Rosemary

[mrsflibble]

I shall soon have a massive abundance of the stuff seeing as it's pruning time for my 4ft (height and width) rosemary bush.

any interesting rosemary dishes? I usually use what I can, dry some to keep for barters, strip some larger twigs, dry, scrape and use ad skewers, and garden waste the rest.

is there an interesting Jam I can make for instance?
Some olde worlde stew perhaps?!

thanks!

[ina]

I love rosemary in my bath... I think I've seem rosemary jelly somewhere - to go with lamb or so; and I use it in mushroom dishes.

[Masco&Bongo]

I made a cake (think it was an oilve oil one) with rosemary syrup to drizzle over it.... will try and find the recipe, as it was divine!

[Mrs Moustoir]

Chuck the trimmings on your barbecue - makes lovely scented smoke!

[MKG]

Yep - same thing if you're grilling anything in the kitchen. A few rosemary sprigs underneath what you're grilling is wonderful. It does very little for the food, but it makes your house smell great!!!!

[mrsflibble]

Well if the way me and hubby ave been smelling is any way to go, filling the house with the scent might just make us both constantly hungry hahaha!!! we keep sniffing eachother.

[Ellendra]

Now I'm jealous!!

Every time I try to grow rosemary it dies within 3 weeks. How do you do it???

[ina]

Every time I've tried to grow it in the past, the goats got to it sooner or later and "pruned" it down to nothing...

[Millymollymandy]

Ellendra - I couldn't grow it when I lived in a colder climate as it's quite a tender plant and they would just die every winter. Though we've had some cold night temperatures since I moved to Brittany it very rarely stays freezing during the day and so my tiny plant grew into an enormous bush in about 2 years! Maybe it also likes the fact it is on free draining sandy soil so isn't waterlogged in winter.

However Mrs F's location says she is on clay soil...... so, I dunno!

[mrsflibble]

Now I'm jealous!!

Every time I try to grow rosemary it dies within 3 weeks. How do you do it???

I moved into a house with a resident 5ft rosemary in situ which I pruned down to 4ft last year. it didn't look like it'd ever been done but it was starting to block the back gate. I'm going to take cuttings this year 'cos it's the one bit of the house I'd miss if we had to move.

[snapdragon]

Sprinkle dried leaves on carpets and then vacuum/carpet sweeper to make all smell nice
Use as moth repellant
It's used in shampoos and such - so maybe an infusion would be good for rinsing hair
Post it on freecycle
cook it (with apples) for a jelly/sauce
Rosemary oil? seal some in a bottle with olive oil?


ellendra
Mine appears to be quite happy, even though she isn't in sun all the day, our soil is alkaline and free draining (on chalk) she's sharing space with variegated Myrtle.
both started off in pots before being transferred to the garden. I think the recent milder winters have helped them settle in well, winters here get to about -5C but not often, and summers generally between 20 and 30C

[sleepyowl]

You can use the woody stems as skewers & it will impart some of the flavour into the food

[Millymollymandy]

Just don't do it with Oleander stems - read some time ago some numpty did this and it killed them!

[Green Aura]

Have you tried pasta with slow-cooked onions and rosemary - mm mm.
Chop onions and garlic and fry in more olive oil than you would usually use, with a little salt to bring out the juice of the onions, and some finely chopped rosemary. Cook over a really low heat for 30-40mins so it doesn't catch, until it becomes really mushy and almost sauce-like. Season with s+p and toss in your choice of cooked pasta.
Maggie

[sleepyowl]

Just don't do it with Oleander stems - read some time ago some numpty did this and it killed them!

Worthy of a Darwin award that