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Oregano's Many, Many Incarnations

Thanks, Hannah and Adam, for sharing my oregano crisis. So many herbs are not just generic but really distinctive: holy basil just ain't Genovese, is it? And to my picky eye/tongue, even Italian (flat-leaf, or 'Gigante') parsley is different from the more common curly-leaf when I am cooking (I grow and cook w/the former almost exclusively, considering it superior). If I'm making pickles I want the showy seedheads of 'Mammoth' dill, not just leaves, but for tzatskis I want foliage only, from the variety 'Fernleaf.' Now don't get me started on mints or thymes...
Margaret

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Oregano's Many, Many Incarnations

Thanks, Hannah and Adam, for sharing my oregano crisis. So many herbs are not just generic but really distinctive: holy basil just ain't Genovese, is it? And to my picky eye/tongue, even Italian (flat-leaf, or 'Gigante') parsley is different from the more common curly-leaf when I am cooking (I grow and cook w/the former almost exclusively, considering it superior). If I'm making pickles I want the showy seedheads of 'Mammoth' dill, not just leaves, but for tzatskis I want foliage only, from the variety 'Fernleaf.' Now don't get me started on mints or thymes...
Margaret

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Oregano's Many, Many Incarnations

@Margaret: Thanks for stopping by! We'll be watching your garden digitally here over the season.

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Oregano's Many, Many Incarnations

I love oregano - when my Nonna died my aunt and mom dug up and split her original plant, so every year we have some. But we did plant some new kind too, from a garden center. It tasted like felt. Yeesh.

In my family, we sprinkle it on tomatoes and onions with a little oil for a pungent summer salad. I love it!

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