zxcvbob 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
>>
>
>
> Measure for measure, dried herbs are stronger than fresh, even if they
> have sat on the shelf for a year. If he doubles the herbs in that
> recipe (especially the thyme and rosemary) it will taste awful.
>
> Bob

Damn, you're right. I was still half asleep and couldn't figure out which
direction it should go. LOL Sorry!!!!!