tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931837895365611571.post2073409914150855150..comments2024-01-29T04:48:10.542+00:00Comments on The Knit-Nurse Chronicles: Home-made pestoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931837895365611571.post-46655877092640287332010-08-19T12:26:50.950+00:002010-08-19T12:26:50.950+00:00In Italy, Ligurians add walnuts together with pine...In Italy, Ligurians add walnuts together with pinenuts, in Rome we often use rocket instead of basil... but we all use pesto almost exclusively as seasoning for pasta!Inesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931837895365611571.post-65829619620517185832010-08-02T08:02:43.048+00:002010-08-02T08:02:43.048+00:00@BB I'm liking your suggestion, or to be more ...@BB I'm liking your suggestion, or to be more accurate my wallet is liking your suggestion! I do love the taste of pine nuts but I guess in pesto it's rather overpowered by the basil, parmesan and garlic!<br /><br />@colleen - think of it this way, if you chop the leaves off, more will spring up in their wake. If you let them carry on growing it will flower and then die. In truth you are knit nursehttp://theknitnursechronicles.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931837895365611571.post-8054545081469510482010-08-01T20:58:14.934+00:002010-08-01T20:58:14.934+00:00I adore the taste of pine nuts. I have been growi...I adore the taste of pine nuts. I have been growing basil in a very large pot of worm compost and it is looking luscious and ripe for pesto. If I can bring myself to kill it mercifully.colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02484411878651364981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931837895365611571.post-82432361663994044212010-07-31T20:05:22.254+00:002010-07-31T20:05:22.254+00:00Sometimes I use almonds or walnuts in pesto.Sometimes I use almonds or walnuts in pesto.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636177626451867375noreply@blogger.com