Comments on: Crumblin’ Herbs http://thesmokingkitchen.com/2008/05/23/crumblin-herbs/ I love to cook. But I don't know how. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:14:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: The Smoking Kitchen | Allah Peanut Butter Sandwiches http://thesmokingkitchen.com/2008/05/23/crumblin-herbs/#comment-62 The Smoking Kitchen | Allah Peanut Butter Sandwiches Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:40:20 +0000 http://thesmokingkitchen.com/?p=94#comment-62 [...] Crumblin’ Herbs [...] […] Crumblin’ Herbs […]

]]> By: Christina http://thesmokingkitchen.com/2008/05/23/crumblin-herbs/#comment-61 Christina Fri, 30 May 2008 00:07:31 +0000 http://thesmokingkitchen.com/?p=94#comment-61 Mint is a crazy weed! I just chopped back a jungle at my parents' house. You can use all that crazy-growing mint in fresh mint tea, which has the most AMAZING taste and is a million times better than packaged tea bags. OR for hot summer days, make fresh mint iced tea, or mint lemonade. It takes quite a lot of mint leaves to get a strong enough tea, so it's a good way to use and waste. Mint is a crazy weed! I just chopped back a jungle at my parents’ house. You can use all that crazy-growing mint in fresh mint tea, which has the most AMAZING taste and is a million times better than packaged tea bags. OR for hot summer days, make fresh mint iced tea, or mint lemonade. It takes quite a lot of mint leaves to get a strong enough tea, so it’s a good way to use and waste.

]]> By: Eric http://thesmokingkitchen.com/2008/05/23/crumblin-herbs/#comment-60 Eric Thu, 29 May 2008 00:56:11 +0000 http://thesmokingkitchen.com/?p=94#comment-60 What, another blog entry already? It's only been 2 weeks! At least you give plenty of blog for our dollar. So here's our experience with herbs (and we have them right outside the door, easy access). Rosemary: as Christina said, it takes a while to get going, but then it goes like gangbusters. And it's so much fun to cook with! Thyme: also takes a bit to get going and then goes well. Which is good, because you need a lot. Cilantro: goes to seed before you can use it. We don't plant it any more. (BTW, your thyme and dill look like they need more water. Is that possible?) Mint: basically a weed, does great (ours somehow made it through the winter), but you just can't make that many mojitos. Not if you're also going to drink Margos, G&Ts, Martinis, wine, and beer. No, not on the same night, Alex. Basil: let it grow big before you harvest, and you'll have it to harvest all summer long. (Pesto is wonderful, but we still have 15-20 jars of it in our freezer from last summer.) We haven't planted any of the others you're trying. What, another blog entry already? It’s only been 2 weeks!

At least you give plenty of blog for our dollar.

So here’s our experience with herbs (and we have them right outside the door, easy access). Rosemary: as Christina said, it takes a while to get going, but then it goes like gangbusters. And it’s so much fun to cook with! Thyme: also takes a bit to get going and then goes well. Which is good, because you need a lot. Cilantro: goes to seed before you can use it. We don’t plant it any more. (BTW, your thyme and dill look like they need more water. Is that possible?) Mint: basically a weed, does great (ours somehow made it through the winter), but you just can’t make that many mojitos. Not if you’re also going to drink Margos, G&Ts, Martinis, wine, and beer. No, not on the same night, Alex. Basil: let it grow big before you harvest, and you’ll have it to harvest all summer long. (Pesto is wonderful, but we still have 15-20 jars of it in our freezer from last summer.) We haven’t planted any of the others you’re trying.

]]> By: Christina http://thesmokingkitchen.com/2008/05/23/crumblin-herbs/#comment-59 Christina Sun, 25 May 2008 19:28:59 +0000 http://thesmokingkitchen.com/?p=94#comment-59 Rosemary needs some time to start growing, they tend to be slow starters. But once it gets going it will sprout faster. I am envious of your herb garden... and the fact that you have a backyard. Rosemary needs some time to start growing, they tend to be slow starters. But once it gets going it will sprout faster. I am envious of your herb garden… and the fact that you have a backyard.

]]> By: Greg http://thesmokingkitchen.com/2008/05/23/crumblin-herbs/#comment-58 Greg Sun, 25 May 2008 00:59:56 +0000 http://thesmokingkitchen.com/?p=94#comment-58 Bad link: www.sexycityemployeez.com - doesn't work! Reminds me of a public radio piece I heard about a man trying to grow tomatoes at home. At the end of the day, he found his lovely home-grown tomatoes cost him approximately $64 a piece. http://www.64dollartomato.com/ He's also got a blog that is updated more regularly than yours but less regularly than mine (5 posts / 0 posts = NaN). http://www.64dollartomato.com/inside.cfm?page=journal Bad link: http://www.sexycityemployeez.com - doesn’t work!

Reminds me of a public radio piece I heard about a man trying to grow tomatoes at home. At the end of the day, he found his lovely home-grown tomatoes cost him approximately $64 a piece.
http://www.64dollartomato.com/

He’s also got a blog that is updated more regularly than yours but less regularly than mine (5 posts / 0 posts = NaN).

http://www.64dollartomato.com/inside.cfm?page=journal

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