On 2009-09-04 01:59:54 -0700, "bob" > said:

> Sorry, this is not strictly about sushi....
>
> Is there anyone that could help me find a way to make the most of my
> ao-shiso leaves?
> I tried drying them in the microwave, but the fragrance vanishes...
> I cut them up in tiny slivers and mixed them with shoyu, not the right
> taste.
> How, for instance, to get the smell and taste from the leaves to make a nice
> shoyu dressing to keep.
> Freezing the leaves is not a succes either.

Last year I went to a "Sushi and Sake" festival or some such in Anaheim
(down the street). There were venders for every kind of product. One
was a guy whose company made bottles of shiso-juice. I can't read the
label, but I would imagine there might be additives or whatever. Well
it's about like a "infusion" or a liqueur or something (though not
sweetened or anything). It tastes like shiso juice.

I'd read up on infusions and see if you couldn't do it to mineral water
or some such. Then you could add it to any dressing you might like to
prepare.
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