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Default How do you trim fresh oregano.

On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 4:06:05 PM UTC-4, 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.


In the years before plastic bags were invented, I wonder how they did it.