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leaves and toss it into sauces and stews. The stalks of both plants I
dry
in the rafters of the garage. Then I put the dried stalks in the
barbecue
when grilling. The smoke of the basil or oregano imparts a smoky herbed
flavor to the foods that are grilled.

ooh I like that idea for grilling! :-)
I've never tried that, thanks!!!

You can do this with the stalks of any of your herbs: sage in particular is
very nice.


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Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky

I was just thinking that... ;-)
I have lots of sage, rosemary, thyme, oregano and basil in season.
I often end up with far more herbs in the herb garden than I can cook
with. I think throwing some FRESH herbs on the coals could produce
interesting results?

I'm also growing a Mexican oregano. It's gonna get hyooge so will
provide a lot of growth for meat smoking experiments.

Thanks for the idea! I appreciate it.

Rosemary stems make great skewers.

The chef at work mentioned that to me as well. ;-)
I plan to try it with some chicken or turkey kabobs one of these days!


Which kind of Mexican Oregano are you growing. I have found 2
different kinds but do not know which seeds to order.

Oh dear! I wish I knew! This one bloomed about mid-summer last year and
the blooms lasted thru a good part of the fall. The blooms were trumpet
shaped and about 1 inch long, purple, and very fragrant. Fragrant of
mild Oregano. G It did not come with a species tag.

The Mexican oregano is much milder and sweeter than the Italian oregano
and I'm not too sad that after about 5 years, my old patch of Italian
Oregano is dying off. I won't kiss it sayonara yet as it's still hanging
in there and could come back, but I seldom use the stuff. I prefer the
Mexican plant or Dittany of crete.

I love technology! I went out and snapped a picture with the digicam,
re-sized it with photoshop and uploaded it to webspace for you, all in
about 5 minutes:

http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslin...canOregano.jpg

I think this is the same variety the nursery I bought it from had
growing at their old location before they moved. They grew into large
beautiful and fragrant flowering bushes a good 3 to 4 ft. tall.

I bought this one last summer as a teensy thing in a 4" pot, maybe 8"
tall at most. The fence behind it has a mesh of 4" x 2" so it looks to
be a good 22" tall already and it's not even a year old yet!

I hope the pic and the description helps??? I have already cooked with
leaves and blossoms from this plant and it's delightful!

The herbs to the left of it are a curry plant and some early dill from
seeds left over from last year.

Kat

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