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Basil

Basil is readily available in dried form, but pales into insignificance in comparison to fresh basil.

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Jekka's Herb Farm "... tomato dish without the taste of basil seems quite naked these days, but basil has a host of lesser known attributes. Basil leaves, used fresh with cold food, aid digestion, and the juice of basil leaves rubbed onto skin repels mosquitoes. But don't water after midday - Sir Basil hates to go to bed with his roots wet! " Jekka McVicar
http://www.jekkasherbfarm.com/HerbBasil.asp

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