{"id":1012,"date":"2020-08-31T15:44:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T15:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/?p=1012"},"modified":"2020-08-31T15:45:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T15:45:56","slug":"basil-for-freezing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/2020\/08\/31\/basil-for-freezing\/","title":{"rendered":"Basil for freezing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-2-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Twelve ounces of basil leaves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I harvested one row of the remaining basil patch in the hoophouse. Following <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/anoregoncottage.com\/freezing-basil-leaves-6-ways\/\" target=\"_blank\">this blog post<\/a>\u2019s recommendation of the best way, I washed and dried the leaves and stuffed them into freezer bags. Easy. Much easier than attempting to freeze as pesto in ice cube trays, which was honestly a disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More basil to process, about three times that much again. I like it fresh but it\u2019s starting to get brown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/anoregoncottage.com\/freezing-basil-leaves-6-ways\/\" target=\"_blank\">An Oregon Cottage &#8211; Freezing Basil Leaves 6 Ways: Which is Best?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I harvested one row of the remaining basil patch in the hoophouse. Following this blog post\u2019s recommendation of the best way, I washed and dried the leaves and stuffed them into freezer bags. Easy. Much easier than attempting to freeze as pesto in ice cube trays, which was honestly a disaster. More basil to process,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/2020\/08\/31\/basil-for-freezing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Basil for freezing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basil","category-freezer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1013,"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012\/revisions\/1013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}