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Dave Hill wrote:
On 31 Dec, 17:56, wrote:
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Yes. =A0I thought immediately of both curry leaves and kafir lime leaves=
as
opposed to the same dried..
The fresh varieties may well now be available in big cities but here on =
the
IOW they are a bit *too* cosmopolitan for many.
Tesco seems to have both dried from time to time but yet to find them
fresh - in spite of seeing them in some modern recipies.

Kaffir lime? =A0I grow it, but it's fairly unusual, and I doubt that it
would become a weed, even on Ventis.

Supermarkets are a disaster for specialist foods, but have driven
most other shops into bankruptcy. =A0You can get the fresh leaves, but
only when you find a suitable shop - which generally means London :-(

Here in south Wales there are a lot of Bay trees of 30ft and over,
many of which must be around 100 years old, they dont seem to mind our
high rainfall.

I doubt you have many kaffir lime trees, though :-)

As for using the leaves off a Bay just 2ft tall, why noy, use the
lower leaves, they will be falling off in time so why not use some of
them.
The seeds of Bay are black and about the size of cherry stones.

And rarely produced in the UK.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.