Question I’ve long wanted to ask…take a look at these fresh basil leaves, plucked from my own back garden:
The one on the left, the dark spots were on it while still on the plant, so it’s not the usual oxidation from cutting a leaf, and I purposely picked it for this question…would you use that or discard it?
Same with leaves that have a hole or two where maybe a bug has eaten through…do you use those?
Last, that one on the right…would you trim that stem off or use it as-is? For reference, that leaf is about the size of a toenail on a big toe.
I tend to get a little obsessive about fresh herbs (like pulling individual thyme leaves off), so sometimes, I don’t use them just because I don’t have the time to really go through them, piece (or leaf) by leaf.
Am I overly concerned with little trivial nicks and spots, or do you also throw those out as substandard?
The one on the left, the dark spots were on it while still on the plant, so it’s not the usual oxidation from cutting a leaf, and I purposely picked it for this question…would you use that or discard it?
Same with leaves that have a hole or two where maybe a bug has eaten through…do you use those?
Last, that one on the right…would you trim that stem off or use it as-is? For reference, that leaf is about the size of a toenail on a big toe.
I tend to get a little obsessive about fresh herbs (like pulling individual thyme leaves off), so sometimes, I don’t use them just because I don’t have the time to really go through them, piece (or leaf) by leaf.
Am I overly concerned with little trivial nicks and spots, or do you also throw those out as substandard?