Pesto = crack

[rebeccmeister]

I finally broke down at the grocery store last week and bought a package of (overpriced) basil and made pesto last night. Pesto is the primary reason that I own a small food-processor. I can hardly wait to eat pesto on sandwiches, and to use it to do all sorts of other delicious things. Pesto is also the reason I'm growing basil. I'm not sure I could keep any other herb or vegetable alive, but I start to salivate a little every single morning when I water my basil plants. I have also taken to looking at the plants in terms of the total volume of pesto they could produce at a given stage of life (so far, not enough to justify killing them).

It's funny to look at the plants and consider how much time and effort I have spent on my basil plants. I am constantly questioning my decision to grow my own food, because it seems relatively labor-intensive for the amount of produce that will result. But I'm hoping that I'll be able to get this basil to grow until it goes to seed, and to thus ensure a long-lasting supply of basil. Because yes, pesto is like crack.

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[crume.livejournal.com]

My parents grew four plants from the starter plants you get at Home Depot, they let them grow to about 2' high, then slashed them to bits to make large amounts of pesto (now in small containers in the freezer). The plants are now starting to grow back.