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Hattie the Hen wrote:

Hello Ladyhawke 

HiDelight  definitely cooks with it if that is any help -- you could PM her. I don't know if she grows it though...! 

     Hattie   

Oh, thank you. That is perfect!   

I think I saw some of y'all talking about epazote on here somewhere....so I went ahead and ordered some seed for this season! 

So yeah...I guess I'm interested in what everyone has to say about it too!

Hey Lady I have been offline with horrible tendinitis

so I avoided looking at boards because I knew I would feel compelled to type and then the cycle of this crap would continue

today is much better however

I love this herb and did make a thread someplace on here about it
I did not look at your links yet but I grow it and sometimes it will reseed here and come back but usually I have to replant it

it is a wonderful herb and I usually use it in  beans as Obessessed said
I can not make a pot of pintos with out it  and I have never ever had anyone complain they had any kind of beany effect from my beans so I swear it is the epazote that helps digest the gas causing  beans ...

I have used the leaves in salads it was "ok" but it is a great tea for lower GI stuff ...best thing on the planet for gas pains I hear

so beans and salads are about it for me it is very strong and must be used in small amts if one tsp rubbed dried epazote for an entire pot of beans is plenty

it kind of smells like old books to me but I like old books so I like the smell epazote 


I will have to check the link out you posted to see what else we can do with this wonderful herb

I have a chicken green chile dish I put some in ..it does go well in green chile stew

Last edited by HiDelight (02/08/2010 4:54 pm)

Hi there C! .. this really is miserable but getting better so thank you thank you!

as far as the beans go ..no one notices I put anything different in the beans ...but they do  really like my beans because there is never any left!! it is the secret little something and when you use just a tiny bit it adds a wonderful taste that you can not distiguish ..it blends so well ..

so try it and just use a little see how it goes I say a full tsp  crumbled dried  (I think I said it wrong above I should go correct that) ..or a tiny handful of fresh leaves  minced work fine to a pound of beans

enjoy epazote it is another very nice healthy  herb!