Fri 5 Jan 2007
John’s Grandma grows all sorts of fruits and vegetables in her garden and has a number of huge herb plants and a few weeks ago, John came home from there with a number of branches hacked off from one of the rosemary bushes.
The branches had actually been cut off for someone else to replant in their own garden but nothing had come of it and by the time we got hold of them, the branches and attached “leaves” dried out.
We have far more than we could ever use for culinary purposes (particularly since we don’t often use rosemary in our cooking) so are looking for other ideas for using it up. Any suggestions?
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Rosemary Thyme
January 5th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
You could crush the leaves (or just separate them) and make little muslin ‘teabag’ sachets for drawer scents to keep your clothes smelling nice. Rosemary and Lavender are both used for this purpose.
The sachets can also be used like standard pot pourri.
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Mary Jane
January 9th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Heat them with a flame it will smell Very good.
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Jason
January 10th, 2007 at 4:42 am
you can infuse olive oil quite easily with fresh (and semi-fresh) herbs. You fill a wine bottle (or bottle of your choice) with your rosemary and any other complimentary herbs and such and then fill with olive oil, seal and leave in a warm place for a few weeks, actually - the longer the better, as this will bring the flavors out naturally. fun and easy!
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Chief
January 11th, 2007 at 5:35 am
Here are a list of uses, storage…etc. regarding rosemary. It may give you some other ideas….go to: http://www.theepicentre.com/Spices/rosemary.html
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Bridget
January 11th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Rosemary is lovely in pot pourri.
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Iota
January 16th, 2007 at 4:20 am
Keep the extra rosemary for the grill; soak it water before using it then throw it on the charcoal for perfumed smoke while barbecueing.
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Puppina
January 18th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
You can actually use the stems as skewers on the barbeque - strip the leaves off, soak the twigs in water as above, and thread stuff on them like a kebab, then barbeque.
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Anonymous
January 16th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
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Scott Wells
January 17th, 2007 at 12:36 am
Rosemary is associated with memory. If they are good looking, perhaps use them in a dried (or mixed dried and fresh) floral arrangement at a gravesite or the like.
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Pat
May 7th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
rosemary helps circulation, powdered rosemary would be good added to a hot soaking bath. And it is good to promote hair growth added to shampoo.
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