Visited my friends little 5 acre farm out in the north Texas
rural country. She’s a widow and I’m so impressed of her skills raising hens and plants. Anyway she sent me away with some goodies including some dried sprigs from a cinnamon basil plant. Holy smokes what flavor it adds to food like fried eggs and others when sauteed. I’m crumbling the seed pods so i can plant some myself here on my plot in Fall or next year. She’s got all kinds of basil varieties growing out there—interesting and educational too.
Does it truly taste like cinnamon?
I have a revealing to make. Greeneyes, we have some similarities in the way your parents grew food and cooked and the way mine did. However, I don't remember ANY spices put on food except cinnamon on cookies or sweet potatoes. The only thing I remember is salt, pepper, and bacon grease. Now, mother and dad grew up in very rural Arkansas. Maybe they had no where to get any spices. I never heard of "basil" or any other additive like that. I didn't know about such additives until I left home for college.
The strange thing is, I just ordered and received fresh bottles of spices and leaves to use for medicine if the SHTF. I believe I got 8 different ones. I have the info. on what disease, affliction to use them and the dose I think, but I have to pare that down to a manageable data base.
I'm sure I don't think of using all the ones you use for cooking, because I didn't experience that while growing up.
I have some jars of bean seasoning but I don't know or care what is in it - I know it's the right stuff, however. I have French seasoning, too and understand that but still don't know or care what is in it. The same is true for Italian. See, I think you people who are used to cooking with these items, grow them. I don't really know how to use them if I had them. Do I just pick basil leaves and tear them up and put in the soup or whatever? I wouldn't know how much. I'm lost with growing plants for seasoning when I don't know what to do with it. I can deal with chili pepper when making chili, GOOD FOR ME.