Originally Posted By Liberty Belle Mmmm, savoury! I don't think I've ever heard "savoury" being used in pet food commercials here, but it might be sometimes and I just haven't noticed. >>(I suppose you'd call those "adverts," wouldn't you?)<< Actually, not in Australia ... I think they do in the UK though!
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins Have the Canadian reps had their say? I'll step in and say that savoury is an herb that I bought in the summer. It smells like Thanksgiving turkey and stuffing. Savoury is the opposite of sweet in my books.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<I'll step in and say that savoury is an herb that I bought in the summer. It smells like Thanksgiving turkey and stuffing.>> Thank you for that, Mary Poppins. It helps confirm something for me... I've been thinking that if savory has a secret identity, it's "sage." HEY, WAIT A SECOND! Canadians do turkey with stuffing on Thanksgiving?!?!
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins No,Inspector. Savoury is a different herb than sage. Sage is rolling and tumbling in the desert (sagebrush). I don't know what the savoury herb looks like.
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins I found this surfing the web: Winter Savoury is a perennial plant which looks like thyme, though it's flavour is a bit different. It has a prostrate form, so you can grow it in a herb garden or at the front of a border, or in a rock garden. It is a low plant, and it also covers well, so you can use it as a ground-cover plant. In cooking, Winter Savoury can be used in salads, though sparingly, as it has quite a strong flavour. You can also use it when cooking pulses - a lot of Italian dishes use it - but should be used at the start of the cooking process. It's very good when used in stuffing, infusing with oil and with any lamb dishes. A not very common and quite underrated herb, which apparently is very good for flatulence.....
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Mary Poppins, it must be that pesky difference in our languages again. Sagebrush (artemesia tridentata) is not the same creature as Common Sage (salvia officinalis). Here's what the sage that I buy looks like before it gets to my store: <a href="http://www.zoonar.com/appgen/?cl=zoonar&cp=resource&res_id=212989&cmd=show_picture" target="_blank">http://www.zoonar.com/appgen/?..._picture</a> But now I'm intrigued by your "Winter Savoury." I've never heard of it. (Just as I've NEVER been able to find the incredibly delicious -- and distinctively salty, not savory -- seaweed that I was once served on a salad at a very nice Vancouver restaurant.) HEY, WAIT A SECOND! <<A not very common and quite underrated herb, which apparently is very good for flatulence...>> As someone who is lactose intolerant, now I REALLY want to find that herb!
Originally Posted By DJ7K >> ... I must admit I love walking around Disneyland loudly talking about "fanny packs" because I can << I wonder how many people actually do this kind of homework before taking a vacation OUT of their country? In this case, the other end of the equator
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes Hey, thanks Mary Poppins and Inspector 57. You reminded me that my mom used to cook with savory. It was dried and in a Spice Islands jar. It was very potent. I don't think I've seen it in years, but I'm going to keep an eye out for it. She used it in her spaghetti sauce. It is an incredible recipe which she hasn't shared yet (prep time was about 8 hrs).
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins Pardon me, Inspector. I thought sagebrush was the herb sage, but from your picture I realize I'm referring to common sage. Sidenote: I bought the savoury spice at Liquidation World and have never seen it before this summer. Thanksgiving is close (Canadian) and I will be using it in the stuffing. I've never used savoury before. Schmitty: 8 hours simmering time! Now that's from a different era when they spent hours cooking. For example, a carrot pudding would be steamed for 4 hours.
Originally Posted By DJ7K Here ya go, Liberty Belle! =) <a href="http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm197/dlms1313/Misc/?action=view¤t=Photo-0063.jpg" target="_blank">http://s296.photobucket.com/al...0063.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By DJ7K No problem! Couldn't resist, heheh ;D I thought it'd be perfect for this discussion.
