Purple Basil

[*crikey*mate*]

Has anyone ever used it to make Pesto?

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

[imastawka]

 allergic to the 'pest' part?

[*crikey*mate*]

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@buzzlightyearsgirlfriend wrote:

LOL at the rosemary in the weeny pot. 

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it's got it's own pot now....

[*crikey*mate*]

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@imastawka wrote:

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

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LOL, ok, they were on the $2 table so i bought a heap of em for the outside garden, but that one just grabbed my fancy so I thought it'd look nice there and add a bit of colour

(I'm pretty new to all this plant and gardening stuff)

[imastawka]

Ya know...you can get self-watering pots these days

[*crikey*mate*]

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@amber-eyed-girl wrote:
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.

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You don't like basil?

[amber-eyed-girl]

Ha ha

First guess gone

(I am your bad Genie...three guesses not wishes :P)

[imastawka]

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@amber-eyed-girl wrote:
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.

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 Ah, a clue - cos Jamie Oliver butchers his own basil?

[*crikey*mate*]

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@imastawka wrote:

Ya know...you can get self-watering pots these days

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i think we got those for the strawberries? not sure - spent more on pots an dirt than i did on bloomin plants! and i was as scroogy as i could be, I thought as i anticipated this idiotic idea would be short lived and they'll all end up outside in the garden.

[*crikey*mate*]

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@imastawka wrote:

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@amber-eyed-girl wrote:
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.

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 Ah, a clue - cos Jamie Oliver butchers his own basil?

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That was my next guess

[*crikey*mate*]

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@*crikey*mate* wrote:

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@buzzlightyearsgirlfriend wrote:

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@*crikey*mate* wrote:

I was thinking of using it purple though for the colour contrast. Thought it might look good on an amuse bouche platter or something, a quenelle of the green one, a purple one and egg plant caviar.

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OMG!

I was thinking of doing the exact same platter just the other day   

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Ah well, you snooze, you lose. According to She Ele's rules of Copyright, since i wrote it down first, i get dibs on it.

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BTW, I don't really, the Statute of Anne places limited time on my right to ownership of the idea, so in either 14 or 25 years, you can use it (can't remember the time and can't be bothered looking it up right now)