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Post by davida on Apr 29, 2012 21:35:19 GMT -5
Wanted to start a new thread to discuss unusual usages of vegetables and herbs.
Tonight we ordered a strawberry shortcake desert and the whipping cream included finely chopped fresh mint basil. The whipping cream was average by itself but was fantastic with the strawberries. A great combination.
Today I read about a chef eating the flowers of Tuscan kale and outlining salads with the flowers of kale, borage and calendula. I have many kale flowers at this time but never thought about eating them.
David
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Post by mnjrutherford on Apr 29, 2012 21:43:45 GMT -5
Are you thinking just of eating type consumption? I use a ton of herbal teas for medicines. I also make my own laundry soap and I add a tea of thyme and lavender to the cooling mix for antibacterial attributes and for fragrance.
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Post by davida on Apr 29, 2012 21:49:43 GMT -5
Are you thinking just of eating type consumption? I use a ton of herbal teas for medicines. I also make my own laundry soap and I add a tea of thyme and lavender to the cooling mix for antibacterial attributes and for fragrance. I would love to hear about all uses. What is common and normal to you may be unkown to the rest of us. Or what was commonly used in the past years, may be unknown to many of us. David
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Post by castanea on Apr 29, 2012 22:56:18 GMT -5
Are you thinking just of eating type consumption? I use a ton of herbal teas for medicines. I also make my own laundry soap and I add a tea of thyme and lavender to the cooling mix for antibacterial attributes and for fragrance. What are some of your favorite herbal teas for medicinal use?
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Post by steev on Apr 29, 2012 23:44:53 GMT -5
Last week or so, I picked a mess of "broccoli" from my kale to braise. Just great; more mild than broccoli and more tender than kale leaves.
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Post by Drahkk on Apr 30, 2012 0:16:38 GMT -5
Chewing a few fresh Basil leaves works better than Orajel at numbing the gums around a sore tooth. A Basil infusion might be safer for teething babies too (though of course I'd ask a doctor first). I've also found that when my diet includes large quantities of garlic the mosquitoes and horseflies don't bother me as much. Thankfully my wife likes garlic as much as I do...
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Post by raymondo on Apr 30, 2012 3:46:23 GMT -5
Kale broccoli definitely, especially the Siberian kales ... yum. For a vitamin C hit, a tablespoon of lemon rind and minced parsley (yes, just gremolata really).
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Post by cesarz on Apr 30, 2012 4:25:08 GMT -5
I boil sweet potato leaves (shoot tips) and eat them like asparagus, and the boiling liquid tea which is green I add ice and enough sugar to make lemonade, the trick is to add the lemon juice in front of the people being served and the green turns to red!
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Post by greltam on Apr 30, 2012 10:27:22 GMT -5
I tend to spam this one, because it's important for me to know. Plants like Datura, Belladona, Brugmansia have chemicals that relieve asthma attacks. They are poisonous, but as always dosage is key. I wouldn't take any orally, ever. I've only read about and used Datura by smoking. Grew some last year. www.drugstoremuseum.com/sections/level_info2.php?level=4&level_id=79I let the leaves dry down and used a filtered cigarette maker to make cigs to use. I only needed a few puffs to get relief. Sounds like an oxymoron to smoke to relieve asthma, but it works.
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Post by davida on Apr 30, 2012 13:35:14 GMT -5
I tend to spam this one, because it's important for me to know. Plants like Datura, Belladona, Brugmansia have chemicals that relieve asthma attacks. They are poisonous, but as always dosage is key. I wouldn't take any orally, ever. I've only read about and used Datura by smoking. Grew some last year. www.drugstoremuseum.com/sections/level_info2.php?level=4&level_id=79I let the leaves dry down and used a filtered cigarette maker to make cigs to use. I only needed a few puffs to get relief. Sounds like an oxymoron to smoke to relieve asthma, but it works. Thanks for the information. Very interesting. But you had my mind whirling when you said "I wouldn't take any orally, ever"!!! Thanks for explaining. David
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Post by blueadzuki on Apr 30, 2012 14:00:57 GMT -5
I'n not sure if this is what you were looking for and I have never tried it (mostly because I have yet to grow them) but I have been told that Phantome du Laos tomatoes are used as ghost dectectors.
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Post by templeton on Apr 30, 2012 16:13:32 GMT -5
I'n not sure if this is what you were looking for and I have never tried it (mostly because I have yet to grow them) but I have been told that Phantome du Laos tomatoes are used as ghost dectectors. How would you use them T
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Post by templeton on Apr 30, 2012 16:18:47 GMT -5
I've just recalled an interesting use I read of a while ago - useing artichoke juice as a cheese starter instead of rennet. It's from 'preserving the italian way' a quirky cook book written by an australian-italian doctor. Haven't tried it myself - no goats, and no artichokes! T
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Post by blueadzuki on Apr 30, 2012 16:55:03 GMT -5
That is indeed true, it does work (most of the books I have seen say "cardoon" juice, but since a cardoon is basically more or less a thorny artichoke, if one works, the other probably will. It's a standard trick for a certain class of Portugese cheeses (don't really remember the name but it beigins with "a") and is the preferred way to make cheese that is acceptable to vegetarians and cheese that is suitable to some of the more strict forms of kashruth I'n not sure if this is what you were looking for and I have never tried it (mostly because I have yet to grow them) but I have been told that Phantome du Laos tomatoes are used as ghost dectectors. How would you use them T From waht I have read, you put a ripe one on your windowsill. If there is a ghost in the vicinity, the tomato is supposed to start to glow.
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Post by castanea on Apr 30, 2012 19:25:44 GMT -5
I tend to spam this one, because it's important for me to know. Plants like Datura, Belladona, Brugmansia have chemicals that relieve asthma attacks. They are poisonous, but as always dosage is key. I wouldn't take any orally, ever. I've only read about and used Datura by smoking. Grew some last year. www.drugstoremuseum.com/sections/level_info2.php?level=4&level_id=79I let the leaves dry down and used a filtered cigarette maker to make cigs to use. I only needed a few puffs to get relief. Sounds like an oxymoron to smoke to relieve asthma, but it works. Cannabis has also been know to relieve asthma symtoms in small doses used infrequently: www.livestrong.com/article/23082-marijuana-treatment-asthma/
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