Purple Basil

[*crikey*mate*]

Has anyone ever used it to make Pesto?

Was it any good? Did you make any adjustments to your recipe?

[icyfroth]

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@*crikey*mate* wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

I prefer green basil.

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because.......?

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I find green looks better with red as in bolognese sauce. which is really all I use basil in. Can't do without basil in that particular dish.

Purple would clash IMO.

[imastawka]

  You might have trouble finding a bay to fit in that pot though.

 If you do find one that small,  I'd give it a go.  But one that small wouldn't

 have very many leaves - I use at least 3 in casseroles or bolognese etc

 Wouldn't you strip it clean pretty quick?

And  how come those pots aren't red?         LOL

[imastawka]

BTW that yellow flower is a marigold.  They are good for keeping

nematodes out of the soil if you grow vegies and stuff.

Marigolds - good

Nematodes - bad

[buzzlightyearsgirlfriend]

LOL at the rosemary in the weeny pot. 

[imastawka]

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@buzzlightyearsgirlfriend wrote:

LOL at the rosemary in the weeny pot. 

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Yeah, mine escaped when I wasn't watching - it's now 2 metres high

[*crikey*mate*]

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@2106greencat wrote:

Doesn't the soil fall out of that last one ??

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only if i don't hold my tongue the right way.

[*crikey*mate*]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@*crikey*mate* wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

I prefer green basil.

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because.......?

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I find green looks better with red as in bolognese sauce. which is really all I use basil in. Can't do without basil in that particular dish.

Purple would clash IMO.

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Yes, yes it would LOL.

[buzzlightyearsgirlfriend]

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@icyfroth wrote:

I find green looks better with red as in bolognese sauce. which is really all I use basil in. Can't do without basil in that particular dish.

Purple would clash IMO.

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Yes indeed. 

One might possibly use a scattering of tiny purple leaves on top of a beautiful Pissaladière.

[amber-eyed-girl]

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetables-recipes/pesto


There ya go.

He says purple looks good if you can get it.

I hate pesto. Three guesses why.

[*crikey*mate*]

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@imastawka wrote:

  You might have trouble finding a bay to fit in that pot though.

 If you do find one that small,  I'd give it a go.  But one that small wouldn't

 have very many leaves - I use at least 3 in casseroles or bolognese etc

 Wouldn't you strip it clean pretty quick?

And  how come those pots aren't red?         LOL

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I tried! Hubby wouldn't let me!

But I bought some red gerbras to put along another spot, and they would have clashed with the red posts, so hubby won - plus those long planter thingies don't come in red and i have visions of having a whole row of them around my entire kitchen - but after a week of taking the first 4 outside for water and sun, I'm already getting a bit over that brain fart

Here is where i want to put the gerbras - where the christmas plants were. and the pic is the right way up in my bucket so FIIK why its upside down there.