On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:21:16 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

>On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:01:18 -0700, wrote:
>
>>
>>I've been perusing the internet looking for ways to help preserve some
>>of my summer bounty. One thing I ran across, that I couldn't wait to
>>try, was freezing fresh herbs in olive oil. I did read that some think
>>basil is not a good candidate for this process, we'll see, I just had
>>to try it myself.
>>It worked out great. I'm happy to have all my harvest and not have the
>>excess go to waste.
>>
>>Here's what I did
>>http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor...il-leaves.html
>>
>>or
>>http://tinyurl.com/8l6vyw6
>>
>>koko
>
>You chose putting the basil leaves in oil rather than in the more
>common freezing in water. What had you read that made you choose this
>method?
>Janet US

Seems totally silly and messy... it's easy to preserve fresh herbs by
layering them with a little kosher salt between each leaf and keeping
them in the fridge.