tansy

[asakiyume]

All the tansy in my yard had flopped over, so I cut it way, way back and turned some of it into a door wreath. My front door gets BAKED BY THE SUN. Seriously, the healing angel and I have talked about the possibility of using it, somehow, for electricity or power generation. But anyway. This means the tansy wreath will . . . not freeze-dry, but the opposite. Flash bake?

Later in the day, the healing angel was going upstairs (the stairs are right by the door) and said, "I smell an intense smell of tomatoes."

Now we know what tansy (which has a pretty unique and powerful smell when it isn't baking) smells like when it's baking.

Comments

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

I've never tasted tansy, though it's a traditional (make that, historical) flavouring.

I was going to say that Elizabethan recipes for tansy must have been used by people who'd never tasted tomato, but that looks to have been about the point tomatoes were introduced to Britain (John Gerard, he of the Herbal, grew them, apparently). Well, well.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Wow, so tomatoes have been part of European cuisine for that long! I didn't know either. And I've never tasted tansy either--the smell is so strong, and while not unpleasant, it's not something I've ever wanted to *try*, if you know what I mean.