How do I store dill and cilantro, so it stays fresh longer?

Answer 1

Keep fresh herbs longer?
I place the herbs in a cup with a bit of water, then place a plastic bag over the herb and the cup. The lower leaves have to be removed, and the stems need to be cut once in a while, to allow free flow of water into the plant.

In the refrigerator, I fasten a bar magnet to the metal shelf, North pointing pole on the shelf (top or bottom). I feel that food keeps fresh longer with the magnet and often tastes better after some time. When the produce is fresh, it works well.

Cordially, India.Magica

Answer 2

I don't have experience w/fresh dill, but use fresh cilantro all the time. I put small amounts (no more than a handful or two) in a vacuum sealer, and it works well.

If you don't have one, my husband discovered this trick quite by accident, and the cilantro will stay fresh and flavorful! Really! What you do is wash the cilantro and let it air-dry completely (I use a large sieve made to go across a kitchen sink). Make sure there is absolutely no outside moisture on the cilantro--it usually requires spreading out the cilantro in as close to a single layer as you can get on the sieve and letting it sit overnight. Then mince your cilantro finely. I throw out only the bases of the stems and any discolored leaves--everything else gets chopped up. Put your cilantro into 12-16 oz styrofoam (not plastic or glass) cups, up to 3/4 full. Cover the cups loosely with tin foil and refrigerate. By all conventional wisdom, this shouldn't work, but it does! Your cilantro will keep fresh for up to 2 weeks!

Answer 3

Cilantro does best in a cup of water, just like a bouquet of flowers. Keep it in the fridge though, and cut the stems a bit each day. This I know from experience, and I am conjecturing the same would work well for dill.

Answer 4

had the damdest experience with my dill... It bolted right away, THEN started putting out lush blue-green foliage and just one plant is the size of a basketball now. So, you could really let the dill grow a while and see what happens; it might start putting out foliage with cooler weather. I'm speaking entirely from first-hand observation, I'm still pretty clueless altogether. :)

As for cilantro, that's the nature of the beast... Unless you go with one of its similar-tasting and slower-bolting tropical relatives like E. foetidum (Fitweed, Thorny or Mexican Coriander, Ngo Gai).

Both dill and coriander should reseed without any help, left to their own devices

Answer 5

I have had very good results with storing cilantro as follows: I place the stems in a glass of water and i cover the glass with a plastic bag and place the whole thing in the refrigerator.

Answer 6

Wash it and shake most of the water off. Store in a plastic bag in the fridge. I have tried trimming stems and standing in a glass of water but that doesn't work.

Answer 7

wrap it in a paper towel where the part that touched the leaves is dry, but the part that touches the roots is wet.

Answer 8

in an air tight contianer

Answer 9

in an air tight contianer

Answer 10

My grandmother use to wrap it up in paper towel.