I mentioned we bought a bunch of bulk herbs last week to try to experiment. I never really used herbs outside of the ones I'd always used. Time to leave my comfort zone.
So... last night, we got out some steaks from the freezer and thawed. Then we marinated them in: olive oil, balsalmic vinegar, liquid smoke, dried garlic, dried onion, then we chose to add sweet basil and rosemary leaves.
It smelled great. Looked great. Cooked up great.
Took one bite and liked to die. Too salty. Too salty? We didn't add salt (I've mentioned that I very rarely add salt to anything, and never pepper). But although the meat was beyond tender - butter knife tender - it felts like I was eating a forkful of salt.
We checked the sodium content of all the liquids, and the most was the liquid smoke at 10 mg. No salt in the herbs. No salt in the garlic. No salt in the onion. We're completely puzzled as to why it was so salty-tasting.
Anybody got a clue?
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Cooking with Herbs
I've never had a good assortment of herbs in my kitchen. I like growing them, but since I didn't really know what went with what, I didn't use them much. I liked using fresh mints for tea... chocolate mint, apple mint, etc. I love using parsley, eating it straight as I cut it. Garlic. Onion. Rosemary. Chives. And using purchased Italian Seasoning and cinnamon. I consider those staples. But now that I'm cooking more, and experimenting with recipes, especially soups, I thought I'd try a few spices and herbs I haven't used (much) before.
Here's what I got from the bulk herbs aisle at Vitamin Cottage (some I've used, some I haven't):
-cut thyme
-ground cumin seed
-herbs de provence
-lemon peel granules
-whole anise stars
-whole rosemary leaf
-ground rosemary leaf
-cinnamon sticks (short)
-whole nutmeg
-california sweet basil
-cut tarragon leaf
-cut orange peel
-crushed sage leaf
-ground cardamom seeds
I hope my cooking gets more interesting! I'll want your opinions, once I start posting recipes using some of the above.
Have a great day, all!! Vikki
Here's what I got from the bulk herbs aisle at Vitamin Cottage (some I've used, some I haven't):
-cut thyme
-ground cumin seed
-herbs de provence
-lemon peel granules
-whole anise stars
-whole rosemary leaf
-ground rosemary leaf
-cinnamon sticks (short)
-whole nutmeg
-california sweet basil
-cut tarragon leaf
-cut orange peel
-crushed sage leaf
-ground cardamom seeds
I hope my cooking gets more interesting! I'll want your opinions, once I start posting recipes using some of the above.
Have a great day, all!! Vikki
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