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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Identifying Basil Varieties


Basil is a common indoor plant that is used as an herb in cooking. This plant comes and many types that have different flavors used in different foods around the world. The taste basil adds to dishes can vary widely depending on the basil variety. When identifying basil for use in cooking, the leaves of a plant can help tell you to which type of basil it is. Basil plants are different in several ways. Basil plants can have differently shaped leaves, colors and sizes, and their flavors and fragrances can range from licorice to sweet or lemony basil.

Other types of Basil:

Sweet basil
Thai or Asian basil
Egyptian basil

Inedible basil
A prized basil for its fragrance, holy basil is not usually used as a flavoring in food.

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