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PARSLEY (Petroselinum crispum)

Contains more Vitamin C than an orange (by volume), as well as Vitamin A, a few B Vitamins, calcium and iron.  When planted in a vegetable garden, it’s supposed to repel asparagus beetles, so don’t plant this if you love asparagus beetles. 

D.I.R.T. Girl Cuisine:  A sauce for cold meat dishes.

Wash & dry a bunch of parsley and roughly chop.  Peel and chop three cloves of garlic, and place both garlic and the parsley in a food processor.  Puree, while adding extra virgin olive oil and ricotta cheese . . . until you have a nice, bright green puree.  Refrigerate until supper, sprinkle with some freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano.  Serve with chilled shrimp, cold grilled chicken or leftover grilled lamb.

SAGE (Salvia officinalis)

Smells like one enormous Thanksgiving Dinner.  From the Latin word, “salvation.”  In the Middle Ages, Martin Luther is credited with saying, “Why should a man die whilst sage grows in his garden?”  Indeed! 

D.I.R.T. Girl Cuisine:  Oven-Fried Chicken

Mince the leaves of fresh sage, grate the peel from one lemon, and combine with dry bread crumbs, a little flour, salt & pepper.  Generously dredge boneless chicken breasts in the mixture, place in a hot oven (350), and bake until cooked through.  Serve with lemon wedges to juice over the chicken.

ROSEMARY (Rosmarinus officinalis) 

Mistress is Master.  If a rosemary bush grows vigorously in the garden, it means that a woman is the Head of Household.  (Wives, hide the pruning shears from humiliated husbands.)

D.I.R.T. Girl Cuisine:  Summer Rosemary Salad

Add finely chopped rosemary to a fresh fruit salad composed of pineapple, blueberries, kiwi, and strawberries.  Top with dried cherries soaked in Ruby Port for 60 minutes and serve to all the strong-willed wives you know.

THYME (Thymus vulgaris)

An ideal plant for edging borders in the garden, or trailing from hanging baskets and containers.  Thymus is from the Greek word “courage,” therefore a “must have” for Georgia gardeners who, in order to have a garden at all, must first beat the living daylights out of the red clay before planting the first root.

D.I.R.T. Girl Cuisine:  Roasted Peppers & Thyme

Roast several red bell peppers under the broiler.  Cover for 15 minutes to allow skins to “sweat.”  Peel the peppers, slice in strips.  Dribble the peppers with extra virgin olive oil, add a sprinkle of Lemon Thyme leaves, a grating of salt & pepper, and serve over a bed of bed of Wild Rice, with crumbled Feta Cheese. 

SCARBOROUGH  FAIR

Lyrics from the Classic English Song

(and you think The Great Recession is difficult . . . ?)

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Remember me to one who lives there

For once she was a true love of mine

Have her make me a cambric shirt

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Without no seam nor fine needle work

And then she'll be a true love of mine

Tell her to weave it in a sycamore wood lane

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

And gather it all with a basket of flowers

And then she'll be a true love of mine

Have her wash it in yonder dry well

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

where water ne'er sprung nor drop of rain fell

And then she'll be a true love of mine

Have her find me an acre of land

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Between the sea foam and over the sand

And then she'll be a true love of mine

Plow the land with the horn of a lamb

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Then sow some seeds from north of the dam

And then she'll be a true love of mine

Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

And gather it all in a bunch of heather

And then she'll be a true love of mine

If she tells me she can't, I'll reply

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Let me now that at least she will try

And then she'll be a true love of mine

Love imposes impossible tasks

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Though not more than any heart asks

And I must know she's a true love of mine

Dear, when thou has finished thy task

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Come to me, my hand for to ask

For thou then art a true love of mine

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