut, pinhead, or Irish oats (whole...
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What to Do With All That . . . Dill
The rice is cooked, then combined with yogurt and saffron. You can blend fresh dill weed with butter, spoon it into mounds on a metal baking sheet lined with parchment paper and freeze for a few hours to serve with seafood.
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Dill, parsley and lovage: the most used herbs in the Romanian cuisine
An old neighbor taught me how to have the best dried dill for my sauerkraut and I've been doing that ever since.Every summer, when dill forms seedheads, I buy a fresh clump from the market, selecting the biggest seed heads possible.
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Canola: Where Does it Come From?
Plant canola (or other oilseeds, turnips and mustards) in your butterfly gardens, and let them flower. In Europe, Great Britain and Asia, rapeseed oil for human consumption is called Low Erucic Acid Rapeseed, or LEAR.
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Eggplant: Growing Basics and Benefits
Then rinse and use as directed. When oxalates become too concentrated in body fluids, they can crystallize and cause health problems. Gardeners in the mid- and northern regions will need to wait a bit longer.Growing eggplants can be a test of patience.
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What to do with all that . . . oregano
The herb is a "must" in traditional recipes for black bean soup, refried beans and charro beans. When I make pizza sauce, I like to get a huge pot bubbling, but you can sauce about three pizzas with the following: A small onion and four cloves of garlic...
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There are Strange Things Done in the Midnight Sun By the Pigs Who Search for... Truffles??
Here in the United States we have recently begun cultivating truffles and have trained dogs to sniff them out. Apparently dogs are not as likely to eat the valuable crop as are pigs.
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Butternuts, by the bushel
One 'Waltham' serves my family of five nicely for a meal. Care to read my words of wisdom on both aspects of butternutticity? But with a little know how I've developed a better relationship with squash and can now offer advice on how to grow a bushel...
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What to Do WIth All Those . . . Chives
A little bit of the herb goes a long way, so even a small chives bed can feel like more chives than you will ever be able to use. What can you do to make the most of all those chives?
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The Summery Flavor of Lavender
Chopped lavender flowers.This goes especially well on a lightly sweet bread (such as Hawaiian-style rolls).A summer tea party just wouldn't be complete without a pretty piece of cake.You steep a tablespoon of lavender and two tablespoons of honey in half...
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20 Ways to Soup Up Your Soup
Cut the custard into decorative shapes with small cookie cutters.14. If you don't know what exactly went into your soup, crush a piece of the herb you would like to use between your fingers.
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What to Do With All That . . . Parsley
But don't worry -- you can always find something to do with all that extra parsley. It is in the same family as carrots and celery, which may be why it goes together with them into the stock pot to form the basis of so many soups.These are flavors that...
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Belgian Endive
Simply braised it is a nice accompaniment to red meat and game, but here is the promisedrecipe of the way I learned to love Belgian Endive:Depending on size, allow 2 to 3 heads of the endives per person.
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The Subtle Saffron: Growing and Using
It is a good idea to mark the planting area if you do not need to lift the corms yearly.Corms should be dug and divided every few years to prevent overcrowding, which decreases blooms.
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