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Subject: Culinary herbFAQ part 1/1
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Summary: What you have always wanted to know (and ask on a newsgroup) (more often than once a month) about culinary herbs
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Contents
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* 1 Introduction
o 1.1 Contributors
o 1.2 Wishlist
* 2 Herbs: gardening / harvesting / using them
o 2.1 Basil
o 2.2 Curry plant / Curry leaf
o 2.3 Sage
o 2.4 Chives
o 2.5 Saffron
o 2.6 Zucchini flowers
o 2.7 Chamomile
o 2.8 Coriander / Cilantro / Culantro / Vietnamese Coriander
o 2.9 The mints
o 2.10 Feverfew and Pyrethrum
o 2.11 Tarragon
o 2.12 Nasturtiums
o 2.13 Dill
o 2.14 Rosemary
o 2.15 Lavender
o 2.16 Lemon balm
o 2.17 Garlic
o 2.18 Thyme
o 2.19 Lemon grass / Citronella grass
o 2.20 Horseradish
o 2.21 Fennel
o 2.22 Anise Hyssop
o 2.23 Parsley
o 2.24 Monarda or Bee Balm
* 2.24.5 Monarda and the bergamot flavor in Earl Grey tea
o 2.25 Ginger
o 2.26 Anise
o 2.27 Borage
o 2.28 Horehound
o 2.29 Marjoram and oregano / Cuban oregano / Mexican oregano
o 2.30 Caraway
o 2.31 Catnip
o 2.32 Lovage
o 2.33 Savory: Winter and Summer
o 2.34 Rue
o 2.35 Rocket
o 2.36 Angelica
o 2.37 Sweet Cicely
o 2.38 Mexican Mint Marigold (MMM) / Mexican Tarragon
o 2.39 Shiso or Perilla
o 2.40 Capers
* 3 Gardening
o 3.1 Herbs for ground cover
o 3.2 Herbs you can't get rid of (= easy gardening)
o 3.3 Tall herbs
o 3.4 Herbs for shade
o 3.5 Growing herbs indoors
o 3.6 Growing herbs from cuttings
o 3.7 Warning signs of soil nutrient deficiencies
o 3.8 Etc.
+ 3.8.1 Fungicides in general and for damping off
* 4 Processing herbs
o 4.1 Herb vinegars
o 4.2 Herb oil
o 4.3 Drying your herbs
o 4.4 Freezing your herbs
o 4.5 Herb butter
o 4.6 Jelly, syrup and other sweets
+ 4.6.1 Flower / herb jelly
+ 4.6.2 Flower / herb syrup
+ 4.6.3 Miscellaneous sweets
+ 4.6.4 Edible flowers
o 4.7 Potpourris and other non-culinary uses for herbs / flowers
+ 4.7.1 Stovetop potpourri
+ 4.7.2 Dry potpourri
+ 4.7.3 Drying flowers whole for potpourri
+ 4.7.4 Bath salts
+ 4.7.5 Rose beads
+ 4.7.6 Miscellaneous
o 4.8 Beverages
+ 4.8.1 Wine
+ 4.8.2 Ginger ale / ginger beer
+ 4.8.3 Herbal teas
o 4.9 Recipes using lots of herbs
+ 4.9.1 Gazpacho
+ 4.9.2 Pesto - added some more uses 06Nov04
+ 4.9.3 Miscellaneous
+ 4.9.4 Spice mixes
+ 4.9.5 Mustards
* 5 Links
o 5.1 FTP sites
o 5.2 WWW pages
The culinary herb FAQ is online here:
http://www.henriettesherbal.com/faqs/culi-cont.html
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Henriette Kress, AHG Helsinki, Finland
Henriette's herbal homepage:
http://www.henriettesherbal.com
