I live in Portland, Ore., where the rain makes everything grow, and rosemary and lavendar most of all. The fragrant plants spill onto the sidewalks where I stroll with my boys. And I'm a slashfoodie - I want them to know the best in life - so I rub a leaf in my fingertips and tell them to smell. Why spend $1.99 to buy a tiny package of rosemary in the market when it's growing with abandon all over town? Yep. I've been known to pinch a sprig.
So I laughed when I read this article in Saucy magazine. Beth Sheresh doesn't advocate petty thievery - in fact, she instructs the readers on herb gardening (sorry, but I have a decidedly black thumb) and shares a recipe. Yum. Now I know what to do with that sprig of hot rosemary hiding in the stroller.
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9-04-2005 @ 10:05AM
Sir Not Appearing in this Blog said...
Rosemary is fairly killproof, actually. I've got a bush in my back yard and I NEVER water it or love it or anything. There are one or two dead patches, but most of it is green. Since I planted it last year in March it's tripled in size. It's more rosemary than I could ever use.
The neighbors have a huge bush too. And before I got mine, I was not above taking a sprig or two when needed. 8^)
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9-04-2005 @ 11:35AM
Alanna said...
With an abundance of lavender and rosemary, check out the Lavendar Potatoes on the Veggie Venutre. In 5+ months of a new vegetable recipe a day, it's my 2nd favorite. Enjoy! AK
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9-04-2005 @ 4:01PM
kitchenmage said...
This is Beth's alter ego--thanks for reading the article and posting about it. I am a huge fan of fresh herbs, as you can probably tell by my blog and I am up here in the Pacific Northwet too so I live the abundance. The rosemary thief I was writing about is in Seattle, do you suppose it's a regional thing? We have such an abundance, and such nice people, that we feel free to pinch?
btw, if you have a purloined sprig of rosemary you can even plant the tip ( 2-3 inches) in a moist spot and it'll probably grow into a new plant all by itself over the winter.
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9-05-2005 @ 4:36PM
sarah gilbert said...
Alanna - funny, I had my eye on your lavendar recipe! I'm definitely trying it now (and the neighbor around the corner has a lavendar plant threatening to take over the sidewalk ;).
And Beth - I think it is a regional thing, I'd never dare pinch off a sprig in, say, the Bay Area. I think I should just give in and buy a few plants; they're not as hard to screw up as my forays into tomato gardening, right?
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