Quote from Forum Archives on September 4, 2001, 4:55 pm

Posted by: amazinggraze <amazinggraze@...>

You usually need to add twice as much of the fresh as you do the dried. 🙂

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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Haley" <dhaley@pinenet.com>
To: <homesteadheaven@weloveGod.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 4:53 PM
Subject: [HomeSteadHeaven] fresh herbs vs. dried herbs

> I have a confession to make. I grow this fairly decent herb garden every
> year and end up dehydrating most of the herbs and never using them fresh.
> As I was making a big marina sauce in the crock pot I was reaching for
> dried herbs and thought, "the herb garden is so overgrown I could use
fresh
> this time". So I got brave. Headed out to the garden and started
> gathering. I came in with a handful of each herb I needed. Then I stood
in
> front of the pot unsure of how much to put in. When they are dried I just
> jump till it looks good. I gathered up my courage started mincing herbs
and
> throwing them in. I had gained a bit more courage by picking off these
ugly
> looking caterpillars off my parsley. Threw them onto the side walk and
> shocked my children by stomping everyone of those caterpillars into the
> sidewalk, creating quite a gooey mess! Granted I'd did this between the
> time I tried to get David to do his English and the time that he actually
> got excited about English. Guess I sort of took my frustration out on the
> caterpillars.
>
> Now I'm asking for help. How does one judge how much of an herb to use
when
> it's fresh compared to dried? Deanna
>
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