Rosemary - Herb Of Remembrance (With Recipes)

By BIN ROSI Monday, July 22, 2019

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NATURAL THERAPYThe Essential Herbal Magazine Jul/Aug '11

    Legends concerning rosemary abound!  Do yous suppose that rosemary tin actually assistance us think things?  In ancient Greece, students did believe this as well as wore garlands of rosemary on their heads spell studying for exams.  It was every bit good believed that if a immature lady placed her shoes on either side of her bed, lay a sprig of rosemary inwards 1 as well as thyme inwards the other, so sleeping on her back, she would dream of the human being she would marry.

   "Where rosemary flourishes, the adult woman rules!"  It is slowly to imagine struggling rosemary plants beingness lovingly nurtured past times the lady of that house, only non so readily nurtured past times her husband!

   Rosemary is a tender perennial inwards well-nigh regions, as well as must so endure grown every bit a container flora or dug from the garden inwards autumn as well as wintered over indoors.  Rosemary is best started from cuttings of well-established plants.  Seeds create got at to the lowest degree iii weeks to germinate, as well as volition non hit every bit potent a plant.  If yous hit determine to flora rosemary inwards the garden for the summer, house it inwards a sunny location, inwards well-drained soil.  In container or garden, rosemary does non similar to create got its' feet wet, so practiced drainage is important.  Interestingly, rosemary inwards a pot cannot endure allowed to dry out out, either.  H5N1 quote says "a dry out rosemary is a dead rosemary".....so piece of work on your potted plants watered, as well as mist regularly.  Choose 1 of the prostrate varieties for potted plants.  They brand an impressive as well as lovely hanging basket.

   Rosemary has many uses...culinary, decorative, cosmetic, as well as was used every bit a medicinal herb inwards ages past.  H5N1 mixture of rosemary as well as juniper berries was burned inwards hospitals inwards French Republic during World War II to kill germs, as well as question has shown that rosemary crude oil does create got approximately antibacterial properties.

   As a culinary herb, rosemary goes good amongst pork as well as chicken, as well as enhances white patato recipes every bit good every bit other vegetables.  When cooking a port roast, house several sprigs of fresh rosemary over the top, sprinkle amongst garlic powder, as well as wrap inwards foil.  Place this on the grill as well as fix according to per pound times.  The rosemary permeates the meat as well as gives it a dissimilar as well as delicious flavor!  In England, rosemary was ever used to adorn the Christmas roast, unremarkably boar.

   Rosemary has long been used inwards decorating for particular occasions.  Rosemary symbolizes remembrance as well as love, is particular to the bride, as well as is ever usage of the herbal wedding.  It was used inwards Medieval England to decorate the church building as well as domicile during Christmastime.  Rosemary is a favorite for those who similar to create topiaries.

   As a cosmetic herb, rosemary is used every bit a pilus rinse for brunettes.  For usage inwards the bath, rosemary is stimulating.  You tin brand an herbal H2O past times adding a few drops of rosemary essential crude oil to a pint of water.  Store inwards the refrigerator, as well as add together a small-scale amount of the mixture to the bath.  Rosemary bathroom crude oil tin endure made past times adding rosemary essential crude oil to sugariness almond, jojoba or castor oil.  It is best to usage 1 of these carrier oils, since essential oils, used alone, are real concentrated.

   Every herb lover as well as gardener should create got at to the lowest degree 1 rosemary flora growing inwards the garden, on the patio, or on the windowsill.  It is a lovely as well as intriguing herb!

Potatoes amongst Rosemary as well as Cheese
4 medium-sized potatoes, unpeeled as well as cutting into thick slices
2 tsp. olive or vegetable oil
2 tsp. dried rosemary leaves, crumbled
1/2 tsp. paprika
3/4 loving cup shredded sudden or medium cheddar
   (or Monterey Jack jalapeno adds a zing)

   Place potatoes inwards a shallow 1-1/2 quart baking dish.  Sprinkle amongst crude oil as well as seasonings; stir to coat.  Cover amongst waxed newspaper as well as microwave on high 10-12 minutes, stirring twice until potatoes are tender.  Sprinkle amongst cheese; embrace as well as permit represent five minutes, until cheese melts.  Makes iv servings.

Rosemary Butter
   To 1 stick of unsalted (sweet) softened butter, add together 1-1/2 tsp. dried rosemary which has been crushed to unloose the flavor.  Mix well.  Refrigerate overnight.  Use on baked potatoes, rub on chicken earlier grilling, or every bit a spread for rolls or bread.

Rosemary Jelly
4 cups bottled white grape juice
1 loving cup water
3 cups sugar
5-6 tbsp. fresh rosemary leaves, chopped as well as bruised
1 box Sure-Jell Light fruit pectin

   Pour juice as well as H2O into a heavy 6-8 quart saucepot.  Add the rosemary.
   Measure the saccharide as well as laid aside.  Mix 1/4 loving cup saccharide amongst contents of the box of pectin.  Stir this into juice inwards saucepot.  Pot should endure non to a greater extent than than 1/3 full.
   Bring juice to a total boil over high heat, stirring constantly.  Stir inwards remaining sugar.  Continue to stir as well as select to a total rolling boil.  Boil difficult for 1 minute, stirring constantly.  Remove from heat.  Quickly skim foam amongst a metallic spoon.  Ladle into sterilized jars.  Seal as well as procedure inwards hot H2O bathroom for five minutes.
   Yield: vi one-half pints.

Mary Ellen Wilcox
SouthRidge Treasures
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