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OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

In article ,
"Jim Carlock" wrote:

"William L. Rose" asked:
My experience is that herbs are at their most intense during flowering.
Anybody think of an exception?

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" wrote:
Wild Onions... ;-)
They lose flavor totally when they bloom.....

But other than that, I agree with ya!

The radish I've planted seem to lose some flavor as well. I
thought I read recently that someone else had radish that
ended up more intense under some certain conditions (dryness?).

I know Jalapenos sure do... lol
Deprive them of water and they are HOT!!!!!

Well, hotter than the ones from the store anyway. G

My cockatoo loved them.

This really is like herding cats isn't it? (head'em up, move'em out)

The subject on the table before us was flowering mint and whether its'
incomparable and sublime gastronomical qualities were blemished by it's
primordial, irrepressible, biological impulse to flower. I took the
imprudent step of expanding the discussion to herbs in general. And now
look what's happened. We're all the bloody way back over in condiments.

So to sum up. The flowering mint should just be ducky for brewing a
tisane to imbibe on a warm summer afternoon. As long, of course, as you
keep the wilting wild onions, radishes, jalapeno peppers and the odd
Charolais out of it.

So. Done here then are we? Good;-

- Bill