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Default Why is rosemary .............

On Dec 25, 6:20*pm, Doug Freyburger > wrote:
> Steve B wrote:
>
> > sold only in little pine needle shaped leaves? *Can you buy it powdered or
> > mashed? *I looked, but didn't see it. *I have an ulu with a cutting board
> > made for it that has a depression in it matching the ulu. *It works, but a
> > lot goes flying.

>
> If you dry out rosemary leaves they curl up and get nasty. *They also
> lose their essential oil in addition to their water unless you know
> exactly how to dry them.
>


Rosemary is so much better fresh. Of all the herbs I use, it's the
one I don't even bother with buying dried.