Herbs

[CraigMac]

Im just in the process of making a curry.....Coriander is one of my favourites, such a flexible herb.....or Erb....for our transatlantic cousins...

Whats your favourite??

Just wondering

[A Yerbury]

Rosemary is a bit of a darling, dill works well with steak. go easy with that tarragon stuff though...

My favourite colour is red, my favourite part of a lady is the bottom and my favourite wood is Elm...what are yours etc?

Alex.

[Julie]

Hmmmm i do love a good ruby murray ............a singer from Belfast who was blessed with a very special and beautiful voice.

[steviej]

Fennel...........................

[dean]

personally craig, i am in favour of sultanas in curries, especially hot ones. Whilst not technically a herb, i feel they have all the characteristics to qualify and even contend with them.


mind you, if you try and smoke them they explode and can potentially ruin your carpet.

i am told that you can make wine from them though.

[A Yerbury]

At what point does a plant that smells a bit become a "herb" I am sure there are rules about this kind of thing?

Parsley.xxx

ps.Well done one and all for not making any predictable "ooh errr missus, I like a spliff me! tee hee whoopsie! sorry officer I was in "the Dam" at the time! honest guv!! :burnout: you aint seen me rite! :D :cool: :rolleyes: "

[abbeyalto]

Got to be fresh curry leaves.

They smell amazing and they taste even better.

Also, they freeze well so buy lots of them.

Benjy

[dean]

i thought curry was a spice, i. e not a leaf, i am sure there is a sharwoods helpline for this query but i hate ringing those call centres in bombay, it takes forever to get through and then they all talk funny.

coriander is nice, is curry short for that?

[abbeyalto]

i thought curry was a spice, i. e not a leaf, i am sure there is a sharwoods helpline for this query but i hate ringing those call centres in bombay, it takes forever to get through and then they all talk funny.

coriander is nice, is curry short for that?


They're a separate thing, old chum.

http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/generic_frame.html?Murr_koe.html

If I ever get to meet up with you lot, I'll take orders for them and bring a load along from Brick Lane.

B

[A Yerbury]

ants taste like corriander.

[dean]

Alex, i am impressed with your knowledge of insects, how do you know this?, have you been on one of these " i'm a celebrity, get me out of here" shows?

Ah yes. i remember with fondness Brick lane.....Sunday morning market was always the place to pick up a bargain. One time i remember grabbing five lighters (disposable) and a pack of tea towels all for two quid.

And some dodgy russian porn as well

[A Yerbury]

yes I ate some, although Ant and Dec -boom boom- weren't there.

Ah yes brick lane on a sunday I remember it well....Web design Nathan Barley Shoreditch mullett types and girls in legwarmers snapping up 70's tat for only a few grand, also quite handy for "hot" mountain bikes and bagels as the drugs wore off.

[nik_the_brief]

Herb Ritts

[CraigMac]

So Alex,
I take it that you cleared out your box, thats reminded me to do mine!!!

Regards

[gary tompkins]

I like the smell of curry plant - but not sure if it counts as a herb?

[A Yerbury]

Ritts is good although his work falls short vis a vis "true" scrutiny as he projects so much? A very distinctive Hollywood style replete with the usual motifs... more a collaborative nee indulgent snapper as opposed to say a Salgado (to cite the obvious)

Alex.

[bod]

Talking of curries,once orderd bombay duck while out on the largers in Manchester.
Wasn't expecting a wafer of cardboard fish :eek:
Older and wiser now (well older anyway)

[Mrs Soup]

Got to be fresh corriander, but basil comes in a close second.

Will I be showing my age if I start wittering on about 'friendly lions' ?

[MilesB]

Will I be showing my age if I start wittering on about 'friendly lions' ?
Yes - but it shows my age too :rolleyes:

"Chive! Chive! Chive!"

[Melnie Mouse]

mMM curry

Ginger and basil are my favourite, altho ginger would go in curry, and yeah i like the idea of sultanas too...

Basil with pasta Mmmmm making me hungry...

[nik_the_brief]

Will I be showing my age if I start wittering on about 'friendly lions' ?

Or Dill the Dog - probably not - no-one would remember that far back in TV history! :D

[CraigMac]

Dean,
You started this off with your sultana's in Curry......Vesta meals are not real curry..they were the pot noodle of there day and have an awful lot to answer for.....eaten by students in the 70's and early 80's who have now gone on to better things.....???
Beware.....

[Mand]

Or Dill the Dog - probably not - no-one would remember that far back in TV history! :D


I am a fat feathery owl called Sage, vroooom vroooom :p

[Drucilla]

Taragon the Dragon :D

[DesmoDom]

what's up with green cardomom, a curry aint a curry without that, along with ground cumin and as said before corriander. :D :D :D

Baz

[A Yerbury]

very true Des although a rogue pod is a bit of a mouthfull. Sometimes I go a bit crazy and put more than one bay leaf in, plus being a family of middle class ponces we use those little bundles of herbs all wrapped together like they do in foreign.
AY.

[DesmoDom]

The mishap with the rogue pod, as you say, can cause odd facial expressions and incomprehesible utterances, thats why I use freshly ground, saves a lot of bother.
We also use the little tied bunch of mixed herbs (Bouquet Garni) in our stuff.
Only forgot to take that out once :D , another one is when you put cinnamon bark in your curry and forget it, very chewy then your mouth explodes :D :D :D

Coo, don't half fancy a curry now :D

Baz

[Fosse Foxfight]

Or Dill the Dog - probably not - no-one would remember that far back in TV history! :D
aaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha indeed aaaaaaaaaah....history?...hahahaha nay..nay and thrice nay......aaaaaaaaaaaaah for those of you who have Sky satellite or other means of accessing Nick Junior station, you can, as I do daily have your dose of 'erbs at 20:40.......and jolly good **** it iz 2 init......Channel 618 digital type Sky thing......hehe.....and who remembers Pashana Bedhi?

and anybody who puts sultanas or raisins in "curries" should be ridculed extremely before their peers.

ta ra

[JMo]

The mishap with the rogue pod, as you say, can cause odd facial expressions...

Do you not mean faecal expressions?!

xxx

ps. No.53 is my favorite Herbie...

[Julie]

Or Dill the Dog - probably not - no-one would remember that far back in TV history! :D

Tarragon the Dragon was by far the best Erb....