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Shaun aRe
 
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Default Herb Suggestion?


"Julia Altshuler" > wrote in message
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> S'mee wrote:
> > I found the following recipe in my files -- DH & DS want to try it,
> > but I simply cannot stand dill. Any suggestions for a different but
> > appropriate herb to take its place? I'm thinking rosemary, but I
> > dunno; what goes well with honey and mustard?
> >
> > Honey-Mustard Chicken
> >
> > 1/3 cup Dijon mustard
> > 1/3 cup honey
> > 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill (or 1 tablespoon dried dill)
> > 1 teaspoon freshly grated orange peel
> > 1 2.5 pound chicken, cut into pieces

>
>
> The problem with fresh rosemary is the textu too pine needle-ish to
> chew. I'd go with tarragon, myself, but could also picture cilantro or
> parsley. You could skip the herb altogether. The recipe would still

work.

I would have suggested tarragon, too, but for the fact I feel about tarragon
the way S'mee feels about dill. Plenty of good, flavourful parsley would
have been one of my other sugg.

Shaun aRe