HERB - herbs of the week
N.D. Wederstrandt
nweders at mail.utexas.edu
Tue Jun 30 10:20:17 PDT 1998
Strangely enough, that sounds very modern.... I might see what I can find
as well. I read somewhere that they had several types of basil. They had
the regular sweet basil and a very small leafed (similar to the Genovese
type). I also read that they had a lemon basil, I think...
I haven't checked through my stuff. But I think I'll check. I know that
the Pre-Raphaelite painting, "Isabella and the Pot of Basil" is based on a
medieval legend. Seems like a young woman's boyfriend was murdered and she
buried his head in a pot of basil so that she could be close to him... The
paintings cool.... I'll see what else I can find.
I subscribed to a farm this spring and they sent me some lime basil. What
a wonderful smell.
It was incredible.
Clare
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