. Culinary herbs; their cultivation, harvesting, curing and uses. Herbs. CULINARY HERBS 2/ last vestige of moisture from them and after passing through the intervening trays comes to those most recently gathered. Unless the evaporator be fitted with some mechan- ism which will permit all the trays to be lowered simultaneously, the work of changing the trays may seem too irksome to be warranted. But where no changes of trays are made, greater care must be given to the bottom trays because they will dry out faster than those at the top. Indeed in such cases, after the apparatus is full, it becom
. Culinary herbs; their cultivation, harvesting, curing and uses. Herbs. CULINARY HERBS 2/ last vestige of moisture from them and after passing through the intervening trays comes to those most recently gathered. Unless the evaporator be fitted with some mechan- ism which will permit all the trays to be lowered simultaneously, the work of changing the trays may seem too irksome to be warranted. But where no changes of trays are made, greater care must be given to the bottom trays because they will dry out faster than those at the top. Indeed in such cases, after the apparatus is full, it becomes almost essen- tial to move the trays lower, be- cause if fresh green herbs, particu- larly those which are somewhat wet, be placed at the bottom of the series, the air will become so charged with moisture from them ^" Sc"Jfifier°'^ ^""^ that the upper layers may for a time actually absorb this moisture and thus take longer to dry. Besides this, they will surely lose some of their flavoring ingredients—the very things which it is desired to save. No effort should be made to hasten the drying process by increasing the temperature, since this is likely to result as just mentioned. A personal ex- perience may teach the reader a lesson. I once had a large amount of parsley to cure and thought to expedite matters by using the oven of a gas stove. Suffice it to tell that the whole quantity was ruined, not a pinch was saved. In spite of the closest regu- lation the heat grew too great and the flavor was literallv cooked out of the leaves. The delicate oil. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kains, M. G. (Maurice Grenville), 1868-1946. New York : Orange Judd Company; [etc. , etc. ]
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