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Pesto Rocks: The Condiment We All Love
It is documented among the food bloggers here at Babble that pesto is fantastic. (See our pesto archive.) And I would like to chime in, in my own special way. Note that it is with a painful self awareness bordering on shame that I write: Before it even came into view, the basil at my farmer’s market beckoned me with its incredibly heady, intense fragrance. I bought a ton. It’s a cliche; the hilarious website/social movement/book “stuff white people like” parodies it: Farmer’s markets are number five on its list, ahead of Barak Obama. Interestingly, pesto is not on the list. Know why? Because everyone likes pesto. It’s so trendy that it’s beyond a trend. It’s impossible to make fun of pesto because pesto is so outstanding and so ubiquitous. It’s delicious on pasta, on pizza, on toast, in bread dough, in scrambled eggs, with potato chips, on salmon, on steak…I could go on, but I’m sure you have your own favorite way and your own favorite formula. Suffice it to say that pesto, the basil paste (pesto means paste) that originated in Genoa, Italy, and that has subsequently overtaken the world, rocks. And you should make some today and freeze it, because in the depth of winter you can still buy hothouse basil but the pesto you’ll make is never as good as the kind created with the basil, fresh and in season, that you got at….your farmer’s market. Cliches exist for a reason.
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[...] Why is hummus on the list but pesto is not? Lander: The problem with pesto is that people are a little concerned when they see the fat [...]
An Interview with Christian Lander of "Stuff White People Like" commented on Aug 26 10 at 10:01 amAndrew D commented on Jul 29 10 at 9:52 amI didn’t realize you can freeze it. That’s awesome. I’ve got lots of basil in my herb garden. Now I know what I’m going to do with it.
Jean Brown commented on Jul 29 10 at 9:58 amI love pesto on an eggy cheesy bagel sandwich.
One Hungry Mama commented on Jul 29 10 at 3:35 pmPesto is also great made with other ingredients. After all, like you said, it means “paste”! One of my non-basil favorites: Walnut & Kale pesto (kale, walnuts, olive oil, pecorino, salt & pepper). As a matter of fact, I have some in the freezer now!
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