Posts by: conkie

i have just recently started to try my hand at cooking and i bought some fresh herbs from my local supermarket.These were coriander, basil and parsley.i woke up the next day and they were completely flat!
I bought some more parsley that day as i needed some for a recipe and it only lasted a day again.
I was keeping them on my kitchen windowsill, is this the problem?

Please help as i really want to use fresh herbs in my cooking bt dont want to have to keep buying them all the time and how long should they last anyway?

Thanks

i have recently started cooking and i bought fresh herbs (basil,parsley and coriander) at my local supermarket.i sat them at my windowsill and they were totally flat the next day!
I went out and bought some more parsley for a recipe i was doing and next day that was flat as well.
Please tell me what im doing wrong and how long should they last anyway as i'd rather use fresh herbs in my cooking but i dont want to keep replacing them everyday.Do they only last a couple of days? I am a omplete novice at this so don't laugh please lol

i bought them in pots and i did keep checking for them drying out but they still died.my husband bought the dried stuff because i keep ruining them so will will try my best to look after them .Could it be the heating killing them as i like a warm house?

oh, and thanks for the reply.I have bought the fresh ones u get in packets like tarragon but i had no idea that you could prolong their life as they had a sell by date.i will definetly take your advice.thanks