RE: Lemon Balm Uses/Recipes?

You can use either fresh or dried leaves.  I chop them up as fine as
possible (or crumble them if they are dried.)  Then I put them in a tea ball
and add hot water.  I think a rounded tablespoon of cut/chopped leaves is
more than enough for a good cup of tea and though I'm no chef (far from it)
I can handle a few leaves and hot water.  LOL!

I've used them near the end of cooking time in the crock pot and/or skillet.
It adds a little lemony "zing."   I've tried them in salads (leaves only)
and they too add a bit of lemony tang.  I don't eat salad dressing, so I can
really taste the uplifted lemon flavor.

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of EvaTEsq@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 2:48 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Lemon Balm Uses/Recipes?

How's the best way to do that, Bonnie?  [I am a nightmare in the kitchen -- 
truly, a danger to myself and others]  Do I have to dry the stuff first?  Do
I 
use leaves only or leaves and stems?  Do I have to chop it up?  

Eva
Long Island, NY
Zone 6/7

In a message dated 6/27/2004 12:01:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
wmorgan972@ameritech.net writes:
You can make LOTS of tea!!!  It is very good that way, too.

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

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