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Thomas[_8_]

On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 5:29:38 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 3:06:05 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> > On 2021-06-09 3:48 p.m., Thomas wrote:
> >
> > > Have a load of garden fresh green oregano.
> > > How do i get rid of leaf stems? I can run the main stems by hand to get the oregano off but still have the smaller leaf stems.
> > > Looking to dehydrate. Maybe a way after dried?
> > >
> > Just hang it up and let it dry. Then put it in large plastic bag. I once
> > bought oregano like that in an Italian supermarket. I just had to give
> > the bag a little squeeze and a bunch of the dried leaves would crumble
> > and could be easily poured out of the bag.
> >
> I was watching a cooking show a few weeks ago and don't remember who was
> doing the cooking but she had a bunch of dried oregano tied together. She
> tapped it lightly a few times on some parchment paper then used the paper
> to dispense it into the pot of whatever it was she was cooking.
>
> Now I'm going to ponder all evening who was the cook and what was she
> cooking.
I have a thousand branches. I hand stripped half, rinsed really good and have the leaves on stock Scott paper to dry a bit. Last year I did the same with a smaller bunch, dried in oven at lowest then scrunched and picked out the stems. I am impatient this time. Thanks for the replies from both.