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Default tarragon; was REC: Coq au Vin Blanc

On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:15:13 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 03:05:16 -0500, Sky >
> wrote:
>
> >On 12/31/2012 1:52 AM, sf wrote:
> >>Tarragon is another matter,
> >> fresh or dried. Not that I don't like tarragon, but I am not French
> >> and don't have enough uses for it to replace the stale bottle of dried
> >> tarragon that I finally threw out, but this recipe looks good enough
> >> that I'll buy tarragon.... not sure what form it will be in yet, but I
> >> can always freeze "fresh" tarragon.

> >
> >If rosemary grows and survives in your neck of the woods, then tarragon
> >should survive, too! Heck, the tarragon plant planted in my front
> >yard some years ago still survives to this day - dang, but it's
> >resilient :> Er, as does the mint patch, too.

>
> I would venture to say its tougher than Rosemary. We have severe
> frosts here and I've lost many Rosemary bushes... the Tarragon always
> dies back in winter but come springtime, it always regrows.


Frost isn't the issue here.

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