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HOW TO STORE FRESH HERBS

Nothing fancy here. 

If you are tired of your fresh herbs turning to mush in your fridge drawers, give them the "flower" treatment.

Place your herbs (especially delicate herbs like basil, tarragon, or cilantro) in a glass of water, cover them loosely with a plastic bag, and place in the fridge.  If the herbs are really fresh (farmer's market fresh) they will keep this way for week and possibly up to 10 days.  Just be sure to change the water every 3 or 4 days.

I think a lot of people are afraid to use fresh herbs because they think they will spoil before they can be used up, but this way, you have up to 10 days to use them.  Hopefully this makes the thought of buying and using fresh herbs a little less intimidating.

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June 26, 2005 in Techniques |

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shuna

this is a beautiful, short and sweet post! herbs are like berries, if the leaves are aerated, they stay fresh longer. recently I have been keeping my rose geranium in the freezer. that way I can use it whenever I want, and it chops up really easily because it's brittle.

Posted by: shuna | July 10, 2005 at 03:26 PM

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