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You can buy them fresh at the grocery store, they come in little plastic containers and they stay fresh in the fridge, I buy the basil, chives and parsley this way. They last at least 1 month if not longer. They also have cilantro. Gourmet garden is the brand.
That's probably the issue. I buy them as dried seasonings. I've never tried either fresh because I always think they'll go bad before I have time to use the batch I purchase.
I buy fresh chives, green onions, parsley and cilantro. I chop it up and spread it on a tray in the freezer. When it has frozen, I put the bits in plastic bags for later use in cooking, soups or whatever. A little work, but, still better than dried (and they don't get thrown out.)
I tend to agree with this. I like spicy heat, I like salt, I like chives, but parsley, any parsley has very little flavor to me. My daughter does not not like spicy or salty foods at all, she loves the taste of parsley and says can taste the difference between types of parsley. We are also completely opposite on cilantro, she loves it, I can barely stand it, so I think for some of us parsley just doesn't register in the same way other spices do.
I'm the opposite. Since I'm an old(er) person my tastebuds are supposed to be declining. In the last few years everything tastes too salty, sweet, hot, and spicy. I mentioned it to my doctor and she said that happens to some.
I was disappointed when my son first ate cilantro and said that it tasted like dirt to him because I love it. By the following year that had changed. He was a teen so that wasn't unexpected.
If I wanted chives I could just step outside and pluck a handful of onion grass ( a weed around here). Mostly, I use finely chopped green onions instead. During the warmer months I grow parsley and basil and oregano and thyme in pots on my back deck (close to the kitchen, away from the deer).
I used to use dried chives sometimes, but I agree that they have almost no flavor. Dried parsley is a little better, and it can be a "rescue" herb if something is too spicy or bold in flavor, and can't be salvaged any other way.
Hadn't heard prior to now that parsley could be a rescue herb. Thanks, that's something I'll keep in mind.
You can buy them fresh at the grocery store, they come in little plastic containers and they stay fresh in the fridge, I buy the basil, chives and parsley this way. They last at least 1 month if not longer. They also have cilantro. Gourmet garden is the brand.
Wish I could because I'd love to taste them fresh in food but I don't use them in volume fast enough to buy the fresh version. I buy them as dried seasonings.
I don't taste any difference between the two at all. Actually, as another poster said earlier they basically have no flavor - at least the dried versions don't to my taste buds. That's why I initially thought they were just for garnishing. I'm learning about them here; for example chives has an onion flavor. That was news to me.
I buy fresh chives, green onions, parsley and cilantro. I chop it up and spread it on a tray in the freezer. When it has frozen, I put the bits in plastic bags for later use in cooking, soups or whatever. A little work, but, still better than dried (and they don't get thrown out.)
This is an excellent idea that I could try! Thanks.
I'm the opposite. Since I'm an old(er) person my tastebuds are supposed to be declining. In the last few years everything tastes too salty, sweet, hot, and spicy. I mentioned it to my doctor and she said that happens to some.
I was disappointed when my son first ate cilantro and said that it tasted like dirt to him because I love it. By the following year that had changed. He was a teen so that wasn't unexpected.
When I was young, late teens clear through my 20s, cilantro tasted like mowed grass clippings to me. I hated it them but decades later, love it now.
Wish I could because I'd love to taste them fresh in food but I don't use them in volume fast enough to buy the fresh version. I buy them as dried seasonings.
Get one in a pot if you have the light or weather.
Right now I have thyme, sage, green onions and basil in little pots in the house. Trader Joe's has small plants for about 2.99. I don't even feel bad if I kill them at that price, plus I always get my 2.99 worth, so it's a win / win for me.
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