Comments on: Herbs to Grow for Ethnic Cuisines

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By: Permaculture – Simplifying by Zone: Zone 1 - Turtles-Paradise

Permaculture – Simplifying by Zone: Zone 1 - Turtles-Paradise — Sat, 22 May 2010 19:59:45 +0000

[...] the herbs that you actually use for your cooking – Ferm has written a great guide on ‘Herbs to Grow for Ethnic Cuisines‘ As always, don’t just grab the cheapest mixed herbs container from your supermarket [...]

By: Fern

Fern — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:31:55 +0000

Noe–Damn. I’m striking out all over this post! That’s what I get for writing it at 2am, I guess. At least black cumin can be used as a spice…just not the one I was hoping: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigella_sativa

By: Noe

Noe — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:18:07 +0000

Actually, the spice called cumin that’s commonly used in cooking is from the family Apiaceae, genus Cuminum. It’s unrelated to Nigella sativa or so-called “black cumin”.

By: entangled

entangled — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:05:04 +0000

The gray/green curry plant is Helichrysum italicum. I’m not sure, but I don’t think the leaves are edible. The flowers are the source of a beautifully sweet-scented essential oil.

There is, though, another curry plant – Murraya koenigii – which is used in Indian cooking. When you see curry leaves in a recipe, that’s the plant they mean.

By: Fern

Fern — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:49:58 +0000

Sara–I’m not really sure where the line between herb and vegetable is for some greens. Are some of the lettuce leaf basils not herbs when they’re used whole in a salad mix? We have an inclusive definition here at LOTB.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:42:23 +0000

I didn’t know Mizuna was an herb. I’ve been using it as a vegetable. It’s delicious in mixed stir-frys. It has the added advantage that it looks like an ornamental plant, which is handy since I’m growing it in front of my apartment. It seems like it grows back overnight even when I have done some really heavy harvesting, but that could also be due to the VERY weak solution of fish emulsion I water it with.

Sara in the South San Francisco Bay area.

By: SAzcuy

SAzcuy — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:20:05 +0000

Edie & Fern- Thanks for the info on the Bay tree, that is beautiful! I wasn’t sure if it was doable, I’m tempted to try this myself.

By: chuckypoo11

chuckypoo11 — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:48:06 +0000

Love the way you presented herbs by culture.

By: meryemilymay

meryemilymay — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:20:52 +0000

this is a very good post fern becouse in the market you find all the same plants everywere i look at the zone pages to findout what is right for my climet