And you've just reminded me of something I don't have and can't get here. Or, er, only once every two and a half years, it seems. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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I agree, dill is a great herb. I had a salad the other day that had fresh dill in it. I wasn't expecting it, but it added a really nice touch.
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I don't care for dill. The Greeks use it quite a bit and it took me about 6 months to figure out what it was that I didn't like whilst I lived there.
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*makes note to send several bottles of dill to quid to keep in her freezer when she sends a chocolate package*
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My mom makes a vegetable dip with dill weed in it that I've heard is amazing. I don't like mayo or sour cream, though, and I like my veggies unadulterated, so I wouldn't know.
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I started making a dip like that when I was about 7. It was soon requested at every family get-together. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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So dill weed is like an herb you can buy for seasoning? I never thought about where dill comes from. *wants to buy some*
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Quid, you might trying growing your own dill. It's very easy and the fresh stuff is even better than the dried.
My peasant children would stone me if I put anything in the mashed potatoes, but I'm sure I'd like it.
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I like rosemary and garlic in my mashed (smashed) potatoes. (Besides the sour cream and butter, of course.)
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When I lived where I could have a large garden, I'd always put up my green beans as "dilly beans". They were pickled with garlic and fresh dill. I've never liked canned green beans, but these were great.
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I put garlic and cheese in the potatoes once and there was much weeping and wailing. They're such purists. They want just milk, butter, salt and pepper.
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I've had those! They're like... kind of a cross between three-bean salad (but with only green beans) and pickles. Mmmmm.
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Yeah, well, there's not much point in me even cooking if they won't eat it. Since there's just the three of us left at home now, I've really caved on what I serve. I made a pan of enchiladas a while ago and had to eat the whole thing myself...
My older children give me tons of grief about it, because they had to eat what I served or tough it out, but I've gotten soft I guess.
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Maybe you should try what my mom did-- make us cook two nights a week each, clean dishes two other nights a week, and institute a "you-must-eat-at-least-three-bites-ov-everything-if-you-don't-like-it-excuse-yourself-politely-and-go-eat-a-PBJ-in-the-kitchen" rule. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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I call rosemary pine needles, the smell is ok, but I really don't like the texture, so please don't put it in things you cook for me. Our mashed potatoes always have garlic or cheddar in them, i might try dill next summer when we have fresh. Herbs are basically the only edible things we can grow, sometimes chili's but mostly oregano, mint, chives, dill, and parsely.
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Dill weed is ok, and it is very nice in the chicken soup, but my current favorite that is making its way into everything is celery seeds.
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Rosemary is my very very very favorite herb. It's not pine needles in texture at all if cooked right, especially if you use fresh (it grows wild around here.)
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Okay, I gathered from context that it was an herb.
I guess my question is, is this something that I've eaten and not known? Does it have a distinctive taste?
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Yes, it has a distinctive taste. Ever eaten borscht? Scandinavian fish dishes? Many of them have dill in them.
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We've tried to grow rosemary in pots here (one that was actually shaped like a christmas tree comes to mind), I guess it's just a childhood thing I"m keeping. I think chives are my favorite, as a kid I wouldn't eat a baked potato without sour cream, and chives (and butter or margerine), my mom got to the point she took a little cup of chives from Wendy's in her purse, at least before I was seven or eight.
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This is similar to what I made, but I didn't put in any mustard seed or chile peppers. The recipe I used was in a cookbook I no longer have ... and I'm not sure what happened to it. I lost it when I moved to Hawaii I guess.
Actually, the peppers would probably make them even better.
The hardest part is having to wait 2 weeks to eat them... MMMMMmmmmmmm
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Thanks maui babe. Now I wish beans were in season! I'd forgotten all about dilly beans, the ones I've had were spicy and good! I think I'll try the peppers. YUM!
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When I was younger, I made a "dill crock" based on guidelines from Euell Gibbons (yeah - only us old fogies remember him).
Big old crock, put in layer of dill and brine (like you would for making pickles), then layers of things like green beans, small green cherry tomatoes, okra, anything else you wanted, and layer with dill, cover with a plate to keep all down in the crock, and let set for however long.
Dilled green beans (uncooked snap beans) were absolutely fabulous. So were the little tomatoes...
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Have you ever tried eating a pine tree? Many parts are edible. How about Grape Nuts, ever try eating those?
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quote:Quid, you might trying growing your own dill. It's very easy and the fresh stuff is even better than the dried.
Yep, I'm with you, maui babe. I've just recently been able to find dill seed at the grocery store. I have no idea if it's treated or untreated for it to not grow, but I'm willing to give it a try.
The big problem here is that we have so many slugs and snails that eat anything I've tried to grow. They love all my herbs, the spinach, everything. Ugh.
I've killed at least a hundred snails in the last two months! Gee, with the geckos in the picture, that really sounds like a slaughterhouse, don't it? Anyway, there are still more. The previous occupant, the owner, doesn't know anything about plants or pests and didn't seem to care. Ah well.
Oh, BUT I did find out - from my mother-in-law, no less - that there is something here called matta (Sinhalese transcription - no one knew the English word for it) that keeps the slugs/snails away from plants. Just spread it around where you don't want them to go. I thought it sounded like diatomaceous earth, but she didn't think it killed the slugs, just kept them away, so I'm really not sure. At any rate, I need to get me some.
quote:*makes note to send several bottles of dill to quid to keep in her freezer when she sends a chocolate package*
See, I was half-expecting this as your response. You're too cute for words. And you just gave me an answer that irritates me for not thinking of the obvious sooner.
Why, oh why, have I not put my spare herbs/spices in the freezer? I mean the bags of opened/unopened ones that I'm not currently using? Bugs gets into everything, and even when you think a spice bag is sealed, it evidently isn't. I've thrown out a couple of bags of chilli powder recently because of bugs. It drives me nuts!
I've recently taken to storing my cocoa in the fridge because bugs got into an opened bag.
I'm going to need a bigger fridge!
Sigh. But thank, kq, for stating the obvious and allowing my brain to catch up. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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We always killed snails by putting out bowls of cheap beer for them. They come to drink it-- love the stuff-- and drown. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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And I swear, when we have enough money to mail a package to Sri Lanka (maybe after Christmas?) we are going to TJ's and getting you a big slab of dark chocolate, some truffles, and some chocolate orange sticks and sending them to you.
A bottle or two of dill won't be hard to throw in. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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Well, since they don't respire like we do, I think it's more like "suffocate all over their bodies/drown at the same time." Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: We always killed snails by putting out bowls of cheap beer for them. They come to drink it-- love the stuff-- and drown.
This is why I order a Margarita rather than a beer when I'm at a bar that is infested with snails and slugs.
The salt around the rim of the Margarita prevents the slugs and snails from getting into your drink.
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I've just recently been able to find dill seed at the grocery store. I have no idea if it's treated or untreated for it to not grow, but I'm willing to give it a try. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Anyway, there are still more. The previous occupant, the owner, doesn't know anything about plants or pests and didn't seem to care. Ah well.![[Evil Laugh]](graemlins/evillaugh.gif)
