The CookingBites recipe challenge: chilli peppers

[Morning Glory]

Congratulations karadekoolaid

 

[Barriehie]

karadekoolaid

Good job!!!

 

[karadekoolaid]

Wow! Fantastic - thank you,oldjanie.
That was definitely a fun challenge!
It's going to take me about 5 minutes to choose the next challenge; just got to check something...

 

[karadekoolaid]

Here we go then.
The next challenge is herbs. Any herb you like; single herbs, a selection of herbs.
Herbs are used in every single cuisine in the world, so you'll have plenty of choice.
I did wonder whether garlic is a herb, but it ain't - it's a vegetable

 

[Morning Glory]

Here we go then.
The next challenge is herbs. Any herb you like; single herbs, a selection of herbs.
Herbs are used in every single cuisine in the world, so you'll have plenty of choice.
I did wonder whether garlic is a herb, but it ain't - it's a vegetable

A herb is defined as the aromatic leaves or stem of a plant.

 

[Morning Glory]

This old but...

Do you know the difference between a Herb and a Spice?

Yes. Was going to reference this but thought it might lead to more debate. For the purposes of the new challenge we need a clear culinary definition.

I suggest: leaves, stems and flowers of aromatic plants. Its up to you karadekoolaid but we need a definition for the purposes of the challenge.

 

[karadekoolaid]

I'm not a great fan of Wikipedia, because I've discovered quite a few inaccuracies in the past.
This article may help: What is garlic?
Garlic is a member of the allium family - onions, leeks - and therefore, a vegetable.
The Cambridge dictionary defines a herb as :
a type of plant whose leaves are used in cooking to give flavour to particular dishes or in making medicine.
Merriam Webster says :
a plant or plant part valued for its medicinal, savory, or aromatic qualities
planted parsley, basil, and rosemary in her herb garden.
Soooo - -
I'll allow garlic shoots, Chinese garlic chives and I'll also include spring onion (green onion) leaves - very common in Asian cookery.

 

[Morning Glory]

Mod.comment: please do not continue to discuss definitions of herbs in this thread.

We will set up the new challenge thread ASAP.

 

[Morning Glory]

The new challenge is here: The CookingBites recipe challenge: herbs

 

[vernplum]

Well done mate!

 

[JAS_OH1]

Great job, karadekoolaid you old pepperhead!!!!

 

[badjak]

Congrats karadekoolaid

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Nice work KKD!

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Good on ya karadekoolaid and oldjanie you did a great job, thank you!