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How To Make Herbal Oils - Oils Flavored with Fresh Herbs
Flavored oils are wonderful to cook with, easy to make and they are always welcome as gifts.
Caution: Homemade oils won’t stay fresh as long as processed oils and need to be used within a couple of months.
Always start with clean, dry herbs and sterilized jars or bottles. And remember: When preserving any type of food, it is extremely important to follow processing instructions specified in a recipe and to adhere to the USDA guidelines on how to sterilize products for canning.
Here's How:
- Rinse off your fresh herbs and allow to dry thoroughly.
- Sterilize attractive glass bottles or jars.
- Allow the bottles and jars to dry thoroughly.
- Slightly bruise your herbs and stuff them into the bottles. You don’t need a large quantity of herbs. A sprig or two will sufficiently infuse the oil.
- Heat the oil on low, just until warm.
- Pour oil into bottles, over herbs.
- Allow the contents to cool.
- Seal bottle with lid or cork.
- Allow to sit in a cool spot out of direct sunlight, for about 1 week before using.
- Strain out any fresh herbs. Dried herbs can remain in the oil, but the oil will stay fresh a bit longer if these too are strained.
- Oils should be used within 2 months, maximum. Straining out the herbs and refrigerating will help the oil last longer.
Tips:
- The lighter the oil flavor, the more pronounced the herb flavor will be.
- Good choices for herbal oil infusions include: basil, bay, chives, cilantro, dill, mint, marjoram, oregano, rosemary, savory, tarragon, and thyme.
- Include favorite recipes when giving as a gift.
- Many gift recipients won’t want to use something so beautiful. Remind them the vinegar won’t keep and promise to make more next year.
- Wrap simply with a ribbon and a label or cover the top with a decorative fabric for a country-look.
What You Need
- Bottles or Jars
- Lids or corks
- A light oil (sunflower, safflower, olive, peanut...)
- Your choice of fresh or dried herbs
- Stove
- A pot or oven to sterilize bottles & jars
- Labels
- Ribbon, raffia, cloth... (Optional)
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Patchwork Merchant Mercenaries had its humble beginnings as an idea of a few artisans and craftsmen who enjoy performing with live steel fighting. As well as a patchwork quilt tent canvas. Most had prior military experience hence the name.
Patchwork Merchant Mercenaries.
Vendertainers that brought many things to a show and are know for helping out where ever they can.
As well as being a place where the older hand made items could be found made by them and enjoyed by all.
We expanded over the years to become well known at what we do. Now we represent over 100 artisans and craftsman that are well known in their venues and some just starting out. Some of their works have been premiered in TV, stage and movies on a regular basis.
Specializing in Medieval, Goth , Stage Film, BDFSM and Practitioner.
Patchwork Merchant Mercenaries a Dept of, Ask For IT was started by artists and former military veterans, and sword fighters, representing over 100 artisans, one who made his living traveling from fair to festival vending medieval wares. The majority of his customers are re-enactors, SCAdians and the like, looking to build their kit with period clothing, feast gear, adornments, etc.
Likewise, it is typical for these history-lovers to peruse the tent (aka mobile store front) and, upon finding something that pleases the eye, ask "Is this period?"
A deceitful query!! This is not a yes or no question. One must have a damn good understanding of European history (at least) from the fall of Rome to the mid-1600's to properly answer. Taking into account, also, the culture in which the querent is dressed is vitally important. You see, though it may be well within medieval period, it would be strange to see a Viking wearing a Caftan...or is it?
After a festival's time of answering weighty questions such as these, I'd sleep like a log! Only a mad man could possibly remember the place and time for each piece of kitchen ware, weaponry, cloth, and chain within a span of 1,000 years!! Surely there must be an easier way, a place where he could post all this knowledge...
Traveling Within The World is meant to be such a place. A place for all of these artists to keep in touch and directly interact with their fellow geeks and re-enactment hobbyists, their clientele.
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