Got one of these as a gift with gourmet herb pods.
Sweet Basil, Thai Basil, Curly Basil, Dill, Mint, and Thyme.
Fresh herbs year round, but the problem is I don't really know shit about cooking with herbs.
So what can you tell me about cooking with these herbs?
Also, herbs general I suppose.
>Curly basil
My bad, meant curly parsley, which is mainly a garnish if I recall. Might substitute some rosemary in there for it if that is the case..
Thyme goes great with poultry and meat of any kind.
Dill is excellent with fish. It also makes a good seasoning for potatoes.
Basil is good with vegetables. It's also in a lot of Italian dishes. It's god-tier in tomato soup.
The only thing I've used Thai basil in is Thai cookery.
I only use mint in desserts, but if you want ideas for it there was an Iron Chef episode dedicated to it.
OP here, amazingly enough I use Thai Basil a lot already. I have a plant that has been growing in my kitchen window sill for about six months that I routinely harvest for soups and stir fry. It holds up amazingly well to high heat cooking for stir fry and it puts a slight minty and almost acidic taste to food that really gets your mouth salivating.
I got the plant for $2 from a discount bin at a Lowe's and it was pratically dead, minimum care and the son of bitch has house smelling awesome and churning out dish after, dish, after dish.
Only down side is that about once every two weeks I need to prune the bastard back because it is growing too strong and keeping the inner leaves from getting light and starting to grow into my kitchen too much.
I don't know how Lowe's fucked this hardy bastard up when if you just add water to the bottom of the tray I have it sitting in the son of bitch is neigh immortal it seems.
Holy batpoop, these things are fucking expensive! You could buy all the basil, dill, mint, and thyme in the whole world for the price of one of these.
A lot of herbs are like that. Mint is a serious fucking weed. If you plant it outdoors be prepared for it to take over your whole garden. Rosemary is pretty damn hardy as well.
"Add nutrients in 5 days."
What the fuck man, grow organics and stop being a moron. These are pretty much weeds. Don't listen to the "pls poison yourself, friend" machine.
Depends on the system, I think a pretty solid one will cost you about $150, but my mom got this one for me and was bragging about grabbing on sale for $100.
To be fair, I have looked into indoor gardening with a home made hydroponics system for salads and herbs and a good set-up when you make it all yourself will cost you about $70-$80 (plastic bin, aerator pump, starter food, plugs, LED full spectrum light, timer for the light, medium to prevent light from entering the system, etc) and the downside to doing this was it actually looks pretty hideous when all is said and done and takes up quite a bit more counter space to get similar results.
I was still going to do it, but I had been busy and I couldn't justify spending the money on such a purchase.
I agree though, them wanting $300+ for these things is pretty retarded. I am seeing that they are scaling back on alot of the computer components and LCD display space to make them substantial cheaper (like half the price) for the new generation though.
>Not adding nutrients to hydroponic gardens
You are pretty ignorant in how the growing process works for these things.
You don't need anything that fancy. Just get a container. Put potting soil in it. Done.