1-2 favourite herb or spice

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But it seems like I need to restock catnip most often (there are 3 little junkies in my house).

Cute.

Oakleaf, I should qualify that once I had a tabouleh dish that was made with a ton of Italian parsley..it was so strong that I disliked it. It must have been a cup of fresh parsley in that dish.

But yes, any parsley of normal amounts in any dish, I can't really taste it much at all. I know there are different varieties of parsley. For instance, a sprig of parsely on a dish..doesn't add any taste for me. Even if it's an hors d'oeuvre.

Guess asking a gardener this question, is like eeny-miney-mo, which herb shall it be? Like choosing chocolate bon-bon variety.

In terms of sweet spice, we use interestingly...aniseed. He uses it more than I because of the sorts of dishes he makes. He'll add it to certain salad dressings, some savoury sauces and of course roasting pears, etc. crushed aniseed is very nice. And combined with grated /minced ginger root.

I used to dislike aniseed because it remind me of Old fusty European traditions. But then, I became more familiar with certain quality baked European desserts which made me convert.