my question is does it contain less salt than regular celery? Lee

who is working out the lower salt food plan for the dh
"George Shirley" > wrote in message
. com...
> On 5/20/2012 10:04 AM, The Cook wrote:
>> On Sat, 19 May 2012 16:45:42 -0500, George Shirley
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/19/2012 4:24 PM, The Cook wrote:
>>>> I now have 16 American Harvest trays of oregano drying. I am drying
>>>> it on the stems. Much easier than trying to get it off the stem
>>>> before drying. This is just ordinary oregano.
>>>>
>>>> I have another plant which is supposed to be Greek oregano. Will do
>>>> it as soon as this stuff finished. Actually almost all of my
>>>> perennial herbs need to be cut and preserved somehow. My thyme plant
>>>> is huge going over the side of the raised bed. Nice to see something
>>>> really producing.
>>> I've found that most of the oregano seedlings sold around here are the
>>> Spanish ones. Spanish oregano is what you find in containers in most
>>> grocers shelves in the US. The Greek I purchased some years ago is a bit
>>> more hardy during drought but both taste the same to both of us.
>>>
>>> I have always dried oregano on the stem, when dry just run a stem
>>> through your fingers and the dried leaves fall into a container. I store
>>> them in a dark colored container inside a cabinet, take out what I need
>>> for a month or so of cooking, run it through the spice grinder and then
>>> into a smaller container that goes in the spice cabinet beside the
>>> stove. Do the same with basil.
>>>
>>> I've never been able to keep thyme over a season, generally our very hot
>>> summers knocks it down. Same with tarragon. For tarragon taste I grow
>>> Mexican Mint Marigold, grows prolifically in my climate and makes a lot.
>>> Actually I have to pull three fourths of the bed every year or it takes
>>> over the herb garden. I end having to buy thyme at the market
>>>
>>> I also grow New Zealand spinach, seeds easily found on the net. Not an
>>> herb or a spice but a vegetable. Reseeds readily and heavily. First
>>> green plant of the year to bear in early spring. Leaves are fleshy and
>>> fairly tasty as a cooked green. I dehydrate a lot of the stuff and keep
>>> it handy to thicken stews and soups. Dump in a handful and it also adds
>>> flavor and some vegetable taste to soups and stews.
>>>
>>> Anyone need any bay leaves? Our bay tree has outdone itself this year,
>>> four new trunks, grows like a bush. Is actually noble laurel, lots of
>>> the trees are grown in Louisiana for the bay leaf market. A lot of the
>>> gumbo file you buy comes from Louisiana too. We never buy any of it
>>> because we have a fifteen feet tall sassafras tree in the backyard. Go
>>> out and pick a bunch of leaves in mid-summer, dehydrate them, run them
>>> through the spice grinder, store in a sealed jar and keep in the dark,
>>> lasts forever.
>>>
>>> We also have problems with rosemary, the dratted bush will grow four
>>> feet high and around in one season. Who needs that much rosemary? Dill
>>> readily reseeds here so we always have plenty. I grow fernleaf dill to
>>> put in dill pickles, to me it has a stronger taste than the seeds. Lost
>>> my leaf celery to drought last year. Waiting until we move to buy more
>>> seed. One of the handiest plants we've ever grown. Don't have to buy a
>>> stalk of celery that will go bad before we can use it up. The leaf
>>> celery can be cut fresh and added to salads and whatever is cooking and
>>> gives it a good flavor. Sometimes known as "cutting celery."
>>>
>>> Sounds like your season is underway Susan. We've been putting up green
>>> beans and such for a month or more now. Picked a tomato Friday that
>>> weighed about half a pound, turned it into bacon, lettuce, and tomato
>>> sandwiches. Tomato and lettuce from our garden, bacon from the store,
>>> home made bread, tasty, tasty. Lettuce is bolting so no more home grown
>>> until fall.
>>>
>>> George, getting ready to grill a ribeye, some yellow squash and a couple
>>> of Japanese eggplant
>>
>>
>> Where do you get your leaf celery seeds? I had some several years ago
>> and I no longer remember where I got it. Hope it is somewhere that
>> has other seeds I need or want. Postage on a single package of seed
>> is not worth it.
> I think I got it from Johnny's Seeds, they should have an online presence.
> If not just do a Google on "leaf celery" may be someone near you has it.