All right...

[liralen]

... what do people use marjoram for?

I originally thought of it as a tastier/stronger version of oregano, and it works pretty well for that, but I bought this tiny two-inch container of the stuff, and it's now trying to Take Over My Herb Box.

Help?

Instances of what you use oregano for (other than pizza and spaghetti sauce), would also be very welcome.

Comments

[foomf.livejournal.com]

Penny says to tell you...

Oregano is extremely good in most pork dishes. In fact, fresh oregano stripped from the stems can be mixed with garlic and olive oil, and injection-inserted into a pork roast which has been marinated overnight with lime juice and orange juice and a bit of red wine. That's a popular Cuban recipe.

Oregano also goes well with eggplant.

Marjoram is excellent in chicken. You can stuff a few Marjoram branches into the hollow of a chicken, strip the leaves and mix with butter and garlic and pack under the skin of the breast, lay it on a bed of whole garlic cloves (with a small amount of olive oil to keep from sticking too badly) in a Dutch Oven, then lay more Marjoram around the chicken and bake it for an hour or so. This also works with Thyme or Rosemary.

Now, in return... Penny asks about Szechuan peppercorns ... the bag we just opened is about 50 percent twigs and stems by volume. They still smell good, but .. eww. So is this normal, or should we look for a better brand?

oregano

[rowanf.livejournal.com]

Other than the obvious, I put oregano in my tuna salad. Also I often sprinkle oregano and basil on zucchini or other veg that I'm steaming. That's about it though. I don't really use marjoram very regularly.l

[bryant]

You can put a bag of oregano on your dashboard as an incentive to keep yourself from speeding.

roast potatoes!

[(Anonymous)]

I love roast potatoes with marjoram, salt, pepper, and olive oil. Yum.

Marjoram also, I think, goes nicely in mushroom & rice pilafs too, especially if you use chicken stock as the liquid. I've used it in stews, and in meat or chicken pot or shepherd's pies in the past. One really yummy use for it was in a tourtiere (meat pie) that used ground turkey instead of ground beef.

It also makes a nice seasoning in something like a stuffed eggplant, the kind where you mix in breadcrumbs with egg and rice and eggplant bits.

Now I'm hungry!

Teresa