Help me with my herb problem

MrsE_2

I HATE cardamon pods (some curry houses put them in rice)
:eek: :eek: :eek:

I have to pick them out.

Rikki

MrsE wrote: »

I HATE cardamon pods (some curry houses put them in rice)
:eek: :eek: :eek:

I have to pick them out.

Now to me they are like......................:D

The curry sauce I make you should count them in and count them out. :rolleyes: Fun when you can't find them all. :rotfl:

afterglow_2

well i have bay, rosemary, lavender, thyme ,oregano, and mint growing in the garden (somehow the mint is surviving winter outdoors) and indoors in the kitchen i have thyme and oregano, in nice pots!! so that they survive winter and because i use them so often!
as far as dried bay leaves, thyme, rosemary, and oregano are the only ones i really use,
and really soft leafy herbs, such as basil, parsley, tarragon, best to buy fresh and if you have extra make a herby salad, chop or blitz up with some oil and make pesto, or freeze!

wannabe_sybil

I have had some really nice freeze dried Italian herbs from Aldi - perhaps not for the purist cook, good enough for me!

If you do get the dried herbs, which I do then if you use them up really quick or throw them away and replace them really quick then you get the benefit.

Also, dried herbs go in to the cooking earlier than fresh herbs. Not quite sure about frozen. Hope this helps

freyasmum

MrsE wrote: »

So you freeze the bag ones, bag & all?

Do you freeze leafy ones?

I can see that would work well for rosemary.

Yep - when they're frozen, the leaves just crumble

It's a great time-saver.

LameWolf

I grow quite a lot of my own, and chop 'em up and freeze them in little plastic tubs that I got from Lakeland (about 8 times the size of a standard ice cube, I'd guess). When I want herbs, I just break or scrape off the amount I want from the solid block. Works for me.

BTW, I can't stand Lemon Grass, tastes like mouldy cardboard to me, rather than soap.

freyasmum

HariboJunkie wrote: »

:rotfl: Someone's been messing with your tastebuds.

What I wanna know is... how does she know

MissB_2

I only keep my Basil in the kitchen as outside tends to kill it. All the other herbs are on the kitchen doorstep in pots so I can pop out quickly - even in the dark - and grab stuff. In fact, if I'm careful, I can pick them without leaving the house!
I'm still crap at remembering to do it though! NO amount of tips can help with that, sadly...
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theoretica

If you grow herbs in the garden you don't have to pick them in the dark- cut off a long bit and have it in water like a cut flower until used up. I do this with mint for my tea.