{"id":184,"date":"2009-03-02T16:19:09","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T00:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forthillfarm.com\/news\/?page_id=184"},"modified":"2009-03-02T16:19:09","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T00:19:09","slug":"fresh-basil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/?page_id=184","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Basil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoTitle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; font-family: Times New Roman;\">Fresh Basil<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Storage and Handling:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Basil is a warm weather crop that is sensitive to cold temperatures which is why it will turn black if you put it in the fridge.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">To keep basil, strip off a few of the bottom leaves, trim the stems and set in a cup or small vase with water and keep on your kitchen counter.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Now take the stripped leaves (or all of your basil if your bunch has really short stems) and wrap them in a dry paper towel (wet leaves will quickly turn black) and store in an airtight container at 50 degrees or room temperature. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">(Storage tips courtesy <em>Farmer John\u2019s Cookbook, The Real Dirt on Vegetables<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh Basil Storage and Handling: Basil is a warm weather crop that is sensitive to cold temperatures which is why it will turn black if you put it in the fridge.\u00a0 \u00a0 To keep basil, strip off a few of the bottom leaves, trim the stems and set in a cup or small vase with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":180,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-184","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}