One day I'll plant a herb garden, however, for now, I use dry spices -- cheap, highly available, comparably longer shelf life.
I usually package a mixture of spices for my soup/stock in a coffee filter, tied with dental floss -- very homestyle -- both alway available and plentiful -- I don't want little herb floaters in my finished soup.
Someone recently posted a suggestion that they use a piece of pantyhose as a herb container.
This seems like an interesting idea, however, my concern would be with dyes used on these.
-Should I concern myself with the dye or material (nylon) issue of pantyhose in my soup ?
- Are the holes in metal tea balls (another posted suggestion) sufficiently small to contain ground spices ? Is this a better alternative ? Downside ?
- Any downside on the coffee filter/ dental floss (non-flavored) method I currently use ?
Thanks !
2007-01-07
04:41:19
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