Greek identity with a difference, from the inside out and the outside in
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Locally grown herbs from the region of Hania, Crete, drying on the branches of a 100-year-old olive tree. Can you pick them out? diktamo, malotira, orange peel. Galatas village, Hania, Crete.
You truly amaze me. You're like a pioneer woman here. I would love to do that, but no time and specifically no space. And you would probably love to NOT do it, right?
Mama dries bunches of oregano and then to add oregano to something we just kind of squeeze the bunch over the dish. For some reason those little herb bundles just seem really fun to me.
Just beautiful. I've dried over the last few weeks and I can't get enough of the smell. I stick my face in it whenever I get the chance. Just fantastic!
I remember herbs hanging upside down in my grandmothers cellar. I especially miss the smell of the chamomile that she used to make tea. I'd love to dry my basil and oregano (greek oregano!!). I have a couple more weeks until I'll cut back the garden completely! Love the look of that orange peel!
Hand picked herbs - the best kind. If these are yours, looks like you have a little tea in your future!
ReplyDeleteYou truly amaze me. You're like a pioneer woman here. I would love to do that, but no time and specifically no space. And you would probably love to NOT do it, right?
ReplyDeleteI'll bet it smells wonderful near that tree.
Mama dries bunches of oregano and then to add oregano to something we just kind of squeeze the bunch over the dish. For some reason those little herb bundles just seem really fun to me.
ReplyDeleteactually, these herbs are found in my agriculturally artistic uncle's property...
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful. I've dried over the last few weeks and I can't get enough of the smell. I stick my face in it whenever I get the chance. Just fantastic!
ReplyDeletewhat do you do with dried orange peel? I would imagine grating and then drying it to use in cakes.
ReplyDeletestifado, fasolada, and other stews; it's considered a little old-fahsioned, but then so are my uncles...
ReplyDeleteI remember herbs hanging upside down in my grandmothers cellar. I especially miss the smell of the chamomile that she used to make tea. I'd love to dry my basil and oregano (greek oregano!!). I have a couple more weeks until I'll cut back the garden completely! Love the look of that orange peel!
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