Ciao! I'm Emma. The two main passions in my life are dancing and food.
Ciao! I'm Emma. The two main passions in my life are dancing and food.
Member since:10.04.2001
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Excuse the title but every time I think of Basil I think of Fawlty Towers and Manuel's pet hamster. Anyway back to the herb basil...
Basil can be bought in most major supermarkets either fresh or dried. I prefer the fresh version which can be found in small pots and cost around 50p at Asda. One drawback though is that it does not last very long but I tend to add it to everything when I have it around.
The famous combination is basil and tomato which you can understand once you try it. Simmer some tinned plum tomatoes with some sugar, tomato puree, salt, pepper and plenty of basil for half an hour. This makes a lovely simple pasta sauce. There is also the rule that you should not chop the basil but rip it with your hands to keep the flavour. Not sure how this works but I do it anyway. I also like to add some basil leaves to my chicken ceasar salad. Another use for basil is in thai curries if you can not find any thai basil. Thai basil is a stronger version with far more flavour. You tend to only find it in Chinese supermarkets. Just add some fresh leaves into the curry before serving along with some fresh coriander.
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your blasting out ops all day! try and do one a day and then rate other peoples work, this way you will get more reads. your not gonna make much money getting 10 hits an op! think about what you are doing, bit of friendly advice, cheers kk!
Nov 2nd, 2001
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