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Garden Gate:  How do you preserve your rosemary?  |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
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 Posted - May 31 2011 : 7:16:09 PM
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I have two massive rosemary hedge bushes and I often cook with it fresh, but I'd also like to process some and keep it in herb bottles for convenience sake.
How should I go about it? The leaves/needles are really brittle, I'd like to keep the flavor of the herb but avoid a stick-like quality.
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
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Posted - May 31 2011 : 10:08:06 PM
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I just cut bunches, tie them together and put them in a paper bag. I tie a string around the bag, label it and hang it up to dry. Then I take off the needles with my fingers and store it in a jar. It's best to keep herbs in the cupboard. They last longer. Good luck! bonnie
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embchicken
True Blue Farmgirl
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Elaine
Ocean
NJ
USA
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
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USA
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amomfly
True Blue Farmgirl
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Angie
LaGrange
IN
USA
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Posted - Jun 01 2011 : 05:30:25 AM
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I dry all my herbs, then out in canning jars. Just be sure they are good and dry!
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Angie-amomfly
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paulas party flowers
True Blue Farmgirl
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paula
golden valley
az
USA
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Posted - Jun 01 2011 : 11:02:27 AM
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jen...i dry mine also..for using it for cooking, I use just the tip of sprigs, which is the new grow. They aren't as hard as the leaves further down the branch.. I snip them and then just air dry..store them in jar.. I use the others for oil...paula
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jun 01 2011 : 3:37:53 PM
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I just air dry mine in small bunches and then crumble the leaves off into jars. I love to put a few springs into a pretty jar and cover with olive oil to use as needed too. I do that with several herbs..and garlic..yum
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
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CMac
True Blue Farmgirl
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Connie
Ashland City
TN
USA
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Posted - Jun 03 2011 : 08:27:04 AM
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I have to share my favorite use for rosemary. It is a recipe from a friend. She is Italian and didn't have a name for it so I just call it Kathy's Italian beans.
Two cans cannelli beans rinsed
1 lb Italian sausage links cut in rounds and browned in skillet
1 pint crushed canned tomato no need to drain
1 small onion saute in sausage grease till clear, drain
2-4 cloves garlic " "
Juice of one lemon
2-4 sprigs of rosemary (3-5 inches long or what will fit in your casserole dish) More = more rosemary flavor!
Fresh cracked black pepper to taste
Sea salt to taste
Olive oil
Put rinsed beans in casserole dump in every thing else except the olive oil and stir.
Drizzle olive oil over the top
Bake covered until hot through and sausage is done. If you want it browned a bit remove the top and cook a bit longer.
Remove the rosemary before serving.
This is good without the sausage for vegetarians! I LOVE the rosemary flavor.
Connie
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Jun 03 2011 : 09:34:34 AM
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I have some screw off/on glass herb jars that my mother got in a gift set, they're perfectly adapted to being renewable so I intend to peel labels off of the stuff I didn't like and fill it with good stuff like my rosemary, sweet basil, and coriander seeds.
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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