The Cook wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
>> Herman Munster wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> I was pondering making Alton Brown's breakfast sausage recipe for
>>> Christmas morning.
>>>
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._23907,00.html
>>> The recipe calls for fresh herbs. Can you substitute dry? If so to
>>> what proportion?
>>
>> The quantity of dried herbs is usually doubled. Depends on how
>> freshly dried they are. If you bought them off the shelf - aka
>> McCormick's, Lawry's from a supermarket, they could have been
>> sitting there for a year and will have lost flavour.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
> Actually dried herbs are stronger than fresh by about 2 or 3 times.

Again, I wasn't thinking straight. Of course my information is wrong.