You know me, never one to pass up on a cool plant/tree/bush and with Arbor Day recently, we got the Olive tree you saw last week. A couple weeks ago, I found a fun one online (Texas nursery) and ordered it.
Took it out and got it transplanted into a pot (for now).
We were watching food/cooking shows recently, as we often do, and saw them making some food dishes using curry leaves. Now this is NOT the same as the curry powder...curry powder is made by blending spices. This is a tree and the leaves are used and it doesn't really have any curry familiar smell, it's an odd smell but supposed to be a delicacy. We shall see!
These are used in cooking Indian and other Middle Eastern dishes, usually by adding to a sauce or stew or cooking in a bit of neutral oil to flavor it and use the oil to cook meat. It will be an adventure!
In addition to culinary uses, it is supposed to be healthy for the body too. Hey, we can always use something that will be healthy! There are a couple more plants (bushes) we'd like to find that 2nd Man can eventually use in his cooking, we're on the hunt for those now.
Stay tuned!