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Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: Angel on September 02, 2006, 16:34

Title: Herb storing
Post by: Angel on September 02, 2006, 16:34

Hi Everyone,

I have some Italian parsley and normal garden mint that are going mad and I would like to cut them back and store them...

I wondered how to do this?

Can I cut them and dice them really small and then freeze it in tiny amounts?

I am new to the gardening but so far I have successfully grown 20 courgettes (off one plant which is still growing) which have either been given away or eaten or blanched and frozen.

Best wishes
Mel
xxxx

Title: Herb storing
Post by: Heather_S on September 02, 2006, 17:44

Just destem them, put them in a freezer bag, Let them freeze solid then you can crumble them. Don't bother chopping herbs you're going to freeze ever.

Title: Herb storing
Post by: James on September 04, 2006, 16:34

Dry them.  Leave them sitting out in the sun/on a sunny window sill for a couple of days, then put them into a tupperware container/old spice jar.  They must be absolutely dry otherwise they go mouldy, though.

Title: Herb storing
Post by: Heather_S on September 04, 2006, 17:36

Quote from: "James"

Dry them.  Leave them sitting out in the sun/on a sunny window sill for a couple of days, then put them into a tupperware container/old spice jar.  They must be absolutely dry otherwise they go mouldy, though.

Drying might be okay for the mint but parsley loses a lot of its green, fresh flavour if you dry it.