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Buy herbs: use these 5 tips to shop for (and keep) these fragrant cooking helpers.(HOW TO)
Want to dress up a dish
with dill or mix sweet marjoram into a meal, but get nervous when faced with picking through produce bins for these fragrant leaves? With these four simple shopping tips, plus one keep-fresh trick, you can make every herb taste like you've picked it from a garden right outside your back door.
have a plan
The bounty of fresh herbs available today can be daunting, especially if you have no idea what you need. So have a weekly menu planned before you shop. Think of dishes centered on a fresh herb--for instance, a mozzarella basil salad or an omelet enlivened with chives. Some of the most familiar herbs--basil, chive, mint, dill and thyme--are ideal for culinary experimentation.
follow your nose and eyes
The freshest herbs are fragrant and have a ripe green color. Needless to say, avoid ones with black spots, and yellowing or bruised leaves. Purchase whole herbs no more than a day or two before use, as they tend to loose their flavor quickly after being picked and/or chopped.
good things come in loose packages
- Cooking With Fresh Herbs.
- Magazine article from: Ebony Lyons, Charlotte June 1, 2001 700+ words
...spices, which come from barks or seeds, fresh herbs generally come from grassy plants. When...a rule), use about three times as much fresh herbs as you would dried herbs. When using fresh herbs (which are available year-round in most...
- Tips on the care and storing of fresh herbs.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Selasky, Susan June 30, 2003 700+ words
...browning. USING: The flavor of fresh herbs is usually more mild than...washed and dried. When using fresh herbs in recipes that call for dried herbs, use 1 tablespoon fresh...of dried. STORING: Most fresh herbs should be stored in the refrigerator...
- Give your food an intense flavor boost with fresh herbs.(Recipe)
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) April 23, 2007 700+ words
...ll discover that fresh herbs are much stronger in flavor than dried herbs. Although dried herbs seem concentrated in...fresh for the amount of dried herbs specified in a recipe...basil. Remember that fresh herbs are very delicate and...
- Fresh herbs can improve your health.
- News wire article from: Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN) May 22, 2003 700+ words
...fighting substances. Fresh herbs are best because they...phytochemicals, but dried herbs are still potent. Using...the best result, use fresh herbs at the end of cooking...their flavor. When using dried herbs, crumble them first...
- Flavors to savor: Fresh herbs put some zing in your menu.
- Newspaper article from: Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) September 7, 2006 700+ words
...for instance, the difference between fresh and dried herbs. Dried herbs may or may not have as much flavor. Lee suggested frequent taste-testing when starting to use fresh herbs, if you are not used to cooking with them. And...
- Cook's corner: Pennsylvania Sticky Buns; Corn Pudding; fresh herbs.(Knight...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Cicero, Linda November 12, 2001 700+ words
...I wish you would advise on how one goes about substituting dried herbs for fresh ones. _ D.B. via e-mail A: The general rule...ground or 1 teaspoon crumbled dried leaves for each teaspoon of fresh herbs. However, the flavor of a dried herb can vary immensely...
- Ask Susan.(good food: HOW TO MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER)(potatoes and dried...
- Magazine article from: Good Housekeeping Westmoreland, Susan October 1, 2007 700+ words
...a dried-rosemary garnish, in most cases you can replace fresh herbs with dried and vice versa. The classic ratio is 3 fresh to...teaspoons dried rather than 1.) To get the most flavor from dried herbs, crumble them between your fingers before adding to a recipe...
- Gardening on a Windowsill; Fresh Herbs Will Get You Through the Winter
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Adrienne Cook December 1, 1988 700+ words
...more crisp lettuce, no more spicy fresh peppers. Perhaps the most difficult adjustment is having to resort to cooking with dried herbs, many of which cannot hope to imitate their fresh-snipped counterparts. One way to counter the doldrums of a long winter...
